Patent ID: 7152921

Claim:
A vehicle seat, the seat comprising: a seat cushion assembly; a seat back assembly; a seat track assembly for supporting the seat cushion assembly and the seat back assembly in a vehicle; a track pivot fixed proximate a forward end of the track assembly to pivotably secure a forward end of the seat cushion assembly to the track assembly such that the seat cushion assembly is pivotable about the track pivot; a track slide secured between the seat track assembly and the seat back assembly and slidable along the seat track assembly to move the seat back assembly fore and aft along the seat track assembly such that the track slide maintains a common elevation between the seat back assembly and the seat track assembly during fore and aft movement of the seat back assembly; and wherein the seat cushion and seat back assemblies are movable between a stadium position and a use position, the stadium position being characterized by the seat cushion assembly being pivoted upwardly about the track pivot such that the seat cushion assembly remains above a track plane defined by the seat track assembly and the seat back assembly being slid forwardly along the track assembly such that the seat cushion and seat back assemblies are each in a substantially upright position.