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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1982
Ray V Crawford, Warren, MI (US);
Regis V Pilarski, Utica, MI (US);
Robert J Rumpf, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A tilting seat back is mounted on a vehicle by a first hinge member which is pivoted to a second vehicle mounted hinge member. The first hinge member includes a plurality of teeth and a pawl mounted on the second hinge member is engageable with each of the teeth. The first hinge member holds the pawl in the path of one tooth when the seat back is in the upright position for engagement of the tooth with the pawl upon inertia actuated movement of the seat back to a tilted position. The pawl is released and positioned adjacent the rotative path of the other teeth for inertia actuated movement into engagement with the other teeth when the seat back is in a partially tilted position.