Latch arrangement for a seat slide structure

Claim 1

A seat slide comprising, in combination, a pair of generally U-shaped internested track members, each track member including a base wall, side walls extending therefrom and terminal flanges, with the base wall, side walls and terminal flanges of the track members being located in respective opposed spaced relationship to each other, bearing means movably supporting one track member on the other track member for movement relative thereto, the base wall of the one track member including an opening therethrough, one side wall of the other track member including a series of openings therein, one terminal flange of the one track member including at least one opening therein, a latch member pivoted to the outer side of the base wall of the one track member and including a latch portion extending inwardly of the base wall of the one track member through an opening therein and terminating in at least one laterally outwardly extending latch tooth engageable in latched position within at least one of a series of openings in the side wall of the other track member and at least one opening in the terminal flange of the one track member to latch the track members to each other, and a wire spring member having one end portion secured to the latch member and another end portion anchored within the opening in the one track member to resiliently engage the latch portion of the latch member with a complementary shaped side edge portion of the opening in the base wall of the one track member and maintain the latch tooth in latched position and means for rotating the latch member about the pivot thereof to move the latch tooth out of the openings in the terminal flange of the one track member and side wall of the other track member to permit movement of the one track member relative to the other track member.