Patent ID: 7255398
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seat reclining apparatus, comprising: a seat cushion; a seat back rotatably supported to the seat cushion; a forward reclining biasing means for biasing the seat back to a forward reclined position side; a reclining lock mechanism shifting the seat back between a lock position locked at an optional position in a reclining range and a lock release position releasing the lock, and exposed to a lock biasing force toward the lock position side; a forward reclining lever shifting the reclining lock mechanism to the lock release position, in which the reclining lock mechanism is shifted to the lock release position from the lock position by operating the forward reclining lever to a forward reclining operating position, and the seat back is shifted to the forward reclined position by an biasing force of the forward reclining biasing means; and a neutral position returning means holding the forward reclining lever operated to the forward reclining operating position at the forward reclining operating position in the case that the seat back exists in a forward reclined side from a predetermined neutral position set within the reclining range, and not holding the forward reclining lever in the case that the seat back exists in a rearward reclined side from the neutral position; wherein the forward reclining lever comprises: wherein the neutral position returning means comprises: