Vehicle seat assembly having child seat attachments
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsRichard Adamson, Sr., Philip Verdura, Michelle Raybon, Paul S. Severinski
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Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat frame for supporting a cushion of a seat. A bracket is attached to the seat frame. The bracket includes mounting locations for fastening the bracket to a floor portion of a vehicle. At least one pair of anchor wires are attached to the bracket. Each of the anchor wires includes first and second legs which are attached to the bracket, and a latch receiving portion interconnecting the first and second legs. The latch receiving portion is adapted to be releasably engageable with a corresponding latch mechanism on a child safety seat.
Claims20
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a seat frame for supporting a cushion of a seat;
- a bracket attached to said seat frame, said bracket including mounting locations for fastening said bracket to a floor portion of a vehicle;
- and
- at least one pair of anchor wires attached to said bracket, each of said anchor wires including:
- first and second legs attached to said bracket;
- and
- a latch receiving portion interconnecting said first leg and said second leg, said latch receiving portion adapted to be releasably engaged with a corresponding latch mechanism on a child safety seat.
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a seat frame for supporting a cushion of a seat;
- a bracket attached to said seat frame, said bracket including mounting locations for fastening said bracket to a floor portion of a vehicle;
- and
- at least one pair of anchor wires attached to said bracket, each of said anchor wires including:
- first and second legs attached to said bracket;
- and
- a latch receiving portion interconnecting said first leg and said second leg, said latch receiving portion adapted to be releasably engaged with a corresponding latch mechanism on a child safety seat;
- wherein said first and second legs of at least one of said anchor wires are attached to said bracket at an attachment location, said seat assembly further including a cover member attached to said bracket over said attachment location to provide additional strength to said bracket at said attachment location.
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a seat frame for supporting a cushion of a seat;
- a bracket attached to said seat frame, said bracket being generally formed from a stamped sheet and including mounting locations for fastening said bracket to a floor portion of a vehicle;
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- at least one pair of anchor wires attached to said bracket, each of said anchor wires including:
- first and second legs welded within raised portions said bracket, said first and second legs are disposed in raised portions formed in said bracket;
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- a latch receiving portion interconnecting said first leg and said second leg, said latch receiving portion adapted to be releasably engaged with a corresponding latch mechanism on a child safety seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.