Motor vehicle seat

A motor vehicle seat comprising:

• a backrest that is foldable forwards through swivel action from at least one useful position where the backrest serves to support a back of a seat occupant onto a seat face of the vehicle seat;
• an upholstery carrier to hold a seat cushion which defines a seat surface and on which a seat user sits;
• a coupling member through which the backrest is coupled to the upholstery carrier so that the upholstery carrier is displaced when the backrest is folded forwards;
• wherein the coupling member is connected to an elastic element supported on the backrest so that when the backrest is swivelled from a useful position in a first swivel area the elastic element is deformed before the coupling member acts on the upholstery carrier in at least a further swivel area;
• and
• wherein the upholstery carrier comprises a guiding device by which the upholstery carrier is guided during displacement and that the guiding device is formed by a guiding slide and a bolt guided therein.

A motor vehicle seat comprising:

• a backrest that is foldable forwards through swivel action from at least one useful position where the backrest serves to support a back of a seat occupant onto a seat face of the vehicle seat;
• an upholstery carrier to hold a seat cushion which defines a seat surface and on which a seat user sits;
• a coupling member through which the backrest is coupled to the upholstery carrier so that the upholstery carrier is displaced when the backrest is folded forwards;
• wherein the coupling member is connected to an elastic element supported on the backrest so that when the backrest is swivelled from a useful position in a first swivel area the elastic element is deformed before the coupling member acts on the upholstery carrier in at least a further swivel area;
• wherein the backrest is mounted for swivel movement about a swivel axis;
• and
• wherein the swivel axis is configured to be shiftable when the backrest is folded forwards.