Patent ID: 7510228

Claim:
A seating apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a seat cushion having an adjustable mount to move in a forward and backward direction of a vehicle; a seat back pivotally connected, at a lower end portion thereof, to a rear end portion of the seat cushion for reclining in conjunction with a forward movement of the seat cushion and moving toward an upright position in conjunction with a backward movement of the seat cushion, and wherein in addition to movement for reclining and toward upright in conjunction with forward and backward movement of the seat cushion, the seat back is separately movable for adjusting inclination of the seat back independent of movement of the seat cushion; a contacting member provided at a backside of the seat back; a receiving portion provided at a vehicle body and supporting the contacting member for reclining the seat back in conjunction with the forward movement of the seat cushion and moving the seat back toward an upright position in conjunction with the backward movement of the seat cushion, the receiving portion including a parallel link mechanism having: a fixed link member fixed to the vehicle body; a facing link member facing the fixed link member; a first link member connecting the fixed link member to the facing link member; a second link member connecting the fixed link member to the facing link member; a long groove provided at one of the facing link member and the contacting member; a connecting axial portion provided at the other one of the facing link member and the contacting member and moving in conjunction with the long groove when the seatback is inclined; where in the long groove allowing the seat back to be inclined by sliding movement of the connection axial portion when the seat back is inclined in conjunction with back and forth movement of the seat cushion, an adjustment mechanism adjusting an inclination of the seat back when the parallel link mechanism positions the facing link member to be close to, or to be spaced away from, the fixed link member by acting on the inclining movement of the seat back independent of the movement of the seat cushion.