Patent ID: 7658447

Claim:
A seat for a vehicle, the seat comprising: a seat back configured to be coupled to the vehicle; a seat base configured to be coupled to the vehicle, the seat base having a front portion and a rear portion, the seat base configured to rotate from a seating position, wherein an occupant can be seated, and to a stored position wherein the seat base is moved closer to be positioned substantially aligned with the seat back and the front portion of the seat base is positioned higher than the rear portion of the seat base; a leg assembly including a leg member comprising a single U-shaped tube, the leg member having a first leg portion connected to the seat base, a second leg portion connected to the seat base and a middle portion configured to be received in a leg detent located in a floor of the vehicle; a cable having a first end connected with respect to the leg member for automatically rotating the leg member from a deployed position to a retracted position when the seat base is moved from the seating position to the stored position; and a mechanism connected to the cable such that when the seat base is locked in the stored position and the leg member is pulled, the leg member will move without damaging the cable while the seat base remains locked in the stored position.