Device for releasably locking at a selected position components which are movable one with respect to the other

Abstract

Abstract A DEVICE FOR RELEASABLY FIXING, AT A SELECTED POSITION RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, A PAIR OF COMPONENTS WHICH ARE MOVABLE ONE WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER, SUCH AS THE BACK REST OF AN AUTOMOBILE SEAT WITH RESPECT TO THE SEAT PORTION THEREOF. A PAIR OF OUTER LOCK MEANS ARE RESPECTIVELY CONNECTED WITH THE COMPONENTS SO THAT ONE OF THE OUTER LOCK MEANS IS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE OTHERS, AND THIS PAIR OF OUTER LOCK MEANS RESPECTIVELY HAS A PAIR OF LOCK SURFACES DIRECTED TOWARD EACH OTHER, A GUIDE MEANS COACTS WITH THE PAIR OF LOCK MEANS TO GUIDE THE ONE LOCK MEANS FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE OTHER ALONG A PATH WHICH DOES NOT CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF A SPACE WHICH IS DEFINED BETWEEN THE LOCK SURFACES. AN INTERMEDIATE LOCK MEANS HAS A LOCKING POSITION LOCATED IN THIS SPACE AND HAS A PAIR OF OUTER LOCK SURFACES DIRECTED AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND ENGAGING THE LOCK SURFACES OF THE PAIR OF OUTER LOCK MEANS WITH AT LEAST AN INTERLOCKING TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT WHEN THE INTERMEDIATE LOCK MEANS IS IN ITS LOCKING POSITION. A MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS COACTS WITH THE INTERMEDIATE LOCK MEANS FOR MOVING IT BETWEEN ITS LOCKING POSITION SITUATED IN THE SPACE AND AN UNLOCKING POSITION WHERE THE LOCK SURFACES OF THE INTERMEDIATE LOCK MEANS ARE RESPECTIVELY SPACED FROM THE LOCK SURFACES OF THE PAIR OF OUTER LOCK MEANS.

Inventors

• 👤 Norbert Koller

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