Patents by Inventor Wilheim R. Braner

Wilheim R. Braner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5393116
    Abstract: A releasably mounted seat for a van-type vehicle is provided which in an embodiment includes a rear leg biased to latch to a floor of a vehicle, a seat bun frame joined to the rear leg providing a seating surface, a backing plate pivotally mounted with respect to the bun frame and selectively adjustable with respect to the bun frame means, a seat back pivotally mounted with respect to the backing frame and foldable between a first position generally extending with the backing plate and a second position folded forward generally adjacent the bun frame, and a single handle providing control to selectively position the seat back in the first and second positions and the handle providing control to selectively adjust the position of the backing plate with respect to the bun frame, and the handle providing control over the engagement of the latch of the rear leg with the vehicle floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James Bolsworth, Kenneth S. Pyszel, Joseph D. Kondziola, Terrel L. Scherman, Wilheim R. Braner