Patent ID: 8911017

Claim:
A motor vehicle seat, comprising: a sitting portion; a backrest, wherein said sitting portion and said backrest are adapted to be converted out of a respective sitting position into a cargo position in which said sitting portion and said backrest are substantially disposed in a common horizontal plane; a first arresting device for the sitting position of said backrest; a second arresting device for the sitting position of said sitting portion; a third arresting device; and means for biasing said sitting portion and said backrest into their cargo positions, wherein said first arresting device is configured to be releasable for pivoting of said backrest, in a direction toward its cargo position, and counter to said third arresting device, into a stand-by position, as a consequence of which said second arresting device is adapted to be released for pivoting of said sitting portion into its cargo position, as a consequence of which said third arresting device is adapted to be released for pivoting of said backrest out of its stand-by position and into its cargo position; and a release lever for release of said second arresting device and a fixation of the stand-by position of said backrest, wherein said release lever projects from a lower end of said backrest.