Patent ID: 7134725

Claim:
A motor vehicle seat comprising: a backrest; and a seat part; said backrest being foldable toward the seat part; said motor vehicle seat further comprising: a mechanism for lowering the seat part from a use position into a forward position; a locking mechanism for locking the seat part in the use position; and a coupling member for coupling the folding-down of the backrest to the forward movement and lowering of the seat part; wherein the coupling member couples the folding-down of the backrest to the forward movement and lowering of the seat part in such a manner that: the locking mechanism is automatically unlocked as the backrest is folded forward toward the seat part when a predefined angle of inclination is reached and the backrest is spaced apart from the seat part, the inclination of the backrest can be changed while the seat part is locked by folding the backrest forward up to the predefined angle of inclination and the unlocked seat part can be lowered into the forward position by folding the backrest further forward toward the seat part.