Locking unit for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat

A vehicle seat comprising at least one locking unit comprising:

• a locking detent which is pivotably supported about a pivot axis between an open position and a closed position and which has a retention contour in order to retain a locking bolt in the closed position;
• at least one claw pivotably supported about the same pivot axis so as to be offset in the axial direction relative to the locking detent, wherein the claw has a closure contour, wherein the locking detent can be pivoted from the open position into the closed position by the closure contour being acted upon by the locking bolt, wherein the claw has a support contour which cooperates in the closed position of the locking detent with a catch detent in order to secure the locking detent and/or with a clamping element in order to discharge play of the locking detent, the claw comprising an outermost claw surface, wherein only the outermost claw surface defines the support contour, the support contour engaging the locking detent/or the clamping element;
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• a stop element arranged in such a manner that, when the locking unit is locked, the locking bolt abuts the stop element in a first contact location and the retention contour in a second contact location, wherein the first contact location and the second contact location are located at least approximately in a plane which extends perpendicularly to the axial direction.