Patent ID: 8408628

Claim:
A storable vehicle seat, comprising: a seat having a seat cushion; a front link and a rear link, respective both ends of which are rotatably connected to a vehicle floor surface including a seat mounting surface and a storage recess that are aligned in a forward/rearward direction, and said seat cushion, respectively, to move said seat rotationally between a storage position at which said seat is positioned in said storage recess and an operating position at which said seat is positioned immediately above said seat mounting surface; a rotational support shaft projected from one of said front link or/and said rear link, and said seat cushion or/and a stationary member on said vehicle floor surface; an elongated support hole which is formed on the other to be elongated in substantially said forward/rearward direction, with which said rotational support shaft is rotatably engaged, and to which said rotational support shaft relatively changes a position thereof in accordance with a position of said seat cushion; a guide projection which is projected from said front link or/and said rear link on which said rotational support shaft or said elongated support hole is formed; a guide hole which is formed in said seat cushion or said stationary member in which said elongated support hole or said rotational support shaft is formed, wherein said guide projection is engaged with said guide hole to be movable therein, wherein said guide hole has a substantially circular arc shape centered about a point within said elongated support hole, wherein a portion of said guide hole in which said guide projection is positioned when said seat is in said operating position has the same width as that of said guide projection, and wherein a portion of said guide hole in which said guide projection is positioned when said seat is on a side closer said storage position than said operating position is greater in width than said guide projection; and a biaser which biases said rotational support shaft in one direction along said elongated support hole.