Patent ID: 7374243

Claim:
A folding seat apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a slide mechanism for moving a seat having a seatback and a seat cushion in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle; and a pop-up mechanism for popping the seat cushion upward, the apparatus further comprising: a control lever connected to the slide mechanism and pop-up mechanism; an actuator for rotating the control lever in a first direction in order to unlock the pop-up mechanism, and for rotating the control lever in a second direction in order to unlock the slide mechanism; a pop-up detector for detecting that the seat cushion has popped up; and a controller for controlling the actuator such that the control lever rotates in the first direction, and controlling the actuator so as to switch the rotation of the control lever from the first direction to the second direction on the basis of a detection signal from the pop-up detector; wherein the controller controls the actuator so as to unlock the pop-up mechanism and then to unlock the slide mechanism.