Floor release latch mechanism for a vehicle seat interconnected with a secondary release associated with a rotatable seat back

A floor release latch for use with a vehicle seat, comprising:

• a latch plate rotatably secured to the seat and exhibiting a recess adapted to engage a floor mounted striker;
• a cam rotatably secured to the seat and defining a shoulder seating against a support surface associated with said latch plate;
• a linearly translatable cable communicating with a floor release lever, in turn actuating said cam in an unseating direction away from said support surface;
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• a coil spring extending between said cam and a location of said latch plate offset from its pivot point of rotation;
• forward pivoting of said seat occurring upon said shoulder separating from said support surface, said coil spring causing said latch plate to further rotate in a disengaging direction relative to the striker and upon said coil spring exceeding an over center portion relative to said pivot point of rotation of said latch plate.

A release mechanism for use with a seat having a seat back and a seat bottom, the seat bottom being engaged to a striker associated with a vehicle floor, said mechanism comprising:

• a seat back operated by a seat back lever to rotate to a forwardly stowed position relative to the seat bottom;
• a release component pivotally slaved to said seat back lever, a first end of a linearly translatable cable securing to said release;
• a support plate secured to the seat bottom proximate to the floor supported striker;
• a latch plate rotatably secured to said support plate, an arcuate configuration defined in said latch plate defining a recess for receiving the striker in an engaged position;
• at least one floor release cam rotatably securing to a further location associated with said support plate, a shoulder defined in said cam seating against a support surface of said latch plate;
• an opposite extending end of said linearly translatable cable exerting a force to said floor release cam, causing said cam to rotate in a direction away from said latch plate, said latch plate being caused to rotate relative to the striker to a fully disengaged position.