Abstract: A striker locking latch assembly having a mounting bracket and a cover plate secured together by first and second bushings to define a package interior. The first bushing rotatably supports a structural cam and a cinching cam, with the second bushing rotatably supporting a hook adapted to engage the striker when seated within an underside cavity defined between the bracket and plate. A torsional spring biases the cinching cam in a first direction for maintaining a first biasing contact with the hook engaging with the striker. A coil spring extends between the structural cam and a rotationally offset location of the hook such that, and upon the structural cam being pivoted into engagement with the cinching cam and against the first biasing component, continued pivotal actuation of the structural cam and cinching cam causes the second biasing component to pivot the hook out of contact with the striker in a second release position, at which the cinching cam establishes a second biasing contact with the hook.

Abstract: An assembly embedded into a headrest bun for permitting rotation of the bun between upright design and forward dump positions. The assembly includes a pair of tubes extending upwardly from a seatback frame and a fixed pivot rod extending between the tubes. A housing defines a package containing interior and including a pair of front and rear covers assembleable around the fixed pivot rod. A block shaped cam wedge is displaceably supported within the interior and biased in a first direction in seating fashion against an abutting location of the fixed rod. An actuating mechanism elevates the cam wedge to unseat from the pivot rod, the housing subsequently rotating from the design position to the forward dump position.

Abstract: An assembly embedded into a headrest bun for permitting rotation of the bun between upright design and forward dump positions. The assembly includes a pair of tubes extending upwardly from a seatback frame and a fixed pivot rod extending between the tubes. A housing defines a package containing interior and including a pair of front and rear covers assembleable around the fixed pivot rod. A block shaped cam wedge is displaceably supported within the interior and biased in a first direction in seating fashion against an abutting location of the fixed rod. An actuating mechanism elevates the cam wedge to unseat from the pivot rod, the housing subsequently rotating from the design position to the forward dump position.

Abstract: A multi-position and manually adjustable headrest having a support bracket affixed atop a seat back and exhibiting a plurality of ratchet defined portions. An intermediate and three dimensional shaped component is pivotally secured in a biased fashion to the ratchet defined bracket, the intermediate component exhibiting a pivotally supported and biased locking pawl which, depending upon a pivotal location of the intermediate component, engages a selected ratchet portion of said support bracket. A pair of headrest bun supporting plates are pivotally secured at upper ends to spaced apart sides of the intermediate pivotal component, the supporting plates further exhibiting lower arcuate extending channels through which seats pin supports projecting laterally from opposite sides of the ratchet support bracket and travel along the channels during forward displacement of the bun supporting plates, such as resulting from a manual readjustment force applied to a headrest bun.

Abstract: A recliner mechanism for use with a vehicle seat having a floor striker engaging bottom and a pivotally associated seatback. A seatback is pivotally secured to a fixed support and includes an arcuate lower surface upon which are defined teeth. A pawl is pivotally secured to the support and includes an upper surface with additional inter-engaging teeth when the seatback is in an upright position. A release cam secures to the support proximate a recessed underside location of the pawl and maintains the pawl in locking engagement with the seatback sector in a first position. The release cam rotates to cause the pawl to pivot out of engagement with the seatback, allowing it to pivot to a dump position opposing the seat bottom and concurrent with the seat bottom releasing from the floor striker and tumbling to a forward rotated position.

Abstract: A multi-position and manually adjustable headrest having a support bracket affixed atop a seat back and exhibiting a plurality of ratchet defined portions. An intermediate and three dimensional shaped component is pivotally secured in a biased fashion to the ratchet defined bracket, the intermediate component exhibiting a pivotally supported and biased locking pawl which, depending upon a pivotal location of the intermediate component, engages a selected ratchet portion of said support bracket. A pair of headrest bun supporting plates are pivotally secured at upper ends to spaced apart sides of the intermediate pivotal component, the supporting plates further exhibiting lower arcuate extending channels through which seats pin supports projecting laterally from opposite sides of the ratchet support bracket and travel along the channels during forward displacement of the bun supporting plates, such as resulting from a manual readjustment force applied to a headrest bun.

Abstract: A seatback assembly including a frame exhibiting a side-disposed and arcuate edge. An arm is pivotally secured to the frame. A pawl is in turn pivotally secured to the arm and is biased in engaging fashion relative to the arcuate extending edge via alternating and mating teeth and recess configurations established between the pawl and along at least one of first and second spaced apart locations defined along the arcuate edge. A cam is mounted to a further location of the seatback arm and biases the pawl against the frame. The cam is actuated to cause the pawl to disengage from the first configured sector location, the seatback arm pivoting towards the seat frame, whereupon the pawl matingly engages the second location along the arcuate seat sector edge to lock the seatback in a forwardly rotated and stowed position relative to the seat frame.