Vehicle seating system
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsAdarsha B. Madhu, Stephen Douglas Redwood
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Abstract
A seating system for a vehicle includes a seat back and a seat bottom selectively rotatable between a design position and a stowed position. A latch arrangement has a first cam with first and second surfaces, a support structure with first and second surfaces, and a second cam. The latch arrangement has a first locking position wherein the first surface of the first cam engages the first surface of the support structure so that movement of the seat bottom from the design position to the stowed position is inhibited. The latch arrangement also has a second locking position wherein the second cam engages a portion of the support structure so that movement of the seat bottom from the stowed position to the design position is inhibited.
Claims20
A seating system for a vehicle comprising:
- a seat back;
- a seat bottom selectively rotatable between a design position and a stowed position;
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- a latch arrangement including a first cam having first and second surfaces, a support structure having first and second surfaces, and a second cam, the latch arrangement having a first locking position wherein the first surface of the first cam engages the first surface of the support structure such that movement of the seat bottom from the design position to the stowed position is inhibited, the latch arrangement further having a second locking position wherein the second cam engages a portion of the support structure such that movement of the seat bottom from the stowed position to the design position is inhibited.
A seating system for a vehicle comprising:
- a seat back;
- a seat bottom selectively rotatable between a design position and a stowed position;
- and
- a latch arrangement including a first cam having a latch hook, and a support structure having a blocking surface and a notch configured to capture the latch hook therein and inhibit rotation of the seat bottom from the design position to the stowed position when the latch arrangement is in a first locking position, the latch arrangement further including a second cam having a blocking surface configured to contact the blocking surface of the support structure when the latch arrangement is in a second locking position such that movement of the seat bottom from the stowed position to the design position is inhibited.
A seating system for a vehicle comprising:
- a seat back;
- a seat bottom selectively rotatable between a design position and a stowed position;
- and
- a latch arrangement having a first locking position in which the seat bottom is locked in the design position, a second locking position in which the seat bottom is locked in the stowed position, and a released position in which the seat bottom is movable between the design position and the stowed position, the latch arrangement including a first cam having a first surface, a second cam having a blocking surface, and a support structure having a first surface and a blocking surface, the first surface of the first cam being positioned to engage the first surface of the support structure to inhibit movement of the seat bottom from the design position to the stowed position when the latch arrangement is in the first locking position, and the blocking surface of the second cam being positioned to engage the blocking surface of the support structure to inhibit movement of the seat bottom from the stowed position to the design position when the latch arrangement is in the second locking position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.