Well, I just looked at the owners manual for the 5th time and it did say pull. Not sure if it meant towards me? I did try "pulling" it to the right. I'll try again when I get home. I'm sure all these seats are "engineered" by the same company.I wonder if it's like the one on my Bob-Cat that actually pushes in under the seat to release. Totally not intuitive. Looked liked you pulled it up to me and it does pull up, but does nothing.