Abstract: A seat frame for use in an automotive seat. The seat frame is divided into four sections, that is, front, rear, right and left sections, and at least the right and left sections or side frame members are respectively formed in a substantially Z-shaped configuration. Namely, each of the side frame members comprises a vertically extending web, an upper flange and a lower flange projecting in opposing directions to each other with respect to the web, whereby, when loads are applied to the side frame members, the respective centers of shearing thereof are caused to exist in their webs or adjacent portions thereof, resulting in the increased strength.

Abstract: A seat slider device for an automotive seat is specially configured to minimize its height. An upper rail fixed to the bottom of the seat slidably engages a lower rail fixed to the floor. The rails have flanges along one edge which engage via a bearing. A plurality of regularly spaced holes are formed in the other edge of the lower rail. A lock lever mounted on the upper rail is manually actuable into and out of engagement with the holes in the lower rail, in which former case, the upper rail and the seat are held securely in place relative to the lower rail and the floor. Since the bearing and the locking holes are on opposite sides of the lower rail, they are free to lie in the same horizontal plane.

Abstract: An adjustable seat assembly which comprises a seat bottom and a seat back, a reclining mechanism for connecting the seat back to the seat bottom for the adjustment of the tilt of the seat back relative to the seat bottom, a slide mechanism for mounting the seat bottom on a support surface for the adjustment of the position of the seat in a direction along the support surface, and a multifunctional handle supported for movement in at least first and second directions for controlling the reclining and slide mechanisms, respectively. Where the seat assembly further comprises a seat lifting mechanism for the adjustment of the height of the seat above the support surface, the handle may be rendered movable also in a third direction, in which case the first and second are opposite to each other and the third direction is perpendicular to any one of the first and second directions.

Abstract: A seat assembly especially suitable for use as a front seat of a two door vehicle. The seat assembly is slidable on tracks for permitting ease of access to behind the seat, and is provided with a front and rear end comprising three track assemblies, a fixed lower track assembly, a middle or second track assembly releaseably secured to the lower track assembly, and when released, being slideable to the front end with respect to the lower track assembly, and an upper or third track assembly releaseably secured to the middle track assembly, and when released, being slideable to the front end with respect to the middle track assembly. The seat assembly includes a "memory" for returning the slideable set assembly to its initial position.

Abstract: A composite bedding unit comprised of adjoining single bed units adapted to be juxtaposed in the form of double bedding and separable along a median line dividing the sleeping areas of two retiring individuals having distinct sleeping requirements when lying together, the two bed units being carried by a platform to which the bed units are mechanized to be separated from said median line for single bed conditioning, provision being made for safety and for ease of assembly and disassembly within a minimum of space.

Abstract: The slide comprises two fixed lower sections and two upper sections. A gear-down mechanism is rigidly connected to one of the upper sections, the fixed lower section having an inner face provided with a toothing forming a rack. Reversible endless screws are mounted on a shaft able to rotate freely with respect to the rack and are blocked in the position chosen for the seat by shoes with inclined upper sections normally pressed against each other by springs an unlocked by flat portions of a bar having a controlled rotation. The seat is manually displaced.

Abstract: Passenger car individual front passenger seat back actuated seat latch release means comprising pivotally connected seat and seat back bracket means, longitudinal track seat adjustment means including manual latch release means, pivoted lever means on the seat bracket means, striker means fixed on the seat back bracket means responsive to forward tilting for actuating the lever means, linkage means from the lever means for actuating said manual latch release means, the striker means including a surface for retaining the lever means in latch release mode during manual return of the seat to rearward position and seat back to upright position.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat has a pair of upper track members attached thereto which serve to guide the seat for sliding movement in a pair of stationary lower track members. On that upper track member on which the belt lock is located, a shackle secured to the upper track member is completely embracing the lower track member.A pawl, which is attached on the shackle, is adapted to extend through apertures in the shackle and engage with apertures provided in the lower track member. This arrangement will, on the one hand, enable the belt lock to be directly coupled with the lower track member and, on the other hand, permit the shackle through its pawl to lock the motor vehicle seat on the lower track member in selected positions.

Abstract: A rack formed by a window-like framework is adapted to support various holders for organizing articles in a cabinet and is adapted to be pulled from a stored position in the cabinet to an accessible position in which substantially the entire rack is disposed completely outside the cabinet. The rack is carried by a bottom-supported mounting assembly having pivoted arms which collapse toward one another as the rack is moved inwardly to its stored position and expand away from one another to form a double-triangular bracing structure as the rack is pulled outwardly to its accessible position. The arms coact with guide rollers on the bottom of the cabinet to hold the rack stable in each of its positions without need of any top support for the rack. One of the holders which is supported by the rack is a wire-grid book shelf equipped with an adjustable bookend which is held by the grids of the shelf.

Abstract: A stationary rail of generally channel-shaped construction is secured to the vehicle floor so as to have an elongate opening thereof oriented to the direction of movement of a seat mounted thereover. The stationary rail has a coaxially extending main portion or section and coaxially extending guided and guiding portions or members. A movable rail connected to the seat has throughout the length thereof the same cross section as the stationary rail. The movable rail is slidably engaged with the stationary rail in such a manner that the guided and guiding portions thereof are engaged with the corresponding guided and guiding portions of the movable rail in a mutually inverted relationship, having the main portion thereof and the corresponding truck portion of the movable rail spaced. Rollers are embraced by the stationary and movable rails in such a manner that the cylindrical outer surface of each roller engages with both the main portions of the stationary and movable rails.

Abstract: An installation 10 for the longitudinal adjustment of a seat, especially of a motor vehicle seat which includes a top rail 30 supporting the seat, which is form-lockingly longitudinally displaceably guided on a coordinated bottom rail 44. A drive mechanism 12 with drive pinion 24 is connected with one of the two rails; the drive pinion 24 engages into a toothed rack 56 mounted at the other rail 44 and extending along the same. In order to establish with a simple structure an always reliable mutual engagement of the pinion and toothed rack, also in case of high loads caused by accidents, the other rail 44 is provided with a guide groove 98 for at least one guide bolt 92 mounted at the drive mechanism 14 or at the rail 30 within the area of the pinion 24.

Abstract: One of two drawable furniture parts have an outer rail made from a triangular hollow section having a lengthwise slot for receiving an inner rail. The outer rail is mounted on an inner rail and rides on a triangular array of balls. The inner rail is made of two superposed U sections whose inside legs are flatly welded together and have their edge portions bent apart to form a track for the upper row of balls. The two lower rows of balls are received in the triangular hollow section below the bent edge portions.

Abstract: An arrangement for the form-locking guidance of a load supported by a top rail, especially of an electrically longitudinally adjustable motor vehicle seat, along at least one bottom rail, in which the bottom rail includes flanks surrounding a base of the top rail on both sides thereof; ball races are provided at the inner sides of the flanks which cooperate with ball races at the base of the top rail; the base of the top rail is slidingly supported on an upwardly pointing bearing surface of the bottom rail located between the flanks of the bottom rail.

Abstract: An integral seat frame and track is provided. Two base tracks comprising elongated structural elements are mounted to a vehicle floor in a spaced, parallel relationship. A seat frame assembly comprises two spaced, parallel structural elments joined at one end of each by a third structural element. The parallel elements of the seat frame assembly are adapted to fit cooperatively with the seat tracks so that the seat frame is movable along the seat tracks. The seat frame elements include provision to receive seat support members that are stretched between the seat frame elements. A flange extends outwardly and downwardly from each seat frame element and is adapted to support a seat cover stretched over its edges. Seat back supports are affixed to each seat frame parallel element.

Abstract: A latch structure for a seat slide structure includes a latch member pivoted to the base wall of the movable one of a pair of track members and having a latch portion extending inwardly of the one track member and provided with at least one latched tooth engageable within openings in the track members to releasably latch the track members to each other. The latch member is biased to a latched position by a spring anchored between the latch member and the one track member. Where a pair of spaced seat slide structures are each provided with latch structures, simultaneous movement of the latch members of these structures to released position is effected by interconnecting the latch members with a slightly slack cable. A release lever is coaxially pivoted with one of the latch members and mounts a pulley engageable with the cable to effect shortening of the cable intermediate the anchored ends thereof and simultaneous movement of the latch members to released position.

Abstract: A latching arrangement for seat slide structures includes a latch member which is fulcrumed on one track member of the slide structure and includes a latching portion which extends inwardly of the one track member and has latched teeth, engageable within openings in the other track member and in the one track. The latch member is biased to latched position by a hairpin type spring.

Abstract: An easy entry seat adjuster includes a latch member which is resiliently biased to a latched position and can be manually moved to unlatched position to adjust the seat. When the seat moves to the easy entry position, tilting movement of the seat back moves a blocking member into engagement with the latch member to move the latch member to unlatched position and block return thereof to unlatched position. Movement of the seat from the easy entry position rearwardly engages the latch member with an abutment of the lower track member to release the latch member from the blocking member and permit the blocking member to return to unblocking position and the latch member to latched position.

Abstract: The mechanism has two slides formed by section members 10, 20 having pairs of abutments 11-23, 14-22, which, at the end of the travel, cooperate through the medium of two balls 30 between which is disposed an elastically compressible device 40. The balls are in this way protected against deterioration due to impacts.

Abstract: A lower section-member of the orientation correcting slideway is produced by folding a blank in the shape of a diabolo into a U-section. The blank has end flanges and curved lateral guiding grooves formed therein by a press operation and openings for receiving a latch of the slideway. The section-member has a planar web which is directly fixed to the web of an upper section-member of a slideway for longitudinally adjusting the position of the seat. Application in automobile vehicle seats.

Abstract: A seat track apparatus for a seat of a vehicle having a chamber floor which includes an upper rail fixedly attached to a lower portion of the vehicle seat and having a reverse U-shaped cross-sectional configuration so as to form opposed shoulders and opposed side walls and including a first pair of projecting portions longitudinally projecting from the opposed shoulders and a second pair of projecting portions longitudinally, laterally projecting from the opposed side walls, and a lower rail fixedly attached to the floor of the vehicle chamber and having a U-shaped cross-sectional configuration and including a pair of upper flanges at an upper end portion thereof and a pair of projecting portions corresponding to the pair of projecting portions of the upper rail at the opposed side walls.

Abstract: An integral track vehicle seat structure has a pair of laterally spaced side rails providing seat cushion mounting means, including a seat spring and seat back adjustment mechanism mounted to the side rails, a plurality of floor anchors for securing the side rails to the vehicle frame and an integral track formed integrally of the side rails and floor anchors including relatively adjustable and position lockable upper and lower track members each having an opened box section like configuration which slidably fit in internested, telescoping relation to secure the vehicle seat at all times to the vehicle floor while providing for forward and backward seat adjustment.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a U-shaped guiding rail and a U-shaped gui rail. The guided rail has turned-in portions along the longitudinal free edges of its legs, which turned-in portions engage behind adjacent legs of the U-shaped guiding rail. One leg of the guided rail together with its turned-in portion is recessed from one end of the rail to substantially the center of the rail. The other leg of the guided rail is recessed from the other end of the rail to the center.

Abstract: A slide adjustment device for use in a seat of a moving vehicle such as an automobile or airplane. The device includes a lower rail adapted to be attached to the floor of the vehicle, an upper rail to be attached to the seat, and slidably moveable with regard to the lower rail. A sliding element is provided which slides relative to the rails and is provided between the upper and lower rails.

Abstract: A bearing assembly for upper and lower track members of a seat slide includes a flexible elongate member which is bowed by engagement with a longitudinal rib of the upper track member to engage roller end portions of the elongate member with flanges of the lower track member when the seat is unoccupied and engage bearing means between flanges of the track members to locate the components of the seat slide in rattle free relationship. When the seat is occupied, the upper track member is shifted downwardly to engage the roller end portions of the elongate member with the upper track member and provide rollers slidably supporting the upper track member on the lower track member.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat assembly including a base portion affixed to the motor vehicle, a seat portion movably attached to the base portion, and a seat adjustment mechanism operatively interposed between the seat portion and the base portion for enabling selective adjustable movement of the seat portion relative to the base portion. In order to enable a passenger's safety belt to be attached at the movable seat portion, a locking pin mechanism is provided which may be selectively activated to lock the seat portion relative to the base portion thereby to prevent relative movement therebetween. The seat adjustment mechanism may be formed with a longitudinal seat adjustment device which enables forward and rearward movement of the seat portion and with tilt adjusting devices enabling height adjustment of the seat. The locking pin mechanism may be arranged to lock at least one or both of the longitudinal seat adjustment mechanism and the tilt adjustment devices.

Abstract: A longitudinally adjustable vehicle seat construction and method of making the same are provided, the seat construction comprising a lower structural seat frame unit, a seat cushion unit supported by the lower seat frame unit, and an upper slide unit carried by the construction for sliding longitudinally on a fixed lower slide unit carried by a vehicle to thereby permit longitudinal adjustment of the seat construction in the vehicle, the upper slide unit comprising a structural part of the lower structural seat frame unit.

Abstract: A seat frame with an integrally built-in slide rail mechanism, in which a seat-frame side member and a member corresponding to the upper member of the slide rail are integrally combined into a frame structure defining an internal space of closed section, and principal parts of the slide rail mechanism, including a stopper actuated by a handle through a lever, are disposed in this internal space. A slide-rail lower member disposed beneath the corresponding member is formed with locking slots with which engaging lugs of the stopper are engageable so that the seat frame can be locked in any desired position and unlocked to make longitudinal movement along the slide rails.

Abstract: A seat suspension system includes a seat frame movably supported on a base in a fore and aft direction by guide rollers supported on the base and received into rails on the seat frame. A seat attenuating device supported on seat frame includes a rod rotatably supported on spaced brackets and having a lug extending rotatably therefrom between the supports with first and second coil springs telescoped over the rod and located between the lug and the respective supports. An accumulator is connected at one end to a rod and at the opposite end to one of the brackets, while a plate is supported on the base and has notches for receiving at least a portion of the lug to define a plurality of adjusted positions for the seat frame on the base. A lock-out member cooperates with the lug on the rod and is supported on the seat frame to fix the seat frame with respect to the base when desired.

Abstract: A truck extension attachment for increasing the capacity of a truck bed to carry articles which project rearwardly out of the truck bed includes roller means mounted to the truck bed frame, a retractable frame passing through the roller means, a rear cross frame connected to the retractable frame and means for connecting the retractable frame to the rear cross frame. The roller means have one or more roller housings mounted to the truck bed frame with each roller housing having a pair of rollers vertically aligned within the roller housing. In a storage position, the retractable frame lies beneath the truck. By pulling the retractable frame rearwardly through the roller means, the retractable frame is placed in an operational position in which the retractable frame extends partially beyond the rear of the truck bed. The rear cross frame lies parallel to the rear of the truck to support articles projecting from the rear of the truck bed.

Abstract: A sprung vehicle seat which adjusts to a preset height, even when accommodating people of different weights, and which also permits adjustment of the preset height, is supported by a gas spring. An actuator which is linearly movable when there is a change in the seat height can cooperate with a switching mechanism, which includes a valve spaced apart from a switch, to control the volume of air in the gas spring. A holder carrying either the switching mechanism or the actuator is pivotably mounted on a slider which is linearly movable unless it is locked into place. When the holder is in a first angular position, the actuator and the switching mechanism are separated to avoid unnecessary actuation of the gas spring during bouncing movements, and when it is in a second angular position the actuator and the switching mechanism are moved toward each other so that they can cooperate to adjust the seat to the preset height.

Abstract: An adjustable seat mounting mechanism is provided between a base part and a seat support part mounted for relative fore and aft movement. An adjustment mechanism is operatively associated between the base part and the seat support part for effecting adjustment between a locking mode preventing the fore and aft movement, an isolation mode permitting limited oscillatory movement between the base part and the seat part, and an unlocking mode to permit full fore and aft adjustment of the seat. A single manually manipulatable member is provided, movable with the seat, for effecting adjustment between the three modes.

Abstract: A seat position control mechanism includes an inboard slave track arrangement having a single track assembly and an outboard control track arrangement having a pair of the same track assemblies arranged in vertically stacked relationship. One of the outboard track assemblies provides for horizontal adjustment of the seat and the other provides for movement of the seat to and from an easy enter position. A control cable arrangement interconnects a tilting seat back and a latch mechanism for the other outboard track assembly to release a latch mechanism and permit movement of the seat to the easy enter position.

Abstract: Adjustable device to support a chair on a boat seat enabling the chair to be moved sidewise and locked either in a center position or selected offcenter positions on both sides. A wheeled carriage, with bolts connecting it to a swivelable chair, is movable from side to side along a floor plate in an elongated body which is fastened lengthwise by clamps on a boat seat bench or thwart. A manually movable spring-loaded latch pin mounted on the carriage is selectively engageable in any one of a plurality of apertures in the floor plate to lock the carriage in a center position or a selected offcenter position. The clamps are adjustable to accommodate seat benches of different vertical thicknesses and different fore-and-aft depths. A concealed space is provided within the lower part of the body for threaded clamp adjustment members.

Abstract: A three point seat adjuster for a vehicle car seat includes a generally Y shaped frame for supporting a vehicle seat. The Y shaped frame includes a pair of transversely extending leg members supported by rollers on a pair of rear track members mounted on the vehicle floor and a longitudinally extending integral stem member which is slidably engaged through a journal in a forwardly mounted guide bracket. The guide bracket is pivotally mounted to the vehicle floor. A release mechanism associated with the guide bracket releasably locks the stem member to the guide bracket in a plurality of positions.

Abstract: A device for supporting a moveable seat, for example a seat in a motor vehicle, by means of sliding rails which can be displaced in their longitudinal direction on roller facilities situated between the sliding rails and stationary alignment rails, the position of the seat being set by a mechanism which arrests the movement of the seat and involves, if desired, notches on at least one alignment rail, made such that it can withstand excessive loading, at the same time being simple and inexpensive to manufacture and install. This is achieved by having both the sliding rail and the related alignment rail feature at least one flange projecting out at the side, such that the flange on the sliding rail lies a short distance below the flange on the alignment rail resulting in flanges coming into contact under overload conditions. The facing flanges feature surface projections which interlock when under load.

Abstract: Fore and aft isolator assembly for a suspended vehicle seat permits the operator to rotate a single control lever in one direction to allow the seat to be moved to any desired fore and aft position and in the opposite direction to lock the seat in that position in either a fixed manner relative to the seat base or in an "isolate" mode where it is free to travel back and forth to a limited degree against resilient elements. The assembly permits the seat to have a very low profile limited only by the clearance required for the suspension structure. It includes an intermediate frame having a series of rack teeth which is positioned between top and bottom frames attached, respectively, to the seat upper and to the suspension. The bottom frame also incorporates a toothed rack. A rotatable adjusting shaft which is rotatably mounted to the top frame slidably supports the intermediate frame and also fixedly supports a first locking pawl which can engage a selected tooth in the rack on the bottom frame.

Abstract: A vehicle seat mounting device comprises a first frame and a second frame mounted for relative sliding movement by guide rails attached to one of the frames which are engaged by rollers on the other of the frames. An intermediate frame within the device is connected to the first frame by a position adjusting device operable by a first actuator whereby the first frame can be locked to the intermediate frame in any one of a plurality of different selected positions. The intermediate frame is connected to the second frame by springs to allow resilient relative movement therebetween. A lock-out device is operable by a second actuator to lock the intermediate frame to the second frame.

Abstract: A stepwise seat slide adjuster for vehicles includes a stationary lower guide rail adapted to be mounted to a vehicle floor, an upper guide rail adapted to be mounted to a vehicle seat and capable of a longitudinally sliding movement relative to the lower guide rail, a manually operated lever having a first pawl pivotally supported on the upper guide rail and releasably engaging any one of the latch teeth formed along the longitudinal edge of the lower guide rail, and a second pawl actuated in response to the release action of the manual lever which disengages the first pawl from the tooth with which it engages, so that the first pawl can backward stepwise slide to a latch tooth which corresponds to a selected seat position and engage with the tooth.

Abstract: Adjusting mechanism for a seat, particularly a seat of an automotive vehicle, in which the seat rests on carriers elongated in the direction of shifting movement, seat shifting guides being interposed, and the carriers being equipped with integrally connected, upwardly directed lugs which laterally back the seat shifting guides.

Abstract: The chair of a transfer bench includes a single removable arm and four rollers attached to the underside of the chair by four multipurpose brackets. The single arm can be easily mounted on the right or left side of the chair so that the open side of the chair always faces toward the patient regardless of the orientation of the chair on the bench. Each of the roller brackets is fastened directly to the bottom of the chair for additional simplicity and strength. Two spring-loaded safety hooks on the underside of the chair allow the chair to be removed from the bench, rotated 180.degree., and safely remounted on the bench but facing in the opposite direction. A downwardly extending locking stud attached to the underside of one of the tubular tracks of the bench can be engaged by one of the spring-loaded safety hooks to keep the chair from moving when a patient attempts to sit in the chair.

Abstract: In an adjusting device for a seat in a motor vehicle, a sliding seat guiding mechanism moves the seat in a generally horizontal direction. The guide mechanism includes an upper part secured to the seat and a support member secured to the floor of the vehicle. A rack is attached to the upper part and is driven by a pinion mounted on the support member for moving the seat in the generally horizontal direction. The rack is adjustably mounted on the upper part to permit limited movement of the rack in the generally vertical direction disposed transversely of the generally horizontal direction of movement of the seat so that proper engagement of the rack and the pinion is assured.

Abstract: The top frame of a vehicle seat is fitted with upper longitudinal guides for slidably mounting the frame on an articulated system which serves to displace the seat in a vertical direction while also permitting horizontal displacement of the seat in sliding motion. The upper guides are locked in any desired longitudinal position by means of catches and may be disengaged by means of a release control member.

Abstract: In a seat suspension wherein a seat part is slidable fore-and-aft on a suspension part, a latching member having an elongated slot therein is swingable to and from a normal position about a rivet secured to the seat part and extending through the slot. In its normal position, the latching member engages the suspension part to be locked against fore-and-aft motion, but the seat part can move fore-and-aft between slot-defined limits. A control member is pivoted to the latching member on an axis spaced from and parallel to that of said rivet, which extends through a triangular cutout in the control member. The control member has one limit position wherein a portion of said cutout registers with said slot for fore-and-aft shock isolating motion of the seat part and an intermediate position wherein an apex portion of the cutout engages the rivet to prevent seat part motion.

Abstract: A vehicle seat adjustable slide structure comprises two slides, interengaging a locking lever pivotally supported by a tab cut out of the outer slide which is folded over and extends through an opening in the lever with a clearance which allows the movement of the lever between a seat locking position and a seat releasing position for movement of the seat in translation.

Abstract: A seat component of an adjustable seat, particularly of a motor vehicle seat, is mounted on a base component for movement generally in the forward and rearward direction of the seat. A toothed rack is rigidly mounted on the seat component, and a pinion member is mounted on a driving shaft and meshes with the toothed rack. A driving element of a disk-shaped configuration is rigidly connected to the driving shaft and has a plurality of circumferentially distributed openings which receive corresponding tooth-shaped projections of the pinion member to entrain the pinion member for joint rotation with the driving shaft. The pinion member is displaceable axially of the driving shaft to engage the tooth-shaped projections in, and disengage the same from, the corresponding openings of the driving element.

Abstract: The guide rail assembly for a vehicle seat comprises two pairs of interhooked guide rails one being secured to the seat and the other to the floor of the vehicle. The seat rail includes a mounting member for safety belts and in the proximity of the mounting member is secured to a hook-shaped reinforcing member which engages a corresponding hook-shaped portion of a cooperating reinforcing rail which is secured to the stationary guide rail. The upper hook-shaped reinforcing member is dimensioned such as to be deformed in the case of excessive loads applied to the safety belt thus preventing the guide rails from being torn apart.

Abstract: A slide mechanism for a vehicle seat comprises an upper channel having a base secured to the vehicle seat, a lower channel having a base secured to the vehicle floor, and a latching member between the channels; the channels have limbs which are shaped to interlock to resist separation of the channels and which, under abnormal loading, are adapted to clamp the latching member in its locking position.

Abstract: Adjusting mechanism for a seat, particularly a seat of an automotive vehicle, in which the seat rests on carriers elongated in the direction of shifting movement, seat shifting guides being interposed, and the carriers being equipped with integrally connected, upwardly directed lugs which laterally back the seat shifting guides.

Abstract: A horizontally adjustable seat support may be rotated 180.degree. to lock in either a forward facing position or a rearward facing position. A latching mechanism restricts frame movement from horizontal or pivotable movement but may be partially displaced for free horizontal adjustment without releasing the pivotable lock.Horizontal seat tracks may engage the lower or alternatively the upper portions of rollers carried between the seat tracks, depending on the lateral position of the seat frame.

Abstract: A remotely controlled tri-level roller platform assembly including a base portion, an intermediate portion and a top support portion. The intermediate portion is reciprocally operable in a first linear plane, atop and independently of the base member, by means of a first reversible electric motor, with the top support portion disposed thereatop for movement therewith. The top support portion is reciprocally operable in a second linear plane, independent of the intermediate portion, at right angles to the first plane, by means of a second reversible electric motor. Remote control electric switches are provided for the first and second motors whereby the motors may be selectively operated for universal planar positioning of any desired point within a predetermined area of the top surface of the top support portion relative to the lens of a single camera in a visual aid system, including a TV monitor.