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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2010
Nelson E. Hurst, Westland, MI (US);
Peter Paul Zeimis, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Jeffrey P. Carroll, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Nelson E. Hurst, Westland, MI (US);
Peter Paul Zeimis, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Jeffrey P. Carroll, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Magna Seating Inc., Aurora, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A seat assembly includes a recliner operatively coupled between a seat back and a seat cushion. The recliner is operable between locked and unlocked conditions. Pivoting a recliner handle in a first direction actuates the recliner to the unlocked condition allowing pivotal movement of the seat back between a seating position and fold flat position. Pivoting a walk-in handle in a second direction actuates the recliner to the unlocked condition allowing pivotal movement of the seat back toward an inclined dump position. Pivoting the walk-in handle simultaneously pivots an EZ-entry link from a first position to an intermediate position. With the EZ-entry link in the intermediate position, the pivotal movement of the seat back toward the dump position urges the EZ-entry link from the intermediate position to a second position wherein the EZ-entry link blocks the seat back in the dump position.