Patent ID: 7677667

Claim:
A fitting for a vehicle seat, the fitting comprising: a first fitting part; a second fitting part which is rotatable about an axis relative to the first fitting part; a drivable eccentric mounted for rotating about the axis; at least four locking elements which are radially guided by the first fitting part, wherein the locking elements are for being acted upon by the eccentric so that the locking elements move radially outward to interact with the second fitting part and lock the fitting; a disk cam for pulling the locking elements radially inward to unlock the fitting; a free-pivoting control element for preventing the fitting from locking in a predetermined free-pivoting angular range corresponding to a relative angular range of the fitting parts, the free-pivoting control element comprising at least one first stop track and at least one second stop track that is offset axially and/or radially with respect to the at least one first stop track; and the locking elements comprising at least two first locking elements which interact with the at least one first stop track, and at least two second locking elements which interact with the at least one second stop track, wherein the first locking elements each have a first lug that protrudes axially; the second locking elements each have a second lug that protrudes axially; the first and second lugs are for interacting with the disk cam; and the first and second lugs are for respectively interacting with the at least one first stop track and the at least one second stop track.