Patent ID: 8287037

Claim:
An erroneous operation preventing device that regulates a stowing or folding operation of a rearwardly rotatable stowable vehicle seat that is rotated rearward and stowed by pulling a strap, by locking a braking member secured to the strap, comprising: an opening portion for guiding said strap to a rear face side of a seat back of said stowable vehicle seat; a rotating member that contacts said strap and has two end portion sides; first brackets standing up separately on both sides of said opening portion in either direction of a front or the rear face side of said seat back and supporting the both end portion sides of said rotating member from one side; a connecting member supporting the both end portion sides of said rotating member at least from the opposite sides; an urging element for urging at least one of said connecting member to the side of the first bracket all the time; a second bracket disposed in either direction of the front or rear face side of said seat back; and a movable member rotatably supported by said second bracket and connected to said connecting member.