Patent ID: 8506014

Claim:
A recline mechanism incorporated into a rear row seat of a vehicle, comprising: a latch plate adapted to being fixed to an interior location of the vehicle; said latch plate further having an elongated and arcuate shape terminating in a first end and an opposite second end to winch are mounted fasteners for securing said latch plate in inwardly spaced fashion from an inside vehicle pillar, said latch plate further having a plurality of spaced apart windows; a body supported in displaceable fashion along locations associated with said latch plate, said body exhibiting an outwardly facing striker adapted to being engaged by a component configured into an opposing side location of a pivotal seatback to pivotally slave the seatback to said displaceable body; said body further having a pair of spaced apart plate shaped sectors, a first plate shaped sector being smaller in dimension and mounting to a similar configured profile portion of said second sector via at least one pair of spacer fasteners; a matching and slightly arcuate track created within an interior defined between said spaced apart sectors and including upper and lower opposing guides between which is received said latch plate; said spaced apart sectors each further having windowed apertures which align with said windows in said latch plate; and a cable release component supported on said body and operating to actuate a pivot element exhibiting biased fingers supported on said body and seating through selected windows to establish a given position of said body along an arcuate path established by said latch plate, said cable release component operable to withdraw said fingers from engagement with said latch plate and to permit the seatback to pivot an angular distance within an overall range defined by said latch plate.