Johnson Controls Technology Company

Hoover Universal, Inc.

Kenneth R Ptak

David Allen

Michael Laskowski

Les Griswold

Anthony J DiSalvo

Belinda K Wise

A method and a high latch for a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat has a seatback pivotably coupled to a seat base and the seat base is coupled to a vehicle body having a vehicle wall. The high latch includes a hook carriage including a structural hook, with the hook carriage coupled to the seatback. A striker assembly including a striker arm is configured to selectively engage the structural hook, with the striker assembly coupled to the vehicle body. With the structural hook and striker arm engaged, the seatback will move with the striker assembly from the first position to a second position.

Articulating high latch for a seat

A vehicle seat assembly with a retractable head rest that rotates from an upright use position to a lowered, retracted, stowed position to improve visibility for a vehicle driver. The motion mechanism for the head rest is contained within the body of the head rest itself thus eliminating modification of the seat back to which the head rest is mounted. The head rest is further vertically adjustable relative to the seat back and is rotatably adjustable within a range of upright use positions.

Automatic retractable head restraint

An extending cargo shelf for a vehicle seat to enable cargo to be carried in the vehicle without placing it on either the vehicle seat or the vehicle floor. The cargo shelf has a stowed position beneath the cushion of the seat bottom and is extended from the seat bottom to enable articles to be placed upon the shelf and supported above the vehicle floor.

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Livonia, MI, United States of America

Kenneth R Ptak