Seat

Details Seat Seat

2011-01-04

2011-01-04

Dunn, David (Department: 3636)

Chairs and seats

Movable back

Tiltable

C297S378100, C297S378120

Reexamination Certificate

active

07862121

ABSTRACT:
A seat may be obtained with improved operability of plural adjustable units.A vehicle seat10is provided with: a seat lifter22provided to a seat body that is for sitting on, and is adjusted by operation force transmitted from a first operating system; a reclining mechanism20provided to the seat body, that is adjusted by operation force transmitted from a second operating system; and an operation lever30, imparting operation force for independently adjusting the reclining mechanism20and the seat lifter22. The operation lever30imparts operation force to the seat lifter22when operated by rotation along the seat up-down direction in the direction of arrow D and arrow E, and imparts operation force to the reclining mechanism20when operated by rotation along the seat width direction in the direction of arrow F.

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