Seat and cargo module quick attachment method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorChristopher Robert Westfall
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Abstract
A vehicular module attachment assembly includes a vehicular cabin module having a peg that includes a foot. A locking device is slidably coupled to the peg. A slot is formed in a cabin floor including first and second grooves configured to retain the foot. The locking device adjusts between an unlocked position, wherein the peg is slidable between the first and second grooves, and a locked position, wherein the peg is retained in the second groove
Claims20
A vehicular module attachment assembly, comprising:
- a vehicular cabin module comprising a peg comprising a foot;
- a locking device slidably coupled to the peg;
- a slot formed in a cabin floor comprising first and second grooves configured to retain the foot;
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- wherein the locking device adjusts between an unlocked position wherein the peg is slidable between the first and second grooves, and a locked position wherein the peg is retained in the second groove.
A vehicular module attachment assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of vehicular cabin modules removably coupled to a cabin floor at a plurality of slots comprising first and second grooves;
- each of the plurality of modules comprising a peg insertable into the first groove and movable into the second groove vertically retaining the peg;
- a locking device coupled to the peg;
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- wherein the locking device is slidable to a lock position retaining the peg horizontally.
A method of retaining an interior vehicular module, comprising:
- inserting a peg of the module comprising a foot into a first groove of a cabin floor slot;
- sliding the peg from the first groove into a second groove of the slot, preventing vertical displacement of the peg;
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- adjusting a locking device coupled to the peg into the first groove, preventing the peg from sliding into the first groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.