Vehicle seat

A vehicle seat, comprising:

• a seat part, a backrest, a kinematics mechanism for transferring the vehicle seat from a use position, in which the vehicle seat is suitable for transporting people, into a not-in-use position, and back again, and having a locking device, in particular a lock, for locking the kinematics mechanism in the use position, wherein, when the locking device has been unlocked, the vehicle seat can be transferred out of the use position into an access position, wherein the kinematics mechanism, for transferring the vehicle seat out of the use position into the not-in-use position, can be coupled to a drive device by a coupling device, wherein the coupling device has an unlocking swing arm for at least indirectly unlocking the locking device, and wherein, in the use position of the vehicle seat, activation of the drive device first of all causes the unlocking swing arm to pivot, so that the locking device is unlocked, and it is only following the pivoting movement of the unlocking swing arm that the kinematics mechanism can be driven by the drive device for the purpose of transferring the vehicle seat into the not-in-use position.

The vehicle seat as claimed in claim in 19, wherein an actuating force is applied to the backrest, the catch can be subjected to an opening torque via the mating element, wherein the catch can be pivoted into a released position by the mating element when the opening torque is greater than a closing torque exerted on the catch by the energy store.