Flex and fold vehicle seating assembly

A vehicle seating assembly comprising:

• a seatback pivotally coupled with a slidable rear bracket;
• a seat having a four-bar linkage;
• a base member pivotally coupling a front link of the linkage with a fixed front bracket;
• a connecting member pivotally coupling a bottom link of the linkage with the seatback, wherein pivoting the seatback forward collapses the linkage, and wherein sliding the seatback forward rotates the linkage forward;
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• a latch assembly detachably coupling the connecting member with a rear link of the linkage when the seat is in an upright position.

A vehicle seating assembly comprising:

• a slidable bracket pivotally supporting a seatback;
• a four-bar linkage including:
• a top link supporting a cushion;
• a bottom link having a connecting member pivotally coupling the seatback with the bottom link, wherein pivoting the seatback forward collapses the linkage rearward;
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• a front link having a base member pivotally coupling the front link with a fixed bracket, wherein sliding the seatback forward tips the cushion forward;
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• a latch assembly detachably coupling the connecting member with a rear link that pivotally couples a rearward portion of the top link with a rearward portion of the bottom link.