Patent ID: 7258400

Claim:
A vehicle-seat retracting apparatus wherein a seating state is switched to a non-seating state by retracting a headrest and tilting a seat back relative to a seat cushion, and wherein the vehicle-seat retracting apparatus comprises: a lock member for locking a tilting angle of the seat back with respect to the seat cushion; an interlock member to operate in association with retraction of the headrest; an unlock member pivoting on a pivot to unlock the tilting angle; a tilting-angle switching member turnably supported by the seat back to connect the interlock member and the unlock member; and a retaining member provided in the seat cushion, wherein the tilting-angle switching member includes an upper interlock link portion connected to the interlock member and a lower stopper link portion contacting with the retaining member, and is retained by the retaining member with the lower stopper link portion contacting with the retaining member to regulate an adjustable range of the tilting angle to a seating range set for the seating state, and separates from the retaining member with the lower stopper link portion separating from the retaining member to extend the adjustable range from the seating range to a non-seating range set for the non-seating state.