Patent ID: 8474911

Claim:
A vehicle seat assembly comprising: a seat back; a seat base connected with the seat back and mounted to a vehicle floor; a first input lever pivotally connected with the seat base on a first side of the seat base; a second input lever pivotally connected with the seat back adjacent a first side of the seat back; an actuator connected with at least one of the seat back and the seat base and disposed adjacent a second side of the seat back or the seat base, the second side being opposite the first side; a latching mechanism for selectively locking movement of the seat back with respect to the seat base or for selectively locking movement of the seat base with respect to the vehicle floor, the latching mechanism being operably connected with the actuator such that movement of the actuator results in movement of the latching mechanism; a system connecting the first input lever, the second input lever and the actuator, wherein the first input lever, the second input lever and the actuator are connected in series along the system, wherein movement of the first input lever in a first releasing direction results in movement of the second input lever in a second releasing direction which results in movement of the actuator in an unlatching direction, wherein movement of the second input lever in the second releasing direction results in movement of the actuator in the unlatching direction but does not result in movement of the first input lever in the releasing direction, wherein the system includes a first cable connecting the first input lever and the second input lever and a second cable connecting the second input lever and the actuator.