Adjustable rear seat back support
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBruce Preston Williams, Michael Gousotti Ellis
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Abstract
An adjustable seat back and supporting rear rail for a specialty vehicle is disclosed. The rear rail is secured by a latches to a pair of pillars of the vehicle within a range of vertical locations. The seat back is selectively lockable within a range of angular orientations from horizontal to vertical. The seat back includes pivot pins that are held by locking fasteners in the desired angular orientation on the rear rail.
Claims5
In combination, an adjustable seat back and seat back support for a seat that is attached to a vehicle having a pair of pillars on opposite lateral sides of the vehicle extending in a vertical direction, the pillars each having an elongated slot in a rear facing edge, the combination comprising a rear rail having a central portion extending generally across the vehicle and having first and second end portions extending in a forward direction, the end portions having slot latches that are received in the slot in the rear facing edge of the pillar, a seat back having a rigid support portion, the seat back having a right and left pivot pin, the rear rail having right and left pivot pin receptacles in which right and left pivot pins are received, the slot latches being secured to the slots in a range of vertically spaced locations to permit the seat back to be oriented in a range of positions between a substantially vertical position and a substantially horizontal position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.