Patent ID: 8777316

Claim:
A vehicle seat for coupling to a vehicle, comprising: a seat back; a seat cushion; a recliner mechanism coupled to the seat back and the seat cushion, wherein the recliner mechanism is configured to adjust a position of the seat back with respect to the seat cushion; a stow mechanism coupled to the recliner mechanism, wherein the stow mechanism is configured to actuate the recliner mechanism so as to locate the vehicle seat in a stow position; an easy entry mechanism coupled to the recliner mechanism and to the stow mechanism; and a pin and a latch plate working with the recliner mechanism, wherein, when the stow mechanism is actuated to move the vehicle seat to the stow position by applying to the latch plate so as to move the latch plate into a pulled position, the easy entry mechanism is configured to be locked out and prevented from being actuated by the pin keeping the latch plate in the pulled position such that a user cannot actuate the easy entry mechanism when the vehicle seat is in the stow position, and wherein, when the easy entry mechanism is actuated to move the vehicle seat to an easy entry position, the pin is configured to prevent the latch plate from moving into the pulled position such that applying the force to the latch plate when the vehicle seat is in the easy entry position will not move the latch plate into the pulled position.