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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2017
Shiroki Corporation, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihisa Nozue, Fujisawa, JP;
Hidehiko Fujioka, Fujisawa, JP;
SHIROKI CORPORATION, Fujisawa-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A seat reclining apparatus includes a stopper which is movable between a forward-tilt restriction position to stop the seatback at an intermediate stop position in an unlock range, which is set in front of a lockable range in which a reclining mechanism of the seat reclining apparatus allows the angle of the seatback to be adjusted, and a restriction release position to allow the seatback to tilt forward beyond the intermediate stop position, and is situated at the forward-tilt restriction position when the seatback tilts toward the intermediate stop position from the lockable range. The seat reclining apparatus further includes a holding mechanism which keeps holding the stopper in the restriction release position until the seatback returns to the lockable range from a state where the seatback tilts forward beyond the intermediate stop position following a movement of the stopper from the forward-tilt restriction position to the restriction release position.