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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Patrick M. Palajac, Dearborn, MI (US);
James G. O'Connor, Oxford, MI (US);
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a cushion section a back section pivotally interconnected. The assembly also includes a wheeled latch assembly that is connected to the cushion section. The wheeled latch assembly includes a seat member and a latch member pivotally interconnected and is urged in one direction by a coil spring. The latch member includes a recess for accepting a striker on the vehicle floor and a projection terminating in a roller. The roller is adopted to aid in transporting the vehicle seat while the seat is removed from the vehicle and is accepted into a U-shaped formation while in the vehicle. The wheeled latch also includes a clasp that can be used to entrap the striker of the vehicle floor within the recess of the latch member. By use of the wheeled latch, a latch assembly at the rear portion of the cushion section and a latch assembly on the back section, the vehicle seat can assume a number of positions: (1) a seating position; (2) a folded position; (3) a tumbled position; and (4) a removed position, whereby the entire vehicle seat is removed from the vehicle.