Patent ID: 7387333

Claim:
A collapsing truss of that completes a 4-bar mechanism of a vehicle seat, with vehicle seat coupled to a vehicle floor and, with the vehicle seat including a seat back coupled to a cushion structure via the collapsing truss which incorporates a pivot and a latch which engages on a pin, the collapsing truss comprising: a floor bracket configured to be coupled to the vehicle floor; a seat back bracket pivotally coupled to a cushion bracket and the floor bracket; the cushion bracket pivotally coupled to the cushion structure, the floor bracket and the seat back bracket defining a cushion bracket/seat back bracket pivot, and a second cushion bracket pivotally coupled to the floor bracket and the seat back bracket a spaced distance from the other cushion bracket, wherein joints of the collapsing truss are defined by the seat back pivot, the cushion bracket/seat back bracket pivot, and the latch engagement pin, and wherein the seat back moves about the pivot when the collapsing truss operates.