EASY ENTRY SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLY

摘要

A seat assembly for a vehicle having a seat back pivotally connected to the seat cushion by a recliner mechanism for reclined seating positions and a forwardly dumped position. A locking mechanism (46) is operatively coupled to upper (30) and lower (36) tracks for movement between a locked and an unlocked position allow sliding movement therebetween. A cam plate (62) is pivotally coupled to one of the upper tracks for movement between a non-actuated position spaced from the locking mechanism and an actuated position engaged with the locking mechanism for maintaining the locking mechanism in the unlocked position in response to pivotal movement of the seat back from the reclined seating position to the forwardly dumped position. A trigger arm (84) interlocks with the cam plate in the actuated position to maintain the cam plate in the actuated position and thus the locking mechanism (46) in the unlocked position and allow sliding movement of the seat assembly to a forwardly extended position beyond the full forward seating position. A trigger tab (104) engages the trigger arm when the seat is returned from the forwardly extended position to the full rearward position to release the cam plate to the non-actuated position and allow the locking mechanism to return to the locked position interlocking the upper and lower tracks and preventing further sliding movement therebetween.