Patent ID: 6857702

Claim:
A forwardly displaceable vehicle seat intended for vehicles in which a rear seat is accessed through a side door assigned to the vehicle seat, comprising; a seat back; a seat carrier; a seat back joint arranged between said seat back and said seat carrier; a locking device assigned to said seat back joint and locking said seat back joint in a first locking position in a normal position of use of the vehicle seat; a longitudinal adjusting device provided with a stop unit and with a memory unit; a release, which is arranged on the seat back and is connected to, and cooperates with, the locking device, permitting displacement of the vehicle seat from the normal position of use into a forwardly displaced position, a forward displacement consisting of folding the seat back forward which allows the vehicle seat to be displaced forward in its longitudinal adjusting device; and a first transmission means disposed between said seat back and said longitudinal adjusting device and sets the memory unit on the one side and releases the stop unit on the other side when the seat back is tilted forward; wherein the locking device is provided with a second locking position in which the seat back joint is locked in such a manner that the seat back is retained in a forwardly tilted position and that there is provided a second transmission means which is arranged between locking device and memory facility and actuates the locking device in such a manner that the locking device is not capable of adopting the second locking position within a portion of the travel distance of the seat located at the back, starting from the normal position of use, and that the locking device is allowed to engage into a second locking position within a front portion of the travel distance, and wherein the locking device of the seat back joint has a holding arm that is arranged on a fitting part of the seat back joint, wherein there is provided a locking piece, which is arranged on another fitting part of the seat back joint and is in engagement with the holding arm in the second locking position and wherein the holding arm is connected to the second transmission means.