Easy entry seat adjuster

A vehicle seat assembly comprising:

• a seat cushion;
• a seatback mounted to a seat bottom for pivotal movement between an upright position and a forwardly folded dump position;
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• a manual seat adjuster having a lower rail assembly adapted to be mounted to a vehicle floor structure, an upper rail assembly supported for sliding movement on said lower rail assembly and on which said seat bottom is mounted, a latch member carried by said upper rail assembly and movable between a first position engaged with said lower rail assembly for inhibiting sliding movement of said upper rail assembly and a second position disengaged from said lower rail assembly for permitting sliding movement of said upper rail assembly, a release handle for moving said latch member from said first position to said second position, a biasing mechanism for normally biasing said latch member toward said first position, and an easy entry latch release mechanism that is operable in a non-actuated mode for permitting movement of said latch member between said first and second positions via actuation of said release handle when said seatback is in said upright position, and in an actuated mode for holding said latch member in said second position in response to pivotal movement of said seatback to said forwardly dumped position, said easy entry latch release mechanism including a stationary lug and means carried by said upper rail assembly for moving said latch member to said second position in response to rotation of said seatback to said forwardly dumped position and holding said latch member in said second position until said seatback has been returned to said upright position and said upper rail assembly has been rearwardly slid past a predetermined memory position whereat said means engages said stationary lug for releasing said latch member to return to said first position so as to latch said upper rail assembly to said lower rail assembly at said memory position.