Patent ID: 7887020

Claim:
Apparatus for adjusting the position of a seat mounted to a vehicle comprising: a rack, said rack comprising an elongate member having a longitudinal axis and a lateral surface, the lateral surface having a plurality of external teeth formed therein; a clock nut, said clock nut comprising a pair of jaws and a flange extending between said pair of jaws so that each one of said pair of jaws is fixed relative to the other one of said pair of jaws, each one of said pair of jaws having internal teeth corresponding to the external teeth of said rack, each one of said pair of jaws being displaced axially from each other and on opposite sides of the lateral surface of said rack, said clock nut being rotatable about an axis normal to the longitudinal axis of said rack from a first position in which the internal teeth of said pair of jaws engage said external teeth of said rack to a second position in which said internal teeth of said pair of jaws disengage the external teeth of said rack; and a linkage capable of rotating said clock nut from said first position to said second position.