High latch for a seat back with slouch locking feature

A seat assembly for use in an automotive vehicle, the seat assembly comprising:

• a seat cushion adapted to be coupled to a floor of the vehicle;
• an adjuster operatively coupled to the seat cushion to selectively slide the seat cushion between an aft position and a fore position;
• a seat back pivotably coupled to the seat cushion;
• a striker bar adapted to be fixedly secured to a support wall in the vehicle;
• a recliner bracket pivotally coupled to the seat back;
• and
• a latch assembly pivotally coupled to the recliner bracket and slidably coupled to the striker bar,
• wherein pivotal movement of the recliner bracket relative to the seat back causes the latch assembly to slide along the striker bar and the seat back to pivot relative to the seat cushion between a full recline position and a forward comfort position, and
• wherein sliding the seat cushion between the aft position and the fore position causes the seat back to pivot relative to the seat cushion between the full recline position or the forward comfort position and a reclined slouch position.

A high latch for use in a seat assembly in an automotive vehicle, wherein the seat assembly has a seat back pivotally coupled to a seat cushion, the high latch comprising:

• a recliner A-bracket;
• a recliner B-bracket adapted to be fixedly secured to the seat back;
• a disc recliner operatively coupled between the recliner A-bracket and the recliner B-bracket to pivotally couple the recliner A-bracket to the recliner B-bracket, wherein the disc recliner is selectively repositionable between an unlocked condition wherein the recliner A-bracket is pivotable relative to the recliner B-bracket and a locked condition wherein the recliner A-bracket is pivotally locked to the recliner B-bracket;
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• a latch assembly pivotally coupled to the recliner A-bracket and adapted to be slidably coupled to a striker bar fixedly secured to a support wall in the vehicle.