Locking device

A locking device for a vehicle seat, having a pawl which is mounted such that it can be pivoted about a first axis in order to lock a counterelement, having a clamping eccentric which is mounted such that it can be pivoted between a locked location and an unlocked location about a second axis which is parallel to the first axis and secures a locked state of the pawl by way of interaction with a first functional face of the pawl, the clamping eccentric acting in a spring-loaded manner via a clamping face on the first functional face in the locked state, wherein an unlocking element can be pivoted about the first axis by an actuating device counter to a spring force from a locked condition into an unlocked condition, and the clamping eccentric can be driven by the unlocking element such that it can be pivoted from its locked location in the direction of its unlocked location, that an unlocking slave is mounted such that it can be pivoted about the second axis from a locked condition into an unlocked condition, and that the unlocking slave is coupled via a driving coupling to the unlocking element in such a way that the unlocking slave can be driven such that it can be moved from its locked condition into its unlocked condition by way of a pivoting movement of the unlocking element from the locked condition into the unlocked condition.