Patent ID: 6152533
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A vehicle seat assembly, attachable to a vehicle floor, which vehicle seat assembly has a seat support frame, a seat back support frame, at least two seat track assemblies, at least two rear supports and a seat control assembly, wherein:(a) each seat track assembly comprises a first track section attachable to the vehicle floor, and extending from front to rear when installed on the vehicle floor, a second track section which is slidably engaged with the first track section, and a track locking assembly having track locking means for locking first and second track sections together at any position from a forward position of the second track section to a rearward position of the second track section;(b) each said rear supports are fixedly attached to a rear portion of a second track section and a bottom end of said seat back support frame is supported on the rear support, at a seat back pivot;(c) a front of the seat support frame is supported by front links, each of which are pivotable at an upper end of the front link about the front of the seat support frame and are pivotable at a lower end of the front link about a front end of the second track section, and a rear of the said support frame is supported at a rear seat support pivot, said rear support pivot being attached to the seat back support frame between the seat back pivot and a head end of the seat back support frame; and(d) the seat control assembly has i) seat back locking means to lock the seat back support frame so that the seat back support frame is in a substantially upright position, ii) locking release means to release the seat back locking means so that the seat back support frame is able to pivot forwardly into a dump position and thus cause forward movement of the seat support frame and forward and downward movement of the front of the seat support frame about the upper pivots of the front links, and wherein the locking release means is interconnected with the track locking release means, for unlocking the track locking means when the seat back support frame is pivoted forwardly.