Patent ID: 6561583
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
Removable automobile vehicle seat with a tilting seat pan having at least one mechanism for connecting the front of the seat to the floor of the vehicle, the mechanism comprising:an anchoring foot including means for positioning the foot on an anchoring part that is joined to the floor; and a lock that pivots on the foot to engage with the anchoring part in a locking position such that the foot is immobilized on the floor; a lug connecting a frame of the seat pan with the foot, the connecting lug being joined to the seat pan frame and mounted on the foot to pivot around a transverse axis, to allow the seat pan to pivot between a horizontal normal utilization position and a tilted forward position, the lug having: a) an arm bearing on a lock stop of the pivoting lock to cause the lock to pivot towards the locking position when the seat pan is moved to a normal utilization position, and to block the lock in the locking position as long as the seat pan is kept in the normal utilization position, and b) a cam cooperating with a locking latch mounted on the foot, the latch having a spring return means for automatically engaging the latch with the cam when the seat pan is tilted forward, to prevent pivoting of the cam in an opposite backward direction and to maintain the seat in the tilted forward position.