Patent ID: 7000986

Claim:
An apparatus for use with a seat frame, said apparatus comprising: a guide rail structure configured for mounting on the seat frame; a bendable occupant support structure which is mounted for sliding movement on said guide rail structure, said bendable structure including a spring configured to impart increasingly bowed contours to said bendable structure upon increasingly arched deflection of said spring relative to the seat frame and said guide rail structure; an actuator; a cable having a first section extending from said actuator into engagement with said bendable structure so as to apply a bending force to said bendable structure under the influence of said actuator, and further having a second section extending from said first section to an end portion of said cable that is spaced from said bendable structure; and a fastener configured to fasten said end portion of said cable to the seat frame, whereby said cable can transmit and apply a reaction force from the seat frame as a bending force at said bendable structure.