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Seat with back cushion attachment
Assignee: Coach and Car Equipment Corp
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Filing: 1980-10-30
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Granted: 1982-12-28
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Expires: 2000-10-30
Abstract
Abstract A seat has a frame including a back portion. A seat cushion, a back cushion and a back shroud are all mounted on the frame. Attached to the rear of the back cushion, near the bottom thereof, are a pair of clips which hookingly engage a pair of tabs on the frame and mount the back cushion for vertical sliding movement on the tabs. Attached to the rear of the back cushion, near the top thereof, is a bracket which is attached by a fastener to a cross member at the top of the frame's back portion. The operation of fastening the bracket to the cross member raises the back cushion in vertical sliding movement on the tabs.
Inventors
- 👤 Norman J. Kehl
- 👤 Richard C. Magnuson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 04:59
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/70; B60N2/72; A; A47; A47C; A47C4/00; A47C4/02; A47C4/028; A47C7/00; A47C7/36; A47C7/40; A47C7/42
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
A seat comprising: a frame including a pair of spaced-apart vertically extending members and an immovable upper cross member extending between the upper parts of said vertically extending members; a back cushion having a front surface portion, a rigid rear member and a top surface portion extending rearwardly from said front surface portion and terminating at said rear member; a pair of spaced-apart clips adjacent the bottom of said rear member, each of said clips depending from said rear member and terminating at a free end; and a pair of spaced apart tabs located adjacent the bottom of one of said vertically extending frame members; each of said clips comprising means for hookingly engaging one of said tabs from above and for mounting said back cushion for essentially pivotal movement about said tabs between a relatively forwardly inclined first position and a relatively upright second position; each of said clips being composed of resilient, springable material; each of said tabs being composed of rigid material; each clip comprising means for gripping a respective tab when said back cushion is in its upright position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
183 words
A seat comprising: a frame including a pair of spaced-apart vertically extending members and an immovable upper cross member extending between the upper parts of said vertically extending members; a back cushion having a front surface portion, a rigid rear member and a top surface portion extending rearwardly from said front surface portion and terminating at said rear member; a pair of spaced-apart clips adjacent the bottom of said rear member, each of said clips depending from said rear member and terminating at a free end; and a pair of spaced apart tabs located adjacent the bottom of one of said vertically extending frame members; each of said clips comprising means for hookingly engaging one of said tabs from above and for mounting said back cushion for essentially pivotal movement about said tabs between a relatively forwardly inclined first position and a relatively upright second position; each of said clips being composed of resilient, springable material; each of said tabs being composed of rigid material; each clip comprising means for gripping a respective tab when said back cushion is in its upright position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
140 words
A seat as recited in claim 1 and comprising: a bracket attached to said rear member at a location above said clips; means for attaching said bracket to said upper cross member on said frame; a back shroud having a main body portion located behind said vertically extending frame members; a top flange on said back shroud extending forwardly from said main body portion, overlapping said upper cross member on the frame and extending forwardly of the rear member on the back cushion; a lip depending from the front of said top flange; said clips further comprising means mounting said back cushion for vertical sliding movement on said tabs; said attaching means comprising means for raising said back cushion, in said vertical sliding movement, until the bottom edge of said depending lips abuts said top portion of the back cushion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
74 words
A seat as recited in claim 1 and comprising: a seat cushion; said frame including means for supporting said seat cushion; a flexible flap extending from the rear of said seat cushion and terminating at a free end; a marginal portion adjacent said free end on the flexible flap; and means on said marginal portion and on the rear member of said back cushion for releasably adhering said marginal portion to said rear member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
A seat as recited in claim 1 wherein: each of said tabs is fixed on a respective one of said vertically extending frame members, extends therefrom toward the other tab and terminates at a free end.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A seat as recited in claim 1 wherein: each of said tabs lies in a substantially vertical plane and is at the same elevation at the other tab.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A seat as recited in claim 1 wherein: said clips and said tabs comprise means cooperating to impart a spring tension to said clips when the back cushion is in its upright position, to enhance the gripping action of said clips on said tabs.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
93 words
A seat as recited in claim 1 and comprising: a bracket attached to said rear member at a location above said clips; and means for attaching said bracket to said upper cross member on said frame; said clips further comprising means mounting said back cushion for vertical sliding movement on said tabs between upper and lower positions in both of which said clips are in hooking engagement with said tabs; said attaching means comprising means for raising said back cushion, in said vertical sliding movement, from said lower position to said upper position.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1985-12-27 | 1986-06-28 | 1986-12-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1989-12-27 | 1990-06-28 | 1990-12-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1993-12-27 | 1994-06-28 | 1994-12-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |