Patent ID: 8491054

Claim:
A seat system for an occupant of a vehicle, the seat system including a seat-bottom and a seat-back and comprising: a recliner mechanism for providing rotation of the seat-back for comfort of the occupant, wherein the recliner mechanism is configured to be locked in a selected position corresponding to a specific comfort seat-back position selected by the occupant, the recliner mechanism being configured to be activated by a comfort adjust handle; a latch mechanism configured to unlock to allow forward rotation of the seat-back to provide ingress to a second seat positioned rearward in the vehicle from the seat system; a lockout mechanism configured to prevent release of the recliner mechanism from the selected position when the latch mechanism is unlocked so that the seat-back returns to the specific comfort seat-back position when the latch mechanism is in the locked position; and a drive that rotates to disengage the recliner mechanism, wherein the latch mechanism is configured to unlock so as to allow forward rotation of the seat-back to provide ingress to the second seat without rotating the drive so as to prevent release of the recliner mechanism, and wherein the comfort adjust handle is configured to be freely rotatable when the latch mechanism is unlocked so as to allow forward rotation of the seat-back to provide ingress to the second seat.