An assembly for holding open a locking mechanism for a motor vehicle
folding seat includes a locking mechanism having a gear shaft and a
release link fixedly attached to the gear shaft that transitions the
locking mechanism between an engaged and a released orientation. A
hold-open pin attached to the release link is received within a follower
link notch to maintain the locking mechanism in the released orientation.
An actuator positions the follower link notch to receive the hold-open
pin within the follower link notch.