Patent ID: 9649957
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B60N

Claim:
1. A seat for a vehicle having a floor pan with an anti-submarine hump, said seat comprising: a base configured to be coupled to the floor pan and the anti-submarine hump without intervening slidable tracks that allow fore and aft movement of the seat, the base being supported by the floor pan and the anti-submarine hump, presenting enclosed slots each having an angular surface and wherein the angular surface are opposing and spaced from one another and wherein said base and slots are coupled above the anti-submarine hump; a cushion having a cushion pan slidably engaging said opposing angular surfaces of said base for tilting relative to said base to an alternate orientation; a seat back and wherein said cushion is capable of moving slidably relative to said base and independent of said seat back; and a resistance element for maintaining the cushion in a desired orientation relative to said base and wherein said cushion compressively engages at least one of said resistance element and said base to prevent movement of said cushion relative to said base, and wherein said cushion is raised from compressive engagement to allow movement of said cushion relative to said base.