Stephen C Pearse

US Patent:

6488327, Dec 3, 2002

Filed:

Aug 24, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/939189

Inventors:

Stephen C. Pearse - Ann Arbor MI
Kenneth S. Karpczuk - Brighton MI
William J. Hentges - Plymouth MI

Assignee:

Johnson Controls Technology Company - Plymouth MI

International Classification:

B60N 204

US Classification:

296 6505, 296 69, 296 3715, 2971881, 297335

Abstract:

A seating system for a vehicle includes a seat portion with a front edge and a rear edge, and a back portion with an upper edge and a lower edge, where the rear edge of the seat portion is connected to the lower edge of the back portion. The system includes a platform portion of the vehicle configured to support an underside of the seat portion when the seat assembly is in a seating position. A pivot connection couples the platform to the seat portion to selectively move the seat assembly from the seating position to a cargo storage position. A cargo storage surface is provided on the underside of the seat assembly that is supported above a floor portion of the vehicle by the back portion of the seat assembly when the seat assembly is in the cargo storage position.

US Patent:

55795552, Dec 3, 1996

Filed:

Mar 18, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/618076

Inventors:

Stephen C. Pearse - Toledo OH

Assignee:

The National Super Service Company - Toledo OH

International Classification:

A47L 906
A47L 1130

US Classification:

15320

Abstract:

A squeegee assembly for use in a floor cleaning machine includes a housing which includes a forward plate and a rearward plate. The opposed ends of the forward plate and the rearward plate converge toward one another to form an interior wedge. One or more squeegee blades are disposed within the housing of the squeegee assembly adjacent to the forward and rearward plates thereof. A pair of wedge bars are provided within the housing of the squeegee assembly for releasably securing the squeegee blades thereto. The wedge bars are preferably identical, each having an outer shape which corresponds to the shape of the interior wedge defined by the forward and rearward plates. A wedge member is provided for moving the wedge bars between an engaged position, wherein the squeegee blades are frictionally engaged between the wedge bars and the forward and rearward plates, and a disengaged position, wherein the squeegee blades are not frictionally engaged between the wedge bars and the forward and rearward plates. The wedge member is formed generally in the shape of a trapezoid, having a relatively short upper surface and a relatively long lower surface which are connected together by a pair of oppositely angled side surfaces. To secure the squeegee blades to the housing, bolts are tightened which draw the wedge member upwardly toward the top plate of the housing.