Re: seat back

Posted by BH On 2012/10/2 21:37:26

Howard -

Yes, the ball stud and spring catch design has been succesfully used in many applications involving access doors/panels, etc.

In addition to being suited for frequent disengagement, it's my understanding that the spring catch, is supposed be rather resilient, which would lend itself to some misalignment - a plus for field installation, in our case.

As such, it's odd that the legs/ears break, then. Makes me wonder if there was simply a Q.C. problem with the spring catch material (then) or the engineers should have selected a thicker stock, though the latter would increase pull tension.

Perhaps someday, I'll have time to look into that a little deeper, but I'm not about to purchase by the thousand (MM).

Good luck on your path.