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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernd A Kluting, Radevormwald, DE;
Daniel Boyer, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Vikram Zaveri, Springfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Keiper U.S.A., Inc., battle Creek, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C / ; B60N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
297379 ; 297216 ;
Abstract
A gravity and inertia responsive latch mechanism for accommodating pivotal forward tilting of a vehicle seat back to permit ingress and egress of back seat passengers when the vehicle is stationary without requiring manual release and for automatically preventing forward tilting of the seat back under sudden deceleration such as incident to a front end collision. A spring detent cooperates to resist initial forward tilting of the seat back rendering the inertia latch more dependable under marginal and unusual conditions of operation.