Patent ID: 8840187

Claim:
A reconfigurable seat assembly reconfigurable into design, fold, stow, or tumble configurations, the seat assembly comprising: a seat back and a seat base, wherein the seat back is pivotally coupled for rotation thereby permitting the seat back to be rotated forward, toward the seat base, a support structure adapted to support the seat base, the support structure including a first latch mechanism having a first link and a second link pivotable on the first link, and the first latch mechanism adapted to operate with the support structure to reconfigure the seat assembly into various positions, wherein the first link member is pivotally connected directly to the seat base and is pivotally connected directly to the second link member, and the second link member is pivotally connected to a base member fixed to a portion of a vehicle structure; and a second latch mechanism operable with the seat base and adapted to anchor and facilitate reconfiguration of the seat assembly into various positions; wherein the first latch mechanism may be configured to position the seat assembly into the stow configuration such that the rear surface of the seat back is in a substantially horizontal orientation and into the tumble configuration wherein the folded seat assembly is rotated about the first latch mechanism to a generally vertically-aligned position.