Patent ID: 7530638

Claim:
A dual action seat release mechanism for a seat on a vehicle said seat having a vertically oriented seat back portion pivotally connected to a horizontally oriented seat cushion portion comprising: a lever pivotally attached to said seat back portion of said seat assembly, wherein said lever includes an elongated handle extending from a center portion that is pivotally attached to said seat back portion of said seat assembly at a lever pivot axis; two cable attachment means disposed on said center portion of said lever, wherein each of said cable attachment means is positioned radially outboard from the lever pivot axis; a first cable and a second cable each having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end of each of said first cable and said second cable is attached to said corresponding cable attachment means on said lever and said second end of each of said first cable and said second cable is operatively connected to a lock release mechanism; a cable routing bracket fixedly attached to said seat assembly, and having two parallel elongated channels for receiving the first cable and the second cable; wherein rotation of said lever in a first direction actuates the cable to operatively pivot said seat back portion in unison with the first direction of rotation of said lever, and rotation of said lever in a second direction actuates said second cable to operatively pivot said seat back portion in unison with the second direction of rotation of said lever.