Patent ID: 8585147

Claim:
A vehicle seat for a vehicle having a floor, the seat comprising: a seat base having a cushion frame with a front portion that is shifted between a raised position and a lowered position; a seatback attached to the seat base by a hinge; a linkage is provided between the cushion frame and the floor, the linkage includes a front pivot bar, a lower link affixed to the front pivot bar to pivot with the front pivot bar, an upper link is connected to the lower link by a pivot connector and is connected to the cushion frame, wherein the front pivot bar may be pivoted to move the upper and lower links from a lowered position in which the upper and lower links are arranged at an angle with the pivot connector rearward of the front pivot bar to a raised position in which the upper and lower links are arranged in an over-center orientation with the pivot connector above and forward of the front pivot bar; a rear portion of the cushion frame is pivotally connected to a rear pivot bar; and an actuator is operatively connected to the front pivot bar, lower link and upper link to move the front portion of the cushion frame between the raised position and the lowered position, and wherein the actuator further comprises a control cable that is operatively connected to the front pivot bar to pivot the front pivot bar.