Patent ID: 8926018
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A47C,B60N

Abstract:
1. A reclining apparatus comprising: a bottomed cylindrical first member formed with inner teeth on an inner cylindrical surface along the circumferential direction and having an opened surface on one of the surfaces; a second member stacked on the side of the opened surface of the first member and provided so as to be capable of rotating relative to the first member in the circumferential direction; a pawl provided on the second member so as to be capable of moving and formed with outer teeth capable of engaging the inner teeth; a rotation cam arranged on the side of a center axis of the relative rotation with respect to the pawl and configured to move the pawl to a locked position where the outer teeth of the pawl engage the inner teeth of the first member; an urging member configured to urge the rotation cam so as to position the pawl at the locked position; an unlock retaining mechanism including an curved guide extending along the circumferential direction formed on the first member on the inner cylindrical surface on the side of a bottom portion with respect to the inner teeth thereof and an abutting portion provided on the pawl and configured to retain the pawl in an unlocked position when abutting against the curved guide; a spacer provided on the bottom portion of the first member and configured to restrict the pawl from moving to the bottom portion of the first member, wherein the rotation cam is formed with a through hole having a center at a center of rotation thereof, and the spacer is formed with a cylindrical portion to be fitted in the through hole of the rotation cam, and an outer diameter of the cylindrical portion is smaller than an outer diameter of the spacer.