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Richard P Haas

John P Pacella

Robert Brady Mooney

Lowell F Kiester, Jr

Owen T Smith

Kenneth R Elliott

Robert Fehan

Anthony Laudicina

Anthony A Pacella

Kevin D Bargon

A removable seat for a vehicle that includes a roll over protection system. The seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back assembly. The seat bottom adapted to be removably coupled to the vehicle. The seat back assembly is spaced apart from the seat bottom and adapted to be fixed by a bracket or removably coupled to first and second posts of the roll over protection system. The seat back assembly includes a seat back, a beam and saddles. The seat back is longitudinally oriented and parallel to a forward direction of vehicle travel. The beam includes a tube, a first bracket and a second bracket. The first bracket being fixed to a first end of the tube and the second bracket being fixed to a second end of the tube. The saddles fixing the tube to the seat back and includes a curved portion fixed to the tube.

Removable rear vehicle seat

A heater duct can be coupled to an instrument panel of a vehicle, and comprises a base, a nozzle, and a neck. The base is sealingly coupled to the instrument panel and includes an inlet opening to receive air from a heater. The nozzle includes an outlet opening and is fluidly connected to the base. The nozzle deflects the air through the outlet opening and toward a predetermined region of a windshield. The neck extends between and is sealingly coupled to the base and nozzle. The base, nozzle, and neck cooperate to at least partially define an interior volume. The heater duct is positioned in an orthogonal coordinate system comprising an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis. Air flowing from the inlet opening through the interior volume toward the outlet opening follows a path sequentially extending in substantially a negative z-direction, substantially a negative y-direction, and substantially a positive z-direction.

Vehicle defroster duct

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Ferndale, MI, United States of America

Richard P Haas