Patent ID: 7413252

Claim:
A motor vehicle seat lift assembly comprising, in combination: a seat pan; a seat frame positioned beneath the seat pan; a pair of first linking members, each first linking member having a first end pivotally secured to the seat pan and a second end pivotally secured to the seat frame; a pair of second linking members, each second linking member having a first end pivotally secured to the seat pan and a second end pivotally secured to the seat frame; a pinion gear rotatable with respect to the seat pan; an actuator operably connected to the pinion gear; a rack member having a plurality of teeth, the pinion gear meshing with the teeth of the rack member, a first end of the rack member being secured to and pivoting about the first end of one of the first linking members and a second end of the rack member being slidably connected to the seat pan the rack member being otherwise free of any pivotal connection to the seat pan and the seat frame.