Patent ID: 8430443

Claim:
A method for converting a vehicle seat back adjacent to a storage compartment for seating an occupant in an upright position of the seat back, for receiving and stowing a child seat in the storage compartment, and for seating a child in a collapsed position of the seat back comprising: fastening a bracket to a frame of the seat back; pivotally connecting a base plate to the bracket about a generally transverse axis at an upper region of the seat back; pivotally connecting a balance link to a lower region of the base plate to pivot the base plate away from the seat back in the upright position and to pivot the base plate to retract upon the rear surface of the seat back in the collapsed position; and rotatably connecting a mounting plate to the base plate about an axis that is generally perpendicular to the mounting plate, the mounting plate being adapted for receiving a child seat mounted thereto, for rotating the child seat to a plurality of positions relative to the seat back and for positioning a high point of the child seat radially inward relative to a pivot axis of the seat back before extending the seat back to an upright position, thereby minimizing a radial range of travel of the child seat.