Vertical seat motion lock
AssigneeAMI Industries, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Brownsberger, Donald Pinkal
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Abstract
A vertical seat motion lock apparatus is provided and includes a seat base, a locking system coupled to the seat base and disposable in a locking position, at which the locking system is configured to permit upward seat base movement and to prevent uncommanded downward seat base movement, and an unlocked position and a control system coupled to the locking system, the control system being biased to cause the locking system to assume the locking position and configured to be selectively actuated to cause the locking system to assume the unlocked position.
Claims12
A vertical seat motion lock apparatus, comprising:
- a seat base;
- a locking system coupled to the seat base and disposable in a locking position, at which the locking system is configured to permit upward seat base movement and to prevent uncommanded downward seat base movement, and an unlocked position;
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- a control system coupled to an electronic seat base positioning system configured to selectively position the seat base and to the locking system, the control system being biased to cause the locking system to assume the locking position and configured to be selectively actuated to cause the locking system to assume the unlocked position.
A vertical seat motion lock apparatus, comprising:
- a seat base on which a seat is disposable, the seat base being selectively movable in a vertical direction;
- a locking system coupled to the seat base and disposable in a locking position, at which the locking system is configured to permit upward seat base movement and to prevent uncommanded downward seat base movement, and an unlocked position;
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- a control system coupled to an electronic seat base positioning system configured to selectively position the seat base and to the locking system, the control system being biased to cause the locking system to assume the locking position and configured to be selectively actuated in a first direction to cause the locking system to assume the unlocked position and in a second direction to selectively move the seat base upwardly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.