1. A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
a seatback;
a rear bracket pivotally supporting the seatback and slidably engaged with a track assembly;
a seat positioned substantially orthogonal to the seatback in an upright position and having a four-bar linkage including:
a top link for supporting a cushion;
a bottom link extending below the top link;
a rear link pivotally coupling a rearward portion of the top link with a rearward portion of the bottom link; and
a front link pivotally coupling a forward portion of the top link with a forward portion of the bottom link;
a connecting member pivotally coupling the bottom link with the seatback, wherein pivoting the seatback forward about the rear bracket causes the connecting member to collapse the linkage rearward to a stowed position defined by the bottom link in closer proximity to the top link; and
a base member pivotally coupling an intermediate portion of the front link with a fixed front bracket, wherein sliding the seatback forward causes the connecting member to pivot the seat upward about the base member to a rear access position defined by the cushion facing forward.
2. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 1, further comprising:
a support member having a first end slidably coupled with a central portion of the bottom link and a second end pivotally coupled with the rear bracket.
3. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 2, wherein the bottom link includes a slot, and the first end of the support member includes a protrusion that slidably engages the slot, wherein the protrusion slides forward in the slot when the linkage collapses to the stowed position.
4. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 2, wherein the second end of the support member includes a groove and the rear bracket includes a peg that slidably engages the groove, wherein the peg slides upward in the groove when the seat moves to the rear access position.
5. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 1, further comprising:
a latch assembly detachably coupling the connecting member with the rear link when the seat is in the upright position.
6. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 5, wherein the latch assembly is operably coupled with a manual actuator to move the latch assembly between a closed position and an open position, allowing the connecting member to detach the rear link for moving the seat to the rear access position.
7. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 1, wherein the base member is spring-biased forward about the front bracket for raising the seat to the upright position from the stowed position.
8. A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
a seatback pivotally coupled with a slidable rear bracket;
a seat having a four-bar linkage;
a base member pivotally coupling a front link of the linkage with a fixed front bracket;
a connecting member pivotally coupling a bottom link of the linkage with the seatback, wherein pivoting the seatback forward collapses the linkage, and wherein sliding the seatback forward rotates the linkage forward; and
a latch assembly detachably coupling the connecting member with a rear link of the linkage when the seat is in an upright position.
9. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 8, further comprising:
a manual actuator operably coupled with the latch assembly and configured to move the latch assembly between a closed position and an open position, wherein the connecting member is configured to detach the rear link thereby allowing movement of the seat to a rear access position.
10. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 8, further comprising:
a manual actuator on the seatback that is configured to detach the connecting member from a rear link of the linkage thereby allowing the seatback to slide forward to a rear access position.
11. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 8, wherein the rear bracket includes a track assembly for sliding the seatback forward and rearward.
12. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 8, wherein the base member pivotally couples with an intermediate portion of the front link, such that sliding the seatback forward causes the connecting member to pivot the seat upward about the base member to a rear access position.
13. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 8, further comprising:
a support member having a first end slidably coupled with a central portion of the bottom link and a second end pivotally coupled with the rear bracket.
14. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 13, wherein the bottom link includes a slot, and the first end of the support member includes a protrusion that slidably engages the slot, wherein the protrusion slides forward in the slot when the linkage collapses.
15. A vehicle seating assembly comprising:
a slidable bracket pivotally supporting a seatback;
a four-bar linkage including:
a top link supporting a cushion;
a bottom link having a connecting member pivotally coupling the seatback with the bottom link, wherein pivoting the seatback forward collapses the linkage rearward; and
a front link having a base member pivotally coupling the front link with a fixed bracket, wherein sliding the seatback forward tips the cushion forward; and
a latch assembly detachably coupling the connecting member with a rear link that pivotally couples a rearward portion of the top link with a rearward portion of the bottom link.
16. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 15, wherein the base member is spring-biased forward about the fixed bracket for raising the linkage when collapsed rearward.
17. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 15, further comprising:
a support member having a first end slidably coupled with a central portion of the bottom link and a second end pivotally coupled with the rear bracket.
18. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 15, further comprising:
a manual actuator operably coupled with the latch assembly and configured to move the latch assembly between a closed position and an open position, wherein the connecting member is configured to detach the rear link thereby allowing movement of the linkage to a rear access position when the cushion is raised and tipped forward.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A skylight, comprising:
first and second substantially parallel, spaced apart glass substrates;
a plurality of spacers arranged to help maintain the first and second substrates in substantially parallel, spaced apart relation;
an edge seal sealing together the first and second substrates; and
an anticondensation coating provided on an exterior surface of the first substrate exposed to an environment external to the skylight, the anticondensation coating comprising the following thin-film layers deposited in the following order moving away from the first substrate:
a silicon-inclusive barrier layer,
a first silicon-inclusive contact layer,
a layer comprising a transparent conductive oxide (TCO),
a second silicon-inclusive contact layer, and
a layer of zirconium oxide,
wherein the anticondensation coating has a hemispherical emissivity of less than 0.23 and a sheet resistance of less than 30 ohmssquare.
2. The skylight of claim 1, wherein the TCO is ITO.
3. The skylight of claim 2, wherein the silicon-inclusive barrier layer comprises silicon nitride.
4. The skylight of claim 3, wherein the anticondensation coating further comprises a layer of titanium oxide between the silicon-inclusive barrier layer and the first silicon-inclusive contact layer.
5. The skylight of claim 1, wherein a coating comprising a layer comprising silver is disposed on an inner surface of the first substrate andor an inner surface of the second substrate.
6. A coated article comprising:
a coating supported by a glass substrate, wherein:
the coating is an anticondensation coating comprising the following thin-film layers deposited in the following order moving away from the glass substrate:
a silicon-inclusive barrier layer,
a first silicon-inclusive contact layer,
a layer comprising a transparent conductive oxide (TCO),
a second silicon-inclusive contact layer, and
a layer of zirconium oxide,
the anticondensation coating is disposed on an exterior surface of the glass substrate such that the anticondensation coating is exposed to an external environment, and
the anticondensation coating has a hemispherical emissivity of less than 0.23 and a sheet resistance of less than 30 ohmssquare.
7. The coated article of claim 6, wherein the TCO is ITO.
8. The coated article of claim 7, wherein the silicon-inclusive barrier layer comprises silicon nitride.
9. The coated article of claim 8, wherein the anticondensation coating further comprises a layer of titanium oxide between the silicon-inclusive barrier layer and the first silicon-inclusive contact layer.
10. The coated article of claim 6, wherein the first silicon-inclusive contact layer is a silicon oxynitride layer and the second silicon-inclusive contact layer comprises silicon nitride.
11. The coated article of claim 6, wherein the anticondensation coating further comprises a layer of DLC over and directly contacting the layer of zirconium oxide.
12. The coated article of claim 6, wherein a low emissivity coating including a layer comprising silver is supported by the substrate on a surface thereof opposite the anticondensation coating.
13. The coated article of claim 6, wherein the external environment is the inside of a house or vehicle.
14. The coated article of claim 6, wherein the external environment is the outside environment.
15. An insulating glass (IG) unit, comprising:
a coated article according to claim 6;
a second substrate in parallel spaced apart relation to the coated article;
a plurality of spacers arranged to help maintain the coated article and the second substrate in substantially parallel, spaced apart relation to one another; and
an edge seal sealing together the coated article and second substrate,
wherein the external environment is the inside of a house.
16. The IG unit of claim 15, wherein a second anticondensation coating is disposed on an exterior surface of the second substrate.
17. The IG unit of claim 15, wherein the IG unit has a U-value of less than or equal to 0.30 and a solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) of less than or equal to 0.30.
18. The IG unit of claim 15, wherein a low emissivity coating is disposed on the second substrate.
19. The IG unit of claim 15, wherein the IG unit is a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit.
20. A refrigeratorfreezer door, comprising:
a coated article according to claim 6;
a second substrate in parallel spaced apart relation to the coated article;
a plurality of spacers arranged to help maintain the coated article and the second substrate in substantially parallel, spaced apart relation to one another; and
an edge seal sealing together the coated article and second substrate.
21. A method of making a coated article comprising a coating supported by a substrate, the method comprising:
disposing a silicon-inclusive barrier layer on the substrate;
disposing a first silicon-inclusive contact layer on the silicon-inclusive barrier layer;
disposing a layer comprising a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) on the first silicon-inclusive contact layer;
disposing a second silicon-inclusive contact layer on the TCO layer; and
disposing a layer of zirconium oxide on the second silicon-inclusive contact layer,
wherein the coating is an anticondensation coating to be located on an exterior surface of the substrate such that the anticondensation coating is exposed to an external environment, and
wherein the anticondensation coating has a hemispherical emissivity of less than 0.23 and a sheet resistance of less than 30 ohmssquare.
22. The method of claim 21, further comprising disposing a low emissivity coating on a surface of the substrate opposite the anticondensation coating.
23. The method of claim 22, further comprising thermally tempering the coated article with anticondensation coating disposed thereon.
24. A method of making a product, the method comprising:
providing a coated article according to claim 21; and
building the coated article into a skylight, insulating glass (IG) window, vacuum insulating glass (VIG) window, refrigeratorfreezer door, or vehicle.
25. A coated article comprising
a coating supported by a substrate, wherein:
the coating is an anticondensation coating comprising the following thin-film layers moving away from the substrate:
a silicon-inclusive barrier layer,
a first silicon-inclusive contact layer,
a layer comprising a transparent conductive oxide (TCO),
a second silicon-inclusive contact layer, and
a layer comprising zirconium oxide,
wherein the anticondensation coating is disposed on an exterior surface of the glass substrate such that the anticondensation coating is to be exposed to an external environment, and
the anticondensation coating has a hemispherical emissivity of less than 0.23 and a sheet resistance of less than 30 ohmssquare.
26. The coated article of claim 25, wherein the TCO comprises ITO.
27. The coated article of claim 26, wherein the substrate is a glass substrate.
28. The coated article of claim 25, wherein the silicon-inclusive barrier layer comprises silicon nitride.
29. The coated article of claim 25, wherein the anticondensation coating further comprises a layer comprising titanium oxide between the silicon-inclusive barrier layer and the first silicon-inclusive contact layer.
30. The coated article of claim 25, wherein the first silicon-inclusive contact layer comprises silicon oxynitride layer and the second silicon-inclusive contact layer comprises silicon nitride.
31. The coated article of claim 25, wherein the anticondensation coating further comprises a layer comprising DLC over and directly contacting the layer comprising zirconium oxide.
32. The coated article of claim 25, wherein a low emissivity coating including a layer comprising silver is supported by the substrate on a surface thereof opposite the anticondensation coating.
33. The coated article of claim 25, wherein the external environment is the inside of a house or vehicle.
34. The coated article of claim 25, wherein the external environment is the outside environment.
35. An insulating glass (IG) unit, comprising a coated article according to claim 25, and a second substrate in parallel spaced apart relation to the coated article.
36. The IG unit of claim 35, wherein the IG unit has a U-value of less than or equal to 0.30 and a solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) of less than or equal to 0.30.
37. The IG unit of claim 35, wherein a low emissivity coating is disposed on the second substrate.
38. A refrigeratorfreezer door comprising the coated article according to claim 25.