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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1994
James Bolsworth, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Kenneth S Pyszel, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Garrett P Baitinger, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Joseph D Kondziola, Troy, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A latch system for a vehicle seat leg is provided. The seat has a seating position in which it is generally horizontally oriented with front and rear legs connected to the vehicle floor via floor pins, and the seat has a storage position wherein only the front legs are connected to the vehicle floor with the seat inclined upwardly. The latch system includes a pin contact surface on the front leg; a fork bolt pivotally mounted to the front leg having a nest for engagement with the pin, the fork bolt having a locking position engaged with the pin and a releasing position allowing removal of the front leg from the floor pin; a detent lever mounted to the front leg and having a first position preventing movement of the fork bolt and a second releasing position allowing the fork bolt to move to a releasing position; a cable connected to the detent lever for pulling the detent lever to the releasing position; a handle connected to the cable, mounted to the seat and biased to a first locking position away from a releasing position wherein the handle is pulling on the cable, thereby moving the detent lever to the releasing position; and a pendulum mounted to the handle that blocks movement of the handle to the releasing position when the seat is in the seating position and that allows the handle to move to the releasing position when the seat is in the storage position.