Patent ID: 8333421

Claim:
A vehicle seat front floor latch and seat positioner assembly comprising: a housing for connection to vehicle floor adjacent the front of a vehicle seat bottom and including a pair of spaced plates; a seat bottom connector lever for connection to a vehicle seat bottom and pivotally mounted between the pair of spaced plates of the housing for movement between a generally horizontal seating position and a generally vertical tumble position; a control cam pivotally mounted between the spaced plates of the housing and having a locking position for holding the seat bottom connector lever in either its generally horizontal seating position or its generally vertical tumble position, and the control cam having a released position where the seat bottom connector lever is free to move between its generally horizontal seating position and its generally vertical tumble position; a latch mechanism including a friction latch and a structural latch pivotally mounted about a common axis between the spaced plates of the housing, the friction latch having a latched position for contacting a keeper on the vehicle floor with an inclined pressure angle to secure the housing to the vehicle floor, the friction latch being movable to a released position to release the keeper, the structural cam having a latched position for facing the keeper in a spaced relationship at a generally zero pressure angle to secure the housing to the vehicle floor upon loading of the latch mechanism above a load limit of the friction latch, and the structural latch having a released position to release the keeper; a blocking member having a pivotal connection providing pivotally mounting of the blocking member on the housing between the spaced plates thereof for movement between a blocking position and a released position, the blocking member including a blocking portion on one side of the pivotal connection and a control portion on the opposite side of the pivotal connection from the blocking portion, the seat bottom connector lever contacting the control portion of the blocking member in the generally horizontal seating position to position the blocking member in its released position where its blocking portion permits movement of the friction latch and structural latch from their respective latched positions to their respective released positions to release the keeper and release the housing from the vehicle floor, the seat bottom connector lever upon movement to its generally vertical tumble position allowing movement of the blocking member to its blocking position where the blocking portion of the blocking member blocks movement of the friction latch and the structural latch from their respective latched positions to their respective released positions to maintain securement of the housing to the keeper and the vehicle floor.