Device for releasably mounting pivotable arm rests of seats, in particular center arm rests of motor vehicle rear seats

Claim 1

A device for releasably mounting a pivotable arm rest of a vehicle seat, from a back rest of the seat, the arm rest to withstand forces applied by a seat occupant, the arm rest having attached thereto pivot pins with a first diameter on both sides, the device in combination comprising: two generally parallel bearing support arms connected with and branching off from the back rest at approximately right angles and said bearing arms being disposed on both sides of the arm rest, both of the bearing arms having on their ends generally opposite the back rest aligned slot-like bearing recesses approximately perpendicular to the direction of forces applied by a seat occupant and the slot-like bearing recesses sloping forwardly and downwardly, and the bearing arm having an opening; and plastic caps for releasably fixing on each of the bearing arms by a spring tongue with a latching projection which can be latched into the bearing arms opening, each plastic cap having a slot-like bearing recess extending essentially perpendicular to the slot-like bearing recesses of the bearing arms and the slot-like bearing recess of the plastic cap being undersized in relation to the first diameter of the pivot pin and the plastic caps serve as covers for covering the pivot pins.

Claim 2

A device for releasably mounting a pivotable arm rest of a vehicle seat, from a back rest of the seat, the arm rest to withstand forces applied by a seat occupant, the arm rest having attached thereto pivot pins with a first diameter on both sides, the device in combination comprising: two generally parallel bearing support arms connected with and branching off from the back rest at approximately right angles and said bearing arms being disposed on both sides of the arm rest, both of the bearing arms having on their ends generally opposite the back rest aligned slot-like bearing recesses approximately perpendicular to the direction of forces applied by a seat occupant and the slot-like bearing recesses sloping forwardly and downwardly, and the bearing arm having an opening; and plastic caps for releasably fixing on each of the bearing arms by a spring tongue with a latching projection which can be latched into the bearing arms opening, each plastic cap having a slot-like bearing recess extending essentially perpendicular to the slot-like bearing recesses of the bearing arms and the slot-like bearing recess of the plastic cap being undersized in relation to the first diameter of the pivot pin and the plastic caps serve as covers for covering the pivot pins.