Patent ID: 8047614

Claim:
A seat apparatus comprising: a seat back that is tilted rearward; a forward tilt device that allows at least a portion of the seat back to tilt forward; a securing device that secures the seat back at a vehicle body side; a release strap that is used for releasing a securing condition of the securing device and has a grip portion, wherein the release strap has a first condition in which the grip portion is positioned at a rear side of the seat back and a second condition in which the grip portion is positioned at a portion so as to be accessible from a front side of the seat back, and one of the first condition and the second condition of the release strap can be selected; and a guide device that includes a first guide portion that bends the release strap rearward at a lower side of the securing device, and a second guide portion that regulates the release strap from an upper side at a rear side of the first guide portion, wherein the release strap extends from the securing device to an oblique lower rear side and reaches the first guide portion, wherein the release strap is pulled rearward by the guide device after being pulled downward from the securing device, and bend portions of the release strap on the guide device have an angle that exceeds approximately 90 degrees.