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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chester J Barecki, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
American Seating Company, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
297389 ; 297216 ; 297354 ; 297388 ;
Abstract
An adjustable back vehicle seat has a means of reducing the moment arm of the seat back to a length less than the full length of the seat back. The seat has a back adjustment mechanism with the above said means providing a stop means for limiting the forwardly rotating movement of the seat back in event a force applied to the back overcomes the holding force of such mechanism. In one embodiment the seat is a driver's seat having a shoulder harness. In another embodiment the seat is a passenger seat.