Patent ID: 7828382

Claim:
A vehicle seat having an operation lever arrangement structure comprising: a seat cushion and a seat back that are rotatably connected to each other via a connection shaft; a tilt down operation lever for operating a tilt d own mechanism that is capable of placing the seat back to a folded condition in which the seat back is forwardly tilted down toward the seat cushion; and a walk-in operation lever for operating a walk-in mechanism that is capable of sliding the seat to a retracted position at a front side of the vehicle while the seat back is placed to a forwardly tilted condition in which the seat back is forwardly tilted down toward the seat cushion, wherein the tilt down operation lever and the walk-in operation lever are disposed on a side surface portion of a shoulder portion of the seat back, so as to be in a condition in which the operation levers are laterally aligned with each other along a widthwise direction of the seat back, and are rotatably supported by a rotational shaft positioned parallel to the connection shaft so as to be rotated in the same direction as a rotating direction of the seat back, wherein the operation levers are normally rotationally biased by a spring member so as to be maintained in the condition in which the operation levers are laterally aligned with each other, so that when the operation levers are rotated in a forwardly tilting direction of the seat back against a rotational biasing force of the spring member, the seat back can be forwardly tilted down, and wherein the operation lever that is disposed on an inner side with respect to the widthwise direction of the seat back has an end portion as an operating portion that extends upwardly beyond the operation lever disposed on an outer side with respect to the widthwise direction.