Patent ID: 9016792
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. An automotive vehicle seat assembly, the assembly comprising: a seat portion and a seat back, the seat back having a fixed latch, the seat portion pivotally connected to the seat back at a main pivot, the seat portion including a trim cover; a pin mounted to the seat portion, the pin having distal end spaced apart from the seat portion; and a bracket positioned adjacent to the trim cover of the seat portion, the bracket including a main body, the main body of the bracket connected to the main pivot of the seat portion and the seat back, the main body spaced apart from the seat portion, the bracket further including an arm extending away from the main body, the arm adapted to support distal end of the pin, the pin being a separate piece from the arm of the bracket; wherein the main body of the bracket and the arm of the bracket support the distal end of the pin during rotation of the seat portion towards the seat back from a down position to an up position allowing for the fixed latch on the seat back to engage with the pin of the seat portion thereby preventing misconnection of the latch to the pin or unwanted unlatching of the pin from the latch.