Patent ID: 8882197

Claim:
A vehicle seating assembly comprising: a track assembly including a rail and a base member slidably engaged with the rail and supporting a seatback; a bracket having a forward end pivotally coupled to the rail, a rearward end coupled to a seat, and an articulation feature therebetween supporting the seat; and a linkage coupling the seat with the seatback, comprising: a coupler engaged with the articulation feature, wherein movement of the coupler relative to the articulation feature translates the seating assembly between a deployed position, having the seat generally orthogonal to the seatback and a stowed position having the seatback abutting the seat and generally parallel to the rail; and a hinge in the linkage that is pivotal to cause translation from the deployed position to an access position having the seat generally orthogonal to the rail and the seatback slid to a forward segment of the rail.