Patent ID: 8827367

Claim:
A vehicle seat having a rotating table that is constructed to be horizontally rotatable, and an outer slide member that is positioned on the rotating table and is constructed to move a seat main body to a vehicle exterior via a door opening by sliding along the rotating table while supporting the seat main body thereon, comprising: a connection mechanism that connects the seat main body to the outer slide member, so as to tilt the seat main body on the outer slide member such that a front side thereof can be raised, and a drive mechanism that is disposed between a protruded rear end portion of the outer slide member protruded horizontally rearwardly with respect to the seat main body and a rear end surface of the seat main body and is constructed to change a vertical distance between the protruded rear end portion of the outer slide member and the rear end surface of the seat main body, so as to tilt the seat main body such that the front side thereof can be raised, wherein the connection mechanism includes right and left bearing holes formed in the outer slide member, a frame-shaped holder integrated with the seat main body and having right and left through-holes, and connection pins, wherein the holder is connected to the outer slide member while the pins are horizontally passed through the right and left through holes and the bearing holes, so that the seat main body can be tilted such that the front side thereof can be raised when the holder rotates about the connection pins, and wherein the drive mechanism comprises a screw shaft that is rotatably connected to one of the rear end portion of the outer slide member and rear end portion of the holder and is vertically positioned, a motor for rotating the screw shaft, and a nut that is connected to the other of the rear end portion of the outer slide member and the rear end portion holder and threadably engages the screw shaft.