Patent ID: 7971920

Claim:
A walk-in memory apparatus for an automobile seat of a vehicle, comprising: a track formed on a bottom portion of the vehicle; a track memory member connected to the seat, the track memory member including a stopper bracket, wherein the track memory member is slidably mounted to the track; and a reference stopper displaced on a portion of the track; wherein the reference stopper activates the stopper bracket of the track memory member such that the track memory member is unlocked from the track when the stopper bracket is located ahead of the reference stopper and locked with the track when the stopper bracket is located behind the reference stopper and moves backwards; and wherein the track memory member includes: an external force-providing member providing external force in cooperation with folding operation of the seat back; an unlocking member pivotally coupled to a base, the unlocking member selectively activated by the external force-providing member, wherein the unlocking member has a restoring force; a locking member pivotally coupled to the base, the locking member selectively pivoted by the unlocking member; a track lock plate hingedly coupled to the seat, the track lock plate selectively disengaged from the track, by the locking member such that the seat slides; and a latch plate pivotally coupled to the base, the latch plate selectively being engaged with the locking member such that the locking member continues to unlock the track lock plate to the track while the unlocking member does not apply the external force to the locking member; wherein the stopper bracket activated by the reference stopper, releases the latch plate from the locking member to lock the track lock plate to the track when the seat moves backwards.