Patent ID: 6880888

Claim:
A fitting for pivoting a backrest of a vehicle seat relative to a reference structure, the fitting comprising: a lockable latching fitting including a fitting upper part mounted for rotating relative to a fitting lower part about an axis of rotation, wherein the fitting upper part is for carrying the backrest, and the latching fitting is for: finely adjusting inclination of the backrest between a plurality of use positions, with the finely adjusting including the fitting upper part rotating relative to the fitting lower part about the axis of rotation, and respectively locking the backrest in the use positions; a lockable free-pivoting device mounted for moving the backrest beyond the use positions while the free-pivoting device is unlocked, wherein the free-pivoting device has a pivotably mounted catch for locking to a latching bolt, which is fixed on the reference structure, to lock the free-pivoting device; and a coupler for unlocking the free-pivoting device, wherein the coupler is positioned between the fitting upper part and the catch of the free-pivoting device, a first end of the coupler is connected to the fitting upper part, and a second end of the coupler is connected to the catch, so that the coupler connects the fitting upper part and the catch to one another in a manner so that unlocking of the free-pivoting device by way of the coupler only takes place after unlocking of the latching fitting.