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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:
Apr. 04, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1976
William M Hollowell, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
American Safety Equipment Corporation, Encino, CA (US);
Abstract
An inertia-responsive vehicle seat back latch mechanism for a vehicle seat assembly having a seat back pivotally supported for forwardly tilting movement, wherein said latch mechanism includes a seat back stud for moving with the seat back, a locking pawl pivotally attached to the seat cushion support which is adapted to engage the seat back stud, and a latching pawl pivotally attached to the seat cushion support for preventing the rotation of the locking pawl. The locking pawl is disposed to engage the seat back stud but is cammable free of the seat back stud thereby allowing forward tilting of the seat back; however, during a vehicle deceleration greater than a predetermined value, the latching pawl will prevent rotation of the locking pawl and thereby the locking pawl will lockingly engage the seat back stud thereby preventing forward tilting of the seat back.
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