Patent ID: 8205944

Claim:
An arrangement lever device for an automobile seat, the automobile seat including a seat cushion having a pair of spaced apart brackets and pivotally supported to the seat cushion via first and second reclining lock means arranged between the brackets of the seat cushion and the brackets of the seat back, an actuating shaft for actuating the first and second lock means, the actuating shaft interconnecting the first and second locking means, a slide rail mechanism for allowing the automobile seat to be slid in a vehicle body, and slide lock means for locking the slide rail mechanism and preventing the slide movement of the automobile seat, the arrangement lever device comprising: a reclining operation lever for unlocking the first and second reclining lock means to allow the seat back to be angularly adjusted and pivoted forward and rearward relative to the seat cushion; the reclining operation lever being mounted on a support shaft that is concentrically joined with the actuating shaft; a walk-in operation lever for unlocking the first and second reclining lock means to allow the seat back to be inclined forward and for unlocking the slide lock means for the slide rail mechanism; the walk-in operation lever being arranged to be adjacent to the reclining operation lever and pivotally supported on one of the brackets of the seat cushion; and a linkage mechanism for preventing the motion of one of the reclining operation and walk-in operation levers from being transmitted to the other of the levers; the linkage mechanism coupled between the reclining operation lever and the walk-in operation lever.