Patent ID: 9199555
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seating system, comprising: a seat bottom chassis; a seat back chassis coupled to the seat bottom chassis; and an easy entry mechanism configured to facilitate forward rotation of the seat bottom chassis and the seat back chassis about a lateral axis of the vehicle seating system, wherein the easy entry mechanism is configured to maintain a substantially constant angle between the seat bottom chassis and the seat back chassis during the rotation, the easy entry mechanism comprises a striker pin, the striker pin is configured to block the forward rotation of the seat bottom chassis and the seat back chassis from an upright position to a tilted position via contact with a first surface, the first surface is selectively movable to facilitate the forward rotation of the seat bottom chassis and the seat back chassis from the upright position to the tilted position, and the striker pin is configured to block the forward rotation of the seat bottom chassis and the seat back chassis from the tilted position via contact with a second surface, different from the first surface.