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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2021
Fisher & Company, Incorporated, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Ralph L. Schmitz, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Sapan M. Poptani, Northville, MI (US);
Christopher J. Ryan, Fraser, MI (US);
Fisher & Company, Incorporated, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Abstract
A recliner mechanism includes a housing plate and a recliner heart. The housing plate includes a plate body. The recliner heart is mounted to the housing plate and operable in an unlocked state permitting relative rotation between a seat back and a seat bottom, and a locked state preventing relative rotation between the seatback and the seat bottom. The housing plate includes a fore end proximate a front of the seat bottom and an aft end opposing the fore end and proximate a rear end of the seat bottom. The plate body includes a protrusion extending outwardly therefrom at or near the aft end.