Patent ID: 7306286

Claim:
An assembly for holding open a locking mechanism for a motor vehicle folding seat, the assembly comprising: a locking mechanism having a gear shaft; a release link fixedly attached to the gear shaft, the release link having a first position in which the gear shaft is rotated such that the locking mechanism is engaged and a second position in which the gear shaft is rotated such that the locking mechanism is released; a hold-open pin fixedly attached to the release link; a follower link having a notch sized to receive the hold-open pin; and an actuator operably attached to the follower link, the actuator having a first position in which the hold-open pin moves freely across an upper surface of the follower link and a second position in which the hold-open pin is received within the follower link notch; wherein when the actuator is moved into the second position with the hold-open pin received within the follower link notch, the release link is maintained in its second position with the locking mechanism released.