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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1999
Jeffrey S. Wilcox, East Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Christopher A. Rossman, Comstock Park, MI (US);
Warwick M. Whitley, Burnett, TX (US);
Attwood Corporation, Lowell, MI (US);
Abstract
A self-locking, angularly-tilting seat support is provided for supporting fishing boats and the like. The seat support includes a mounting plate adapted to support a seat thereon. A support stud has its upper end pivotally attached to the bottom of the mounting plate and its upper end slidably received within a pedestal. A pivot block is fixedly attached to the bottom of the mounting plate. A bushing is slidably mounted about the support stud and abuts the pedestal support. The pivot block and the bushing matably engage at a plurality of angular positions such that downward forces exerted on the mounting plate are transferred to the pivot block thereby effecting locking engagement between the pivot block and the bushing. The mounting plate may be selectively positioned between a plurality of angular positions relative to the support stud4by exerting an upward force on the mounting plate thereby causing the support stud to slide upwardly through the pedestal allowing the bushing to slide downwardly relative to the support stud thereby disengaging the bushing from the pivot block and allowing the mounting plate to be pivoted relative to the support stud.