Patent ID: 8066325

Claim:
A seat assembly for supporting an occupant in an automotive vehicle above a floor, said seat assembly comprising: a seat cushion; a seat back pivotally coupled to said seat cushion for selective movement between a generally upright seating position, a range of reclined seating positions, and a forward fold flat position overlying said seat cushion; a pair of side bolsters, each of said pair of side bolsters pivotally coupled to said seat back and operable to automatically move between a deployed position extending away from said seat back and a retracted position adjacent to said seat back in response to pivoting said seat back between said generally upright seating position and said forward fold flat position; a linkage operatively coupled to said seat back and said pair of side bolsters, said linkage including first and second links pivotally coupled together by a common link pin; and a rigid control link extending between a first end coupled directly to said common link pin and a second end coupled to said seat cushion, wherein said control link pushes said common link pin thereby urging said pair of side bolsters to said deployed position as said seat back pivots to said generally upright seating position, and wherein said control link pulls said common link pin thereby urging said pair of side bolsters to said retracted position as said seat back pivots to said forward fold flat position.