Lear Corporation

Alan Daniel Novrocki

Mark Allyn Folkert

Michael R Ferrari

Eric Woods

David Karl Williams

Syed Haider

Phillip J Hecksel

Andre Mauro

Robert J Sack

A headrest assembly in combination with a vehicle seat assembly, the combination including a vehicle seat assembly having a seat bottom and a seat back assembly connected to the seat bottom. The combination also includes a headrest assembly connected to the seat back assembly. The headrest assembly has a head receiving portion that is configured for movement between a first position and a second position with respect to the seat back assembly. The seat back assembly obstructs downward adjustment of the headrest assembly below a predetermined height when the head receiving portion is in the first position. The headrest assembly can be downwardly adjustable below the predetermined height when the head receiving portion is in the second position.

Dual release headrest

A bench seat assembly for a passenger vehicle with a structural floor pan for supporting the bench seat, the bench seat including transversely spaced seat risers, fixed rollers mounted on the risers on each side of the bench seat, the rollers being arranged in pairs on each side of the bench seat in fore-and-aft disposition, the structural floor having fore-and-aft roller wells on each lateral side of the bench seat which receive the rollers when the bench seat is installed. A linear latch mechanism includes a user-actuated member that is coupled to a pair of seat latching hooks on each lateral side of the seat assembly adjacent the rearwardly positioned seat rollers. Anchor elements in the roller wells are engaged by a latch member as the rollers enter the roller wells.

Automotive bench seat with fixed rollers and linear floor latch

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Plymouth, MI, United States of America

Alan Daniel Novrocki