Rear seat device for vehicle

A rear seat device for use in a vehicle having a stepped floor surface, with said rear seat device adapted to be disposed on a higher, rear section of the vehicle, said rear seat device being constructed and adapted to be rotatable by substantially 180 degrees toward a front of the vehicle, the rear seat device comprising:

• a rear seat back whose length is adjustable between a seating state length, which is the length of said rear seat back in an ordinary seating state for a vehicle occupant, and a collapsed state length, which is shorter than the seating state length, said rear seat back being divided into two portions in a longitudinal direction thereof which are an upper portion, which is a rear seat back main body portion, and a lower portion, which is a rear seat back divisional portion, said rear seat back divisional portion and said rear seat back main body portion being connected at vicinities of respective surfaces thereof at a rear side in the ordinary seating state for a vehicle occupant, and said rear seat back divisional portion being adapted to be rotatable toward a rear of the vehicle around a shaft, which extends in a transverse direction of said rear seat back with respect to said rear seat back main body portion;
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• a rear seat back rotating/sliding mechanism which allows said rear seat back main body portion to collapse forward onto a rear seat cushion and allows said rear seat back main body portion to selectively slide with respect to the rear seat cushion in substantially a longitudinal direction of the rear seat cushion from a forward collapsed state.

A rear seat device for use in a vehicle having a stepped floor surface, with said rear seat device adapted to be disposed on a higher, rear section of the vehicle, said rear seat device being constructed and adapted to be rotatable by substantially 180 degrees toward a front of the vehicle, said rear seat device comprising:

• a rear seat back whose length is adjustable between a seating state length, which is the length of said rear seat back in an ordinary seating state for a vehicle occupant, and a collapsed state length, which is shorter than the seating state length, said rear seat back being divided into two portions in a longitudinal direction thereof which are an upper portion, which is a rear seat back main body portion, and a lower portion, which is a rear seat back divisional portion, said rear seat back divisional portion and said rear seat back main body portion being connected at vicinities of respective surfaces thereof at a rear side in the ordinary seating state for a vehicle occupant, and said rear seat back divisional portion being adapted to be rotatable toward a rear of the vehicle around a shaft, which extends in a transverse direction of said rear seat back, with respect to said rear seat back main body portion;
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• a rear seat back rotating/sliding mechanism which allows said rear seat back main body portion to collapse forward onto a rear seat cushion and allows said rear seat back main body portion to selectively slide with respect to the rear seat cushion in substantially a longitudinal direction of the rear seat cushion from a forward collapsed state, said rear seat back rotating/sliding mechanism having a guide member provided at said rear seat back main body portion and having an elongated hole, and having a connecting member connecting the rear seat cushion and said rear seat back, and said connecting member having a link member, and a vicinity of one end portion of said link member being provided so as to be movable while being guided by said elongated hole, and a vicinity of another end portion of said link member being rotatably fixed to a frame provided at the rear seat cushion.