Seat back automatic height adjustor and recliner mechanism

A passenger seat assembly for a motor vehicle which can be folded to a stored position for increasing cargo storage capacity, said assembly comprising;

• a generally horizontal seat bottom having an upper surface and a lower surface;
• a generally upright seat back having a front surface and a back surface;
• support means for supporting said seat bottom above a vehicle floor movably between a generally horizontal use position and a folded stowed position with said upper surface adjacent the vehicle floor and for supporting said seat back movably between a generally upright position and a generally horizontal folded position overlaying said folded position of said seat bottom;
• recliner means interconnecting said seat back and said support means for providing pivotal movement of said seat back between said upright position and said folded position;
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• latch means operatively connected between said seat bottom and said support means for selectively locking said seat bottom in said horizontal use position and said seat back in said upright position, said latch means including blocking means for engaging said recliner means with said seat bottom in said horizontal use position to block said pivotal movement of said seat back from said upright to said horizontal folded position.

A passenger seat assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:

• a generally horizontal seat bottom;
• a generally upright seat back;
• support means for supporting said seat bottom and said seat back above a vehicle floor;
• said seat back including a lower portion adjacent said seat bottom and an upper portion operatively connected to said lower portion;
• adjustment means interconnecting said upper and lower seat back portions for automatically adjusting the vertical height of said seat back from a retracted position with said upper portion retracted in said lower portion of said seat back to an extended position with said upper portion extending vertically upwardly from said lower portion of said seat back;
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• pivot means operatively connected between said upper portion and said lower portion for rotating said upper portion of said seat back forward of said lower portion in response to said adjustment means raising said upper portion from said retracted position to said extended position.