Vehicle seat with arrangement for resisting loads applied to the seat
AssigneeG and J Lewis Enterprises PTY LTD
InventorGordon Lewis
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Abstract
A vehicle seat including an arrangement for resisting loads applied to the vehicle seat which comprises a seat base and a seat back; said arrangement including a link mechanism connected between the seat back and a support member connected to the vehicle. The link mechanism is arranged to prevent motion of the seat back beyond a predetermined position. There is also provided an adjustable tether arrangement including a tether means, the tether means being arranged to be mounted between the seat back and a vehicle body and the tether means including a tether strap and a retractor mechanism enabling the tether strap to extend or retract in accordance with allowed motion of the vehicle seat.
Claims6
A vehicle suspension seat arrangement, comprising a seat frame, including a seat base and a seat back, and a support member arranged to be mounted relative to a vehicle proximate the seat back, the seat frame being suspended on and movable relative to the support member and a link means comprising a first member connected to the support member and a second member connected to the seat back, the first and second members hinged together and being arranged to prevent motion of the seat back beyond a predetermined position corresponding to the extension of the first member and the second member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.