Folding second seat with seat track release latch mechanism
AssigneeLear Seating Corporation
InventorsThomas J. Fowler, Liviu Rus
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AssigneeLear Seating Corporation
InventorsThomas J. Fowler, Liviu Rus
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A vehicular seat assembly (28), fixedly secured to a floor (24) of a vehicle (10), is movable between a seat forming position (FIG. 1), a storage access position (FIG. 3) and a load floor position (FIG. 5). The seat frame structure (30) includes a front member (38) and a back member (40), both of which are slidable along a track (32). The seat cushion (42) pivots about the front member (38) when it is released from the back member (40). This rotational movement allows a safety lock lever (60) to rotate counter-clockwise (as viewed in the Figures) forcing a cam pin (64) downwardly. The cam (62) also pivots downwardly disengaging itself from its follower (66). Because the follower (66) cannot force the cam (62) downwardly, the seat adjustment mechanism (53) is prevented from moving to its release position to unlocking the vehicular seat assembly (10) from the track (32). The vehicular seat assembly (10) can slide along the track (32) only when the seat cushion (42) is locked into the back member (40) of the seat frame structure (30).
A vehicular seat assembly (28) for attachment to a floor (24) of a vehicle (10), said vehicular seat assembly (28) comprising:
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