Patent ID: 8864224

Claim:
A vehicle seat, comprising: a seat cushion; a seat back; and an armrest movable between a use position and a stowed position; wherein: at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back is movable from a seated position to a folded position, and the vehicle seat comprises a restraint element for restraining movement of the movable seat cushion or the movable seat back in a direction of the folded position when the armrest is at the use position; the vehicle seat further comprising: a bias element for biasing the seat back or the seat cushion in a direction in which the seat back or the seat cushion is moved from the seated position to the folded position; a lock capable of being selectively switched between a lock state in which the seat back is fixable at the seated position and a lock cancellation state in which movement of the seat back from the seated position to the folded position is permitted; a remote control unit capable of shifting the lock from the lock state to the lock cancellation state; and a coupling element for coupling the lock and the remote control unit; wherein: the coupling element comprises: a lock side coupling member connected to the lock; a remote control unit side coupling member connected to the remote control unit; and a connection member for connecting the lock side coupling member and the remote control unit side coupling member, the restraint element comprises: a conjunction element movable in conjunction with movement of the armrest; and a switch connected to the conjunction element, capable of being selectively switched between a movement restraint state in which movement of the connection member is restrained when the armrest is moved to the use position, and a movement permission state in which the movement of the connection member is permitted when the armrest is moved to the stowed position, and the restraint element restrains the lock from shifting from the lock state to the lock cancellation state by operation of the remote control unit.