Patent ID: 9694715
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60N

Claim:
1. A removable seat assembly for a vehicle, the seat assembly comprising: a vehicle seat having a front latch and a rear latch, the front latch including a striker receiving slot having a slot width; and a seat mounting bracket adapted to be coupled to a floor of the vehicle, the seat mounting bracket including a front striker and a rear striker, the front striker configured to be received in the striker receiving slot, and the rear striker configured to be received by the rear latch, the front striker comprising a front striker engagement portion including a generally flat, angled engagement surface in cross-section, wherein the engagement portion includes a first cross-sectional width in a direction perpendicular to the engagement surface that is less than a second, different cross-sectional width, wherein in an installation position of the vehicle seat where the seat is angled forward relative to the vehicle floor such that the rear latch is spaced apart from the rear striker, the front latch is configured to receive the engagement portion of the front striker such that the first cross-sectional width of the engagement portion is received in the striker receiving slot and the engagement surface is substantially parallel to the striker receiving slot thereby providing for a clearance fit between the front striker and the receiving slot when initially installing the vehicle seat, and wherein in an installed position of the vehicle seat where the rear latch is engaged with the rear striker, the striker receiving slot is angled relative to the striker engagement surface such that the front striker engages opposing walls of the striker receiving slot at the second cross-sectional width of the front striker thereby establishing an interference fit between the front latch and the striker engagement portion when the vehicle seat is rotated about the front striker to the installed position, wherein the generally flat, angled engagement surface is oriented at an angle relative to a horizontal plane of the vehicle floor, the angle being between approximately 20° and approximately 40°.