Patent ID: 7909407

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a seat bottom having a seating surface for supporting an occupant, and a frame with one of a slot and a pivotal connection; a seat back having a seating surface for supporting the occupant, and a frame with the other of a slot and a pivotal connection, such that the slot and pivotal connection cooperate to collapse the seat back and seat bottom with the seat back seating surface displaced upon the seat bottom seating surface; a receiver mounted to one of the seat bottom and the seat back, the receiver being sized to receive and support an insert, the receiver having a first locking component; and an insert mounted to one of the seat bottom and the seat back, the insert having a second locking component; wherein the seat back is assembled to the seat bottom by pivoting one of the seat bottom and the seat back about the pivotal connection to align the receiver and the insert, translating one of the seat bottom and the seat back relative to the other along the slot until the insert is inserted into the receiver, and locking the first and second locking components.