Seat shell with integrally formed latch handle holder and fore-aft position adjustment assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8632043
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13493494

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A fore-aft adjustable vehicle seat formed of a plastic seat shell having an integrally formed latch handle recess molded into the shell that pivotally receives and retains a latch having a handle at one end and that is disposed in pivotal engagement with the shell at its opposite end. The latch is provided by an elongate bar that is spring biased outwardly into a slide plate engaging position that opposes fore-aft seat movement. A preferred latch handle recess includes a recessed latch seating channel integrally molded into the shell in communication with a latch receiver pocket integrally molded into the shell in which one end of the latch bar is pivotally received with engagement between the latch bar and shell defining a pivot about which the latch is biased by a coil spring outwardly toward a seat position adjustment opposing position where the latch bar releasably engages the slide plate.

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MILSCO LLC1301 W CANAL ST MILWAUKEE WI 53233

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Braun, Kenneth Mequon, US 8 144
Dahlbacka, Bruce Port Washington, US 5 147

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