A vehicle seat including a seat cushion and a seat back rotatably attached to the seat cushion , wherein the vehicle seat is capable of taking a stowed position in which the seat back is folded onto the seat cushion , and the seat cushion together with the folded seat back is rotatably lifted away from a floor , the vehicle seat comprising: a support member coupled to the floor ; a rotating member rotatably supported by the support member via a support shaft extending in a right-left direction; a lower rail extending in a front-rear direction and coupled at an end to the rotating member so as to extend laterally offset relative to the support shaft ; an upper rail slidably supported by the lower rail and coupled to the seat cushion ; a coupling device provided at a second end of the lower rail on a side toward the support shaft and capable of selectably connecting to the floor ; and a slide position detecting device provided between the seat cushion and the lower rail ; wherein the coupling device comprises a latch configured to be engageable with a striker provided on the floor , and an operating input part configured such that a user's operating force is input to the operating input part ; characterized by , an urging device extending in the front-rear direction and having one end coupled to the support member and a second end coupled to the lower rail on the side toward the support shaft side, wherein the urging device is configured to be expandable and contractible in a longitudinal direction thereof so as to urge the seat cushion in such a direction as to rotate about the support shaft away from the floor ; and a connecting mechanism configured to selectively transmit the operating force from the operating input part to the latch ; wherein the slide position detection device is configured to operate when the seat cushion is at a prescribed front end position relative to the lower rail ; and when the seat cushion is at the front end position, the connecting mechanism is driven by the slide position detecting device to transmit the operating force from the operating input part to the latch . a support member coupled to the floor ; a rotating member rotatably supported by the support member via a support shaft extending in a right-left direction; a lower rail extending in a front-rear direction and coupled at an end to the rotating member so as to extend laterally offset relative to the support shaft ; an upper rail slidably supported by the lower rail and coupled to the seat cushion ; a coupling device provided at a second end of the lower rail on a side toward the support shaft and capable of selectably connecting to the floor ; and a slide position detecting device provided between the seat cushion and the lower rail ; wherein the coupling device comprises a latch configured to be engageable with a striker provided on the floor , and an operating input part configured such that a user's operating force is input to the operating input part ; characterized by , an urging device extending in the front-rear direction and having one end coupled to the support member and a second end coupled to the lower rail on the side toward the support shaft side, wherein the urging device is configured to be expandable and contractible in a longitudinal direction thereof so as to urge the seat cushion in such a direction as to rotate about the support shaft away from the floor ; and a connecting mechanism configured to selectively transmit the operating force from the operating input part to the latch ; wherein the slide position detection device is configured to operate when the seat cushion is at a prescribed front end position relative to the lower rail ; and when the seat cushion is at the front end position, the connecting mechanism is driven by the slide position detecting device to transmit the operating force from the operating input part to the latch . <EOS>