Patent ID: 8763979

Claim:
A vehicle seat latch for securing a vehicle seat to a vehicle body in which the seat is to be used, comprising: an elongate pivot plate having an end including a first pivotal connection for mounting on a frame of the seat with the pivot plate extending therefrom in a first direction; a latch assembly having a second pivotal connection to the pivot plate at a spaced location from the first pivotal connection such that pivoting of the pivot plate about the first pivotal connection moves the latch assembly in a second direction transverse to the first direction; the latch assembly including a throat plate pivotally mounted on the pivot plate by the second pivotal connection and having a throat for receiving a striker on the vehicle body upon movement toward the striker as the throat plate pivots to provide compliance that accommodates for striker position variation along the first direction; and the latch assembly having at least one latch member pivotally mounted by the second pivotal connection for movement between latched and unlatched positions to respectively secure or release the striker and, upon moving to the latched position with the striker in the throat of the throat plate, pivoting the pivot plate to move the second pivotal connection along the second direction and provide compliance that accommodates for striker position variation along the second direction.