Patent ID: 7775599

Claim:
A seat assembly comprising: a track assembly; a seat bottom portion disposed on the track assembly and configured to move along a longitudinal axis; a seat back portion disposed proximate the seat bottom portion; a first base member moveably disposed on seat bottom portion; a latch moveably disposed on the first base member, the latch having a first slot; first and second strikers disposed substantially parallel to each other and fixedly disposed on the seat bottom portion that extends away from the track assembly and toward a top of the seat bottom portion; and a first linkage connecting the first base member to the seat bottom portion; wherein the first linkage is configured to move the seat back portion in a direction extending along the longitudinal axis between a first position and a second position when the first and second strikers are not disposed in the first slot; and wherein the latch engages the first and second strikers when the seat back portion is in the first position and engages the second striker but not the first striker when the seat back portion is in the second position.