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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1981
Leonard F Kopich, Madison Heights, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat position control mechanism includes a pair of track members, a detent member secured to one track member and having a plurality of longitudinally spaced recesses, and a second detent member secured to the other track member and having a single recess. A pawl which is manually controlled or controlled by tilting movement of the seat back is engageable with one of the spaced recesses and a single recess to lock the track members to each other. The seat can be adjusted by operating the manual control to release the pawl from a spaced recess while remaining in engagement with the single recess to unlock the track members. Tilting movement of the seat back or use of the manual control moves the pawl out of the single recess while remaining in engagement with the spaced recess. Return of the pawl into engagement with the single recess re-establishes the seat in the initial starting position and locks the track members to each other.