Patent ID: 6513873
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A locking device for a folding adult seat in a vehicle, comprising:a first locking mechanism that normally retains a seat bottom of said adult seat in a first locked state relative to a floor of the vehicle, and cancels the first locked state of the seat bottom when said adult seat is to be folded into a stowed position; and a second locking mechanism a) that is normally kept in a nonlocking state such that the seat bottom of said adult seat is secured to the vehicle floor by said first locking mechanism alone as long as no child seat is attached to said adult seat, b) that, as a child seat is moved toward and engaged with said adult seat, retains the seat bottom of said adult seat in a second locked state relative to the floor of the vehicle, and c) that, as the child seat is disengaged from said adult seat, cancels the second locked state to thereby leave the seat bottom retained only in the first locked state.