Seat pan and spring plate assembly
AssigneeMichigan Seat Company
InventorChi H. Koa
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Abstract
A seat spring plate mount and seat pan assembly for mounting and reinforcing a cushioned seat having an integral seat pan. A reinforcing spring plate with formed locating, reinforcing arcuate ridges which complement seat pan embossments with which they mate is mounted on the inside surface of the seat pan bottom. The spring plate is fastened to the seat pan by formed cylindrical projections extending outward from the spring plate, through holes formed in seat pan rectangular embossments upon which the spring mounting plate rests, which are staked underneath the seat in the manner of a rivet. The seat plate includes at least one internally threaded fastening device bonded to it to receive the externally threaded bolt used to fasten the seat to the vehicle or seat leaf spring.
Claims9
A seat pan for supporting a cushion comprising, in combination, a pan having a bottom and a back, said pan bottom having a general plane, a front edge, an inside surface and an exterior surface, a pair of spaced, elongated arcuate embossments defined in said pan bottom transversly disposed to said front edge, said embossments extending from said general plane from said exterior surface, a mounting spring plate engaging said pan bottom inside surface, said mounting spring plate including a pair of spaced arcuate ridges of a configuration complementary to the configuration of said arcuate embossments, said plate arcuate ridges being closely received within said pan arcuate embossments, spring mounting plate fastening means connecting said plate to said pan bottom, and aligned mounting spring fastening means defined in said pan bottom and mounting plate intermediate said pairs of arcuate embossments and arcuate ridges, said pan bottom exterior surface intermediate said arcuate embossments defining a mounting spring engaging surface.
A seat pan for supporting a cushion comprising, in combination, a pan having a bottom and a back, said pan bottom having a general plane, a front edge, an inside surface and an exterior surface, a pair of spaced, elongated arcuate embossments defined in said pan bottom transversly disposed to said front edge, said embossments extending from said general plane from said exterior surface, offset regions defined in said seat pan transversly disposed to said front edge, said offset regions extending from said general plane and said inside surface, a spring mounting plate mounted on said pan bottom inside surface superimposed over and engaging said embossments and offset regions and having a configuration complementary thereto, aligned leaf spring mounting means defined in said pan bottom and said plate, and spring mounting plate fastening means defined on said plate engaging said seat bottom said fastening means connecting said spring mounting plate to said pan bottom inside surface.
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