Patent ID: 7628449

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a seat part structure; a fitting; a backrest support pivotably attached to the seat part structure by means of the fitting; a joint; a backrest structure pivotably attached to the backrest support by means of the joint; a locking device for locking the backrest structure to the backrest support, so that the vehicle seat can be converted from a seated use position to a flat non-use position by unlocking and pivoting the backrest support and/or the backrest structure the backrest structure pivoting forwards, in an unlocked state in transition from the use position to the non-use position and the unlocked backrest support pivoting backwards, in an unlocked state in transition from the use position to the non-use position, wherein when the transition is made from the use position to the non-use position, initially only the locking device is unlocked and the backrest structure pivots which, in an intermediate position in a certain pivot angle range, positively engages the fitting; and positive control means for a positively controlled unlocking of the backrest support by the pivoting of the backrest structure.