Removable rear jump seat
View Patent ↗A removable jump seat assembly for an automotive vehicle has a jump seat, and a support structure for the jump seat. The support structure includes at least one support bar having a first terminal portion connected to the jump seat. A bracket is mounted on a rear upright wall of the vehicle. A releasable latch assembly releasably secures the support bar to the bracket. The latch assembly includes a housing on a second terminal portion of the support bar. Latch fingers in the housing are engageable in slots in the bracket to connect the support bar to the bracket. A spring urges the latch fingers into the slots. Release members carried by the housing are adapted to withdraw the latch fingers from the slots against the force of the spring.
1. A removable jump seat assembly for an automotive vehicle comprising,
a jump seat,
a support structure for the jump seat including at least one support bar having a first terminal portion connected to the jump seat,
a bracket adapted to be mounted on a rear upright wall of the vehicle, and
a releasable latch assembly for releasably securing the support bar to said bracket,
said latch assembly comprising a housing on a second terminal portion of the support bar,
a first latch finger in said housing engageable in a first recess in said bracket to connect said support bar to said bracket,
an actuator in said housing urging said first latch finger into said first recess, and
a release member carried by said housing for withdrawing said first latch finger from said first recess against the force of the actuator.
2. The removable jump seat assembly of claim 1 , wherein said bracket has laterally spaced first and second flanges, said first recess being provided in said first flange, a second latch finger in said housing engageable in a second recess in the second flange, said actuator comprising a spring extending between said first and second latch fingers and urging said latch fingers laterally outwardly for engagement in the respective recesses, said housing is generally channel-shaped, having laterally spaced side walls, aligned first and second holes in the respective first and second side walls, and a second release member for withdrawing the second latch finger from the second recess, said first and second release members being movable in the respective first and second holes toward and away from each other and when moved toward each other forcing said latch fingers out of said recesses.
3. A removable jump seat assembly for an automotive vehicle, comprising,
a jump seat,
a support structure for the jump seat including at least one support bar having a first terminal portion connected to the jump seat,
a bracket adapted to be mounted on a rear upright wall of the vehicle,
said bracket being generally channel-shaped and having laterally spaced apart first and second flanges, and
a releasable latch assembly for releasably securing the support bar to said bracket,
said latch assembly comprising a housing on a second terminal portion of the support bar,
said housing being generally channel-shaped and having laterally spaced apart first and second side walls,
a first latch finger in said housing engageable in a first recess in said first flange,
a second latch finger in said housing engageable in a second recess in said second flange,
an actuator urging said first and second latch fingers into the respective first and second recesses,
a first release member carried by said first side wall for withdrawing said first latch finger from said first recess against the force of said actuator, and
a second release member carried by said second side wall for withdrawing said second latch finger from said second recess against the force of said actuator.
4. The removable jump seat assembly of claim 3 , wherein said first recess comprises a first slot and said second recess comprises a second slot.
5. The removable jump seat assembly of claim 4 , wherein said first and second slots are laterally aligned with each other, said latch fingers are laterally spaced apart from each other, and said actuator comprises a spring disposed between and bearing against said latch fingers to press said latch fingers laterally outwardly for engagement in the respective first and second slots.
6. The removable jump seat assembly of claim 5 , further including first and second holes in the respective first and second side walls of said housing, said first and second release members being movable in the respective first and second holes toward and away from each other and when moved toward each other forcing said latch fingers out of said slots.
7. The removable jump seat assembly of claim 6 , wherein said spring is supported in an elongated, tubular cylinder, and a cylinder mount attaching said cylinder to the housing.
8. The removable jump seat assembly of claim 7 , wherein said cylinder has longitudinally extending, diametrically opposed guide slots, said first latch finger extending through said guide slots at one end of said cylinder in contact with one end of said spring, said second latch finger extending through said guide slots at an opposite end of said cylinder in contact with an opposite end of said spring, said guide slots guiding said latch fingers for laterally inward and outward movement.
9. The removable jump seat assembly of claim 8 , further including knobs on the respective latch fingers engageable in first and second ports in the ends of said cylinder, said knobs cooperating with said guide slots in guiding said latch fingers for laterally inward and outward movement.
10. The removable jump seat assembly of claim 9 , further including a bench upon which the jump seat is adapted to rest, and wherein said first and second slots are vertically elongated to receive said fingers despite variations in height of the bench.
11. The removable jump seat assembly of claim 10 , wherein the fingers have tips and only such tips are engageable in the respective first and second slots.
12. The removable jump seat assembly of claim 11 , wherein said tips of said fingers extend perpendicular to the respective first and second flanges to facilitate entry of the tips into the slots in said flanges.