Vehicle seat and method for fixing a seat element

A vehicle seat having a seat element which is pivotally mounted to a front base part at a secondary axis for movement from a use position into a storage position,

• wherein the vehicle seat has a locking means;
• wherein, in a fixing position taken up in the use position, the locking means interacts with the seat element in a first direction or a second direction in a form-fitting manner or a force-fitting manner;
• wherein the locking means has a pivotable locking catch pivotally supported on a rear base part of the vehicle seat;
• wherein the locking catch interacts in the fixing position in the form-fitting or the force-fitting manner with a bolt fixed to the seat element;
• wherein the locking catch is configured to be pivoted in order to leave the fixing position;
• wherein the vehicle seat has an articulation system that is a four-bar linkage having a first link pivotally connected to each of the front base part and the rear base part and a second link pivotally connected to each of the front base part and the rear base part for folding up the seat element;
• and
• wherein the seat element is connected to the rear base part via a third link that forms a scissor linkage with at least a portion of the seat element, wherein, in the use position, the rear base part is fixed in a positionally fixed manner, wherein the four-bar linkage and the scissor linkage are configured such that the base part is pivoted about the secondary axis in order to take up the storage position.