Patent ID: 7380885

Claim:
A motor vehicle seat comprising: a pivotally mounted backrest which can be adjusted in its inclination and which has a front face serving to support a back of a user of the seat, and a spring assembly with at least one elastic element with which the backrest is elastically pretensioned to bias the backrest forwards such that the backrest bears with its front face against the back of a user of the seat; whereby the inclination of the backrest can be adjusted by exerting a force on the front face of the backrest against a force of the spring assembly; wherein the spring assembly engages on a gear element which is coupled to the backrest and which is associated with a locking device with which the gear element can be locked in different positions; wherein the gear element is assigned a clutch by which the backrest can be uncoupled from the gear element so that the backrest can be folded forwards towards the seat surface of the motor vehicle seat without the gear element being moved; wherein the gear element can be brought out of engagement with the backrest so that the gear element is not in connection with the backrest; and wherein the gear element is mounted on a base plate which is movable so that the gear element moves out of engagement with the backrest.