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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1995
Clayton James Hayes, Romeo, MI (US);
Michel Louis Duchesneau, Novi, MI (US);
Peter Laze, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Michele Rosario Palomba, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An automotive vehicle seating system which in a preferred embodiment includes a rigid surface fixed with respect to the vehicle, the rigid surface having an aperture; a seating surface positioned generally adjacent the rigid surface, the seating surface having a frame, the frame having a portion generally formed as a loop extending into the aperture of the rigid surface; and a molded single-piece plastic retainer having two opposed walls, one of the walls having a lock ramp to aid in an interference fit within the aperture of the fixed surface and the retainer having on one of the opposing walls a collar and a lock ramp on another opposing wall to allow the opposing walls to be locked together and the retainer having a compliant locking finger interlocking into the loop of the seat frame to hold the seat in position within the vehicle.