Reclining seat assembly

Claim 1

A RECLINING SEAT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A SEAT FRAME, A SEAT BACK FRAME, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID SEAT BACK FRAME TO SAID SEAT FRAME FOR ALLOWING SAID SEAT BACK FRAME TO PIVOT RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME BETWEEN AN UPRIGHT POSITION AND VARIOUS RECLINED POSITIONS, AND POWER ACTUATED MEANS OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTING SAID SEAT FRAME AND SAID SEAT BACK FRAME FOR PIVOTING SAID SEAT BACK FRAME RELATIVE TO SAID SEAT FRAME IN EITHER DIRECTION UPON ACTUATION THEREOF AND FOR ALLOWING SAID SEAT BACK FRAME TO BE PIVOTED TOWARD SAID UPRIGHT POSITION INDEPENDENTLY OF ACTUATION THEROF, SAID POWER ACTUATED MEANS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS ADAPTED FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, DRIVE MEANS, A FIRST ELEMENT IN POSITIVE DRIVEN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVE MEANS AND ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID FIRST MEMBER, AND A SECOND ELEMENT THREADEDLY ENGAGING SAID SECOND MEMBER AND NORMALLY IN DRIVEN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST ELEMENT FOR ROTATION THEREBY AND MOVABLE OUT OF SAID FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT FOR ROTATION INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID FIRST ELEMENT WHEREBY SAID SEAT BACK FRAME MAY BE PIVOTED FROM A RECLINED POSITION TOWARD THE UPRIGHT POSITION AS SAID DRIVE MEANS REMAINS STATIONARY.