Patent ID: 7533937

Claim:
A forwardly movable automotive vehicle seat usable as a front seat of an automotive vehicle equipped with but one side door on either side of the vehicle, said seat comprising a seat back and a seat frame to which belongs a seat part and being movable between a normally adopted utilization position and a forwardly moved position, the seat back being in a forwardly folded position in which it is folded forward against the seat part and the seat frame being moved forward when the seat is in the forwardly moved position, said seat frame comprising a locking device and the seat back being retained in the normal utilization position with respect to the seat frame so as to be adjustable about a pivot axis, a stop device retaining the seat back in the forwardly folded position being further associated with the seat back as long as the seat frame is located in a front portion of its path of displacement, allowing the seat back to be released so that it may be folded upward into the normal utilization position when the seat frame is located in a rear portion of the displacement path, and comprising a first limit stop and a second limit stop associated with said first limit stop, one of said limit stops being connected to the seat frame and the other limit stop being disposed on the seat back, and comprising a disengagement system that releases the stop device when the automotive vehicle seat is located in the rear portion of the displacement path, wherein at least one of the first limit stop and the second limit stop is configured to be a rotatable part or a free arm of a retaining lever, and wherein the stop device comprises a securing system that prevents the stop device from engaging while the seat back is folded upward from a position in which it is moved backward with respect to the utilization position, more specifically from a reclined position, and while a disengagement member is actuated.