Patent ID: 8052194

Claim:
A stowable vehicle seat comprising: first seat supporting elements for rotatably supporting an end part side of a seat cushion; a seat back foldable over the seat cushion via a reclining assembly; a stowage area provided on a vehicle body floor side; second seat supporting elements provided on an other end part side of the seat cushion; an engaging and disengaging assembly that engages and disengages the second seat supporting elements with and from the vehicle body floor side; a link mechanism connected to the reclining assembly and the engaging and disengaging assembly; and an operating element that operates the reclining assembly and the engaging and disengaging assembly via the link mechanisms; wherein the reclining assembly comprises: a reclining mechanism for making the seat back foldable over the seat cushion; and a detecting element for detecting the folded state of the seat back, and the link mechanism comprises: a first link member, which is supported rotatably, connected to the operating element and the reclining mechanism, and rotated by a pulling of the operating element; a second link member which is supported rotatably, and connected to the engaging and disengaging assembly; and a third link member, which is supported rotatably, and connected to the detecting element, the third link member having a locking part for locking the second link member to the first link member to be engageable and disengageable, and rotating in a state in which the folding of the seat back is detected by the detecting element to enable the locking of the locking part to be released.