Rear row vehicle seat incorporating combination seatback, front and rear floor latches interengageable for selective dump and tumble and including a separate user engageable module operable with said front and rear floor latches for effectuating rearward seat removal

A rear row and convertible vehicle seat releasably secured to front and rear floor mounted strikers, said seat comprising:

• a frame incorporating a seat bottom and a pivotally associated seat back;
• a pair of outboard and inboard seatback latch subassemblies mounted to pivotally associated locations between said seat bottom and seat back, said outboard mounted latch subassembly including a release handle and which is also operatively communicated with said inboard mounted latch assembly for selectively rotating said seat back to a dump position against said seat frame;
• a pair of outboard and inboard front floor latch subassemblies mounted to forward locations of said seat frame and operatively engaging at least one pair of front strikers;
• a pair of outboard and inboard rear floor latch subassemblies mounted to rearward locations of said seat frame and operatively engaging a pair of rear strikers;
• a seat removal module secured to a rear accessible location of said seat frame and including a displaceable handle;
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• a plurality of cables extending between locations associated with said seatback, front and rear floor latch subassemblies and said seat removal module and such that said seatback latch subassembly, via said release handle, operatively engages said front and rear floor latch subassemblies according to a first operating protocol to forward tumble said seat bottom and dumped seat back about the front striker;
• upon actuation of said displaceable handle associated with said seat removal module, said floor latch subassemblies release from front and rear strikers according to a second operating protocol to permit said seat to be removed from the vehicle in a rearward withdrawing direction.