Patent ID: 7946942
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: A01G,E02F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pivot assembly comprising: a first subassembly adapted to be coupled to a frame member and rotationally fixed relative thereto, said first subassembly including a latch mechanism displaceable between locked and unlocked positions; and a second subassembly adapted to be coupled to the frame member and to be rotatable relative thereto, said second subassembly including a power pivot assembly having a gear assembly and a housing with a splined inner surface, and a cam member, said gear assembly engaged with said splined inner surface of said housing and said power pivot assembly drivingly engaged with said cam member and operable to rotate said cam member in a first rotational direction to a first position where said cam member urges said latch mechanism into said unlocked position.