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US 6,296,291 B1Granted
Reinforced vehicle seat back
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorJere R. Lansinger
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Abstract
A vehicle seat back panel can be reinforced against transverse buckling forces by training a high tensile strength web, or strip, back and forth along one face of the panel. The flexible strip is anchored to high strength brackets located along the margins of the panel, so that the strip absorbs most of the buckling loads imposed on the panel in pure tension.
Claims8
An automotive vehicle having a floor and a rear seat mounted on said floor, the combination comprising:
- a normally upright back structure for said rear seat:
- said back structure comprising a panel, and support means hingedly connecting said panel to the vehicle floor, whereby said panel is swingable between an upright position and a prone position;
- said panel having an upper edge and a lower edge;
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- means for reinforcing said panel against buckling in a forward direction;
- said reinforcing means comprising a flexible strip means, a first strip anchoring means on said panel approximate to the panel upper edge, and a second strip anchoring means carried by said panel support means below the panel lower edge;
- said flexible strip means extending along one face of said panel between said first and second anchoring means to resist panel-buckling forces in the forward direction.
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