Patent ID: 8651556

Claim:
A vehicle door check link mechanism comprising: a vehicle mounting member configured to be mounted to a vehicle; a vehicle door mounting member configured to be mounted to a vehicle door; a link member pivotally coupled to the vehicle mounting member to pivot through a pivotal movement range about a pivot axis, and the link member being slidably coupled to the vehicle door mounting member; and a latch member pivotally coupled at a latch pivot axis to the vehicle mounting member such that the pivot axis and the latch pivot axis are offset from each other and parallel to each other, the latch member being movably configured and arranged to move between a latched position that retains the link member and a released position that uncouples the link member from the latch member, the latch member and the link member being configured and arranged with respect to each other to prevent the latch member from moving from the latched position to the released position while the link member is disposed within a first prescribed angle of the pivotal movement range and to permit the latch member to move from the latched position to the released position while the link member is disposed within a second prescribed angle of the pivotal movement range, the first and second prescribed angles being non-overlapping angles of the pivotal movement range.