Patent ID: 8256844
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicular seat comprising: a reclining apparatus capable of adjusting an angle of a seat back relative to a seat cushion; a tilt down mechanism configured to move the seat cushion in a lower direction toward a vehicular floor when the seat back is moved onto the seat cushion; a walk in mechanism configured to position the seat back relative to the seat cushion at a forward tilting angle; a base member provided on a side of the vehicular floor; and a middle member provided between the base member and the seat back, wherein a lower portion of the middle member and the base member are connected to adjust an angle therebetween by the reclining apparatus, an upper portion of the middle member and the seat back are connected by a connecting apparatus of the walk in mechanism, the walk in mechanism includes a stopper apparatus for positioning the seat back at a normal angle and a forward tilting angle which is forward from the normal angle relative to the middle member, the stopper apparatus of the walk in mechanism includes a first stopper portion and a second stopper portion provided at either one of the seat back and the middle member and a stopper claw provided at the other, the first stopper portion and the second stopper portion move relative to the stopper claw by tilting the seat back relative to the middle member, the tilt down mechanism moves the seat cushion in the lower direction toward the vehicular floor relative to the base member cooperatively with tilting of the middle member relative to the base member, and the tilt down mechanism includes a leg having a one end portion that is pivotably connected to a front portion of the seat cushion and an other end portion that is pivotably connected to the base member.