Patent ID: 6986551
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat having a folding mechanism, the vehicle seat being both fixable and slidable forward and backward relative to the vehicle, the vehicle seat comprising: locking means for allowing or preventing seat sliding when unlocked or locked respectively; a wire joined to the locking means at one end thereof, the wire unlocking or locking the locking means when pulled or at rest respectively; a base member disposed above the locking means; a first actuating member, supported to be rotatable in a first direction and a second direction on the base member; a second actuating member, rotatably supported on the base member coaxially with the first actuating member and joined to another end of the wire, the second actuating member allowing the wire to be at rest when in a first position and pulling the wire when rotated by the first actuating member to be in a second position when the first actuating member is rotated in the second direction; first urging means for urging the first actuating member in the second direction, disposed between the first actuating member and the second actuating member; second urging means for urging the second actuating member in the first direction, disposed between the base member and the second actuating member; an upper member rotatably supported on the base member; and an engaging projection member rotating integrally with the upper member, the engaging projection member contactable with the first actuating member to rotate the first actuating member in the first direction or the second direction.