Patent ID: 7399035

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a rotation mechanism disposed between a seat body and a vehicle floor, the rotation mechanism being arranged and constructed to rotate the seat body between a position where the seat body faces a front side of a vehicle and a position where the seat body faces a door opening; a rotation lock mechanism arranged and constructed to unrotatably lock the seat body in a position where the seat body faces the front side of the vehicle; a slide mechanism arranged and constructed to move the seat body in a condition in which the seat body faces the door opening toward an exterior of the vehicle by way of the door opening; wherein when the slide mechanism is slightly operated under a condition in which the seat body faces the front side of the vehicle, a member that can move thereupon moves and interacts with the rotation lock mechanism, thereby operating the rotation lock mechanism such that the seat body can be unlocked; and wherein the slide mechanism is disposed between the seat body and the rotation mechanism so as to rotate integrally with the seat body, wherein when the slide mechanism is operated under the condition in which the seat body faces the front side of the vehicle, a moving direction of the seat body corresponds to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and wherein when the slide mechanism is operated under the condition in which the seat body faces the door opening, the moving direction of the seat body corresponds to a lateral direction of the vehicle.