Patent ID: 7328954

Claim:
A reclining mechanism of a reclining seat including a seat back and a seat cushion which is pivoted on said seat cushion so that an angular position of said seat back relative to said seat cushion is changed, said reclining mechanism comprising: a reclining lock mechanism which locks said seat back at an adjusted angular position and allows said seat back to be rotated forward and rearward relative to said seat cushion when manually operated; a reclining angle memory mechanism which remembers an angular position of a previous adjustment of said seat back and allows said seat back to be rotated forward relative to said seat cushion when manually operated independently of said reclining lock mechanism, wherein said reclining angle memory mechanism locks said seat back to said remembered angular position when said seat back is rotated rearward from said forward position; and a manual operation limiting device which prevents one of said reclining lock mechanism and said reclining angle memory mechanism from being operated when the other of said reclining lock mechanism and said reclining angle memory mechanism is operated.