Vehicle seat assembly with retracting latch/engaging roller seat-to-floor lock

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5372398
SERIAL NO

08041459

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Abstract

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An easily removable vehicle seat is provided for use with a vehicle including a floor having an upwardly facing surface. The floor includes front and rear wells extending below the upwardly facing surface and anchor members extending across the wells. The vehicle seat includes a rigid support structure having a downwardly facing surface for engaging the anchor members of the vehicle floor. A cushioned seat structure is provided on the rigid support structure. The vehicle seat also includes hook members mounted on the rigid support structure for movement between (1) an operative position extending below the downwardly facing surface so as to enter the wells and engage in hooked relationship with the anchor members and (2) an inoperative position disposed above the operative position thereof so as to enable the rigid support structure to be moved relatively over the floor. Wheels are mounted on said rigid support structure for movement between (1) an operative position extending below the downwardly facing surface of the rigid support structure and so as to enable the rigid support structure to be rolled over the upwardly facing surface of the vehicle floor and (2) an inoperative position disposed above the operative position thereof. The vehicle seat further includes a mechanism for moving the hook members into the operative position thereof and the wheels into the inoperative position thereof and for moving the hook members into the inoperative position thereof and the wheels into the operative position thereof.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • ATOMA INTERNATIONAL CORP.;CHRYSLER CORPORATION;CHRYSLER GROUP LLC;KVAERNER U.S. INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aneiros, Ricardo Z Dearborn, MI 18 438
Dukatz, Matthew E Bloomfield Hills, MI 18 476
Kresky, Fred C Rochester Hills, MI 12 339
McCarthy, Jay P Livonia, MI 5 152

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