Locking mechanism for seat adjuster

摘要

An improved spring and locking mechanism for an automative seat adjusting device which includes a rod slidably for selective positioning within a locking mechanism fixed to the seat. The locking mechanism includes a hollow tubular steel fulcrum and a formed channel shaped spring having a web extending across the fulcrum and a plurality of lockwashers and a plurality of legs at each end of the web. The spring legs contact the outermost lockwashers and tilt or cant the lockwashers about the fulcrum.