Patent ID: 6354553
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A seat track assembly comprising, in combination:a lower track assembly comprising a lower track having a plurality of spaced slots, with each slot having a front wall and a rear wall; an upper track assembly operably engaging the lower track assembly and comprising an upper track slidable over the lower track; a latch movable from a latching position securing the upper track with respect to the lower track to an unlatching position where the upper track is free to slide over the lower track, the latch comprising a plurality of locking pawls mounted on the upper track, with each locking pawl having a first tooth and a second tooth and each tooth having a front face and a rear face; wherein in the latching position the first tooth of a first one of the locking pawls is received within a first slot of said plurality of spaced slots in the lower track and the second tooth of the first one of the locking pawls is received within a second slot of said plurality of spaced slots in the lower track; and wherein each of the locking pawls are movable relative to the other locking pawls if blocked by the lower track to prevent engagement with the slots when the latch is in the latching position.