Horizontal action seat tilt mechanism and bezel
AssigneeSears Manufacturing Company
InventorMark A. Copeland
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Abstract
A seat tilt mechanism comprising a cam connected to a lever wherein the lever moves horizontally from a first position to a second position to actuate the cam; a latch configured to engage with the at least one detent and disengage with the cam when the lever is in the first position and configured to engage with the cam and disengage with the at least one detent when the lever is in the second position; said detent includes at least two positions which can be selectively engaged by the latch; and a seat rod configured for attachment between a seat frame and the at least one detent such that when the latch is engaged with the selected position, the tilt of the seat is defined.
Claims13
A seat tilt mechanism comprising:
- a cam connected to a lever wherein the lever moves horizontally from a first position to a second position to actuate the cam;
- a latch configured to engage with at least one detent and disengage with the cam when the lever is in the first position and configured to engage with the cam and disengage with the at least one detent when the lever is in the second position;
- said detent includes at least two positions which can be selectively engaged by the latch;
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- a seat rod configured for attachment between a seat and the at least one detent such that when the latch is engaged with the selected position, the tilt of the seat is defined.
A seat tilt mechanism comprising:
- a base configured to attach to the underside of a vehicle seat;
- a seat rod configured to attach to a vehicle;
- a bezel configured to engage the seat and which receives a lever therethrough;
- a cam connected to the lever wherein the lever moves horizontally from a first position to a second position to actuate the cam;
- a latch configured to engage a pair of detents when the lever is in the first position and configured to disengage with the pair of detents in the second position;
- said pair of detents include at least two positions which can be selectively engaged by the latch wherein the seat rod is displaced from the seat by the pair of detents when the latch is selectively engaged with the detents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.