Patent ID: 7059679

Claim:
A seat device comprising: a seat including a seat cushion to seat an occupant and a seatback rotatably connected relative to the seat cushion, the seat movable between a seating state and a non-seating state; a sliding device for adjusting the seat to a position in a seating range where the seat becomes the seating state and in a non-seating range where the seat becomes the non-seating state; the sliding device having an upper rail fixed to the seat and a lower rail fixed to a floor for slidably supporting the upper rail; a contacting member provided on the lower rail over the range corresponding to the non-seating range of the seat; an actuating mechanism for making contact with the contacting member as the upper rail is slidably moved to the non-seating range, the actuating mechanism actuated by contacting with the contacting member while the seat is positioned in the non-seating range; and an actuated mechanism, which includes a reclining device for adjusting the angle of the seatback relative to the seat cushion, moved with the upper rail and actuated cooperating with the actuating mechanism for unlocking a lock of the reclining device in order that the seat becomes the non-seating state.