Patent ID: 7784860

Claim:
A seat assembly for a motor vehicle having: a seat cushion pan; a front leg pivotally mounted to said seat cushion pan for movement between a support position supporting said seat cushion pan and a retracted position folded underneath said seat cushion pan; a spring biasing the front leg towards the support position; a front latch pivotally mounted on said front leg for movement between a latched position and unlatched position; a compound link assembly rotatably mounted to said seat cushion pan, said compound link assembly directly coupled to said front latch and operatively coupled to said front leg thereby providing a lost motion connection therebetween; and an actuator drivingly engaging said compound link assembly, whereby said lost motion connection provides that rotation of the actuator in a first sense initially moves the front latch from the latched position to the unlatched position and then rotates the front leg to the retracted position and rotation of the actuator in a second sense opposite said first sense, allows the front leg to move from the retracted position to the support position and then moves the front latch from the unlatched position to the latched position.