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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Paul A. Elio, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Hariharan K. Sankaranarayanan, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Robert E. Glaspie, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Elio Engineering Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
Continuous seat adjustment apparatus is used in conjunction with a seating device including a track assembly having an inner track and an outer track longitudinally movable on the inner track. The apparatus includes a pair of opposed jaws mounted on the outer track for pivotal movement between first and second orientations. Each of the jaws defines an opening with the inner track longitudinally extending therethrough. The jaws frictionally engage the inner track in the first orientation to substantially prevent longitudinal movement along the inner track and the jaws release the inner track in the second orientation to allow continuous longitudinal movement along the inner track. A spring device is affixed to the pair of opposed jaws to provide a bias on the jaws tending to move the jaws into the first orientation and an adjustment member is provided for moving the jaws against the spring bias from the first orientation to the second orientation.