Patent ID: 8876213

Claim:
An armrest assembly adapted to be pivotally coupled to a seat back of a seat assembly for pivotal movement between a stowed position generally parallel with the seat back and a use position extending generally transverse from the seat back, said armrest assembly comprising: a support frame adapted to be pivotally coupled to the seat back by a pivot post; a cam fixedly secured to said support frame by said pivot post, said cam including a cam lobe defining an upper cam surface; and a memory mechanism operatively coupled to said support frame for actuation between an unlocked condition providing selective adjustment of said armrest assembly in the use position and a locked condition for retaining memory of the use position upon pivotal movement of said armrest assembly between the stowed position and use position, said memory mechanism including an elongated memory bar fixedly secured to said support frame adjacent said cam lobe, a guide member slidably coupled to said memory bar, and a wedge plate slidably and pivotally coupled to said memory bar for movement between a slide position generally aligned with said guide member to allow sliding movement of said wedge plate and guide member along said memory bar and a wedge position generally inclined relative to said guide member for lockingly wedging said memory bar between said wedge plate and said guide member and defining said locked condition.