Patent ID: 6045189
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A seat back locking mechanism comprising:a rod to be attached to a seat back, said rod having a plurality of incremental teeth at a forward end, and having a pivot mount for attachment to a seat at a rear end;a lock handle actuating a lock bar, said lock bar carrying a toothed lock member, said toothed lock member having teeth;a block having a cavity receiving both said rod and said lock bar, and said lock bar being mounted for pivotal movement within said cavity such that said lock member is movable into and out of engagement with said teeth on said toothed rod, and said lock member being biased into engagement with said teeth on said rod, said lock bar and said rod being formed on parallel axes which are spaced from each other, said pivotal movement of said lock bar being about an axis which is parallel to an axis of said rod, but spaced from said axis of said rod; andthere being a plurality of said teeth on both of said rod and said lock member, and said teeth being spaced along said axes.