Patent ID: 7490908

Claim:
A vehicle seat assembly configured to engage a striker member disposed on a vehicle, the vehicle seat assembly comprising: a seat frame, a portion of the seat frame being configured to move between a first seat position and a second seat position; and a hook member mounted directly to the seat frame, the hook member being configured for movement between a latched position and an unlatched position, the hook member engaging the striker member when the portion of the seat frame is in the first seat position and the hook member is in the latched position, the hook member and the striker member cooperating to restrain the portion of the seat frame in the first seat position when the hook member engages the striker member; and a spring supported on the seat frame, the spring having a first spring portion having a first coil that is coiled in a first direction and a second spring portion having a second coil that is coiled in a second direction, the spring urging the hook member to remain in the latched position when the hook member is in the latched position and the spring urging the hook member to remain in the unlatched position when the hook member is in the unlatched position, wherein the striker member flexes the first spring portion when the hook member engages the striker member, wherein the first spring portion is at least partially relaxed when the hook member is disengaged from the striker member, wherein the spring urges the hook member to remain in the latched position when the first spring portion is flexed, wherein the spring urges the hook member to remain in the unlatched position when the first spring portion is at least partially relaxed, and wherein the first spring portion biases the second spring portion in a first direction that causes the second spring portion to urge the hook member towards the latched position when the first spring portion is flexed.