Patent ID: 7694930

Claim:
An apparatus for rotating a vehicle seat, comprising: a seat mount configured to be operatively coupled to the vehicle seat; a generally tubular pedestal base rotatably coupled to the seat mount, the pedestal base having at least one detent on an outer surface thereof; a locking mechanism including at least one surface configured to releasably engage the at least one detent to provide a locked condition in which relative movement between the seat mount and the pedestal base is substantially prohibited and an unlocked condition in which relative movement between the seat mount and the pedestal base is permitted; an operating lever; a substantially flexible coupling having a proximal end and a distal end and operatively coupled to the locking mechanism at the proximal end and the operating lever at the distal end, wherein a force applied to the operating lever urges the locking mechanism toward the unlocked condition; and a bias member coupled to the operating lever at the distal end of the flexible coupling to urge the locking mechanism to the locked condition.