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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2009
Tatsuo Sayama, Tochigi, JP;
Tatsuo Sayama, Tochigi, JP;
TS Tech Co., Ltd., Asaka-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A stowable vehicle seat includes a seat support portion that supports a seat cushion rotatably in the front-and-rear direction, a seat back provided with reclining elements that can be folded onto the seat cushion, a stowage recess portion disposed on the vehicle body floor side, a front-side leg portion disposed on the front side of the seat cushion, leg-portion locking elements that lock and unlock the front-side leg portion to and from the vehicle body floor side, a link mechanism connected to the reclining elements and the leg-portion locking elements, and a strap for operating the reclining mechanism and the leg-portion locking elements through the link mechanism, in which the seat back is locked in the folded state in a stowing operation by a pulling operation of the strap.