US 11,752,912 B1
Vehicle seat assembly having assist handle
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US); Lucretia Williams, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US); and Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,549.
Int. Cl. B60N 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 3/023 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
a seat;
a seatback operatively coupled to the seat;
an assist handle located on the seat back, wherein the assist handle is releasable from a stowed position and pivotable outward to a first deployed position and rotatable laterally to a second deployed position; and
a release mechanism configured to release the assist handle from at least one of the stowed position and the second deployed position, the release mechanism comprising a bias feature to bias the assist handle towards one of the first deployed position and the stowed position.