Vehicle seat

Claim 1

A vehicle seat which is adjustable in the longitudinal direction by a first adjustment device including two spaced guideways and the inclination of which is adjustable by a second adjustment device comprising: a train of toothed gears for automatically coupling together said first and second adjustment devices; and an adjusting lug associated with one of said two spaced guideways supporting two shafts 16 and 19 and an adjusting shaft 9 which effects the inclination adjustment, said two shafts 16 and 19 and said adjusting shaft 9 cooperate with each other by means of a plurality of gears, one of said plurality of gears being in mesh with a rack 14 of said one of said two spaced guideways; said two shafts including a first shaft 16 having a first gear 15 and a second gear 17 and a second shaft 19 having a third gear 18 and a fourth gear 20, said second shaft 19 being axially displaceable with respect to said third gear 18 and said fourth gear 20 and said first shaft 16 being displaceable with respect to said first gear 15 which is in mesh with said rack 14, said second gear 17 being carried along; said fourth gear 20 being in mesh with a gear 21 of said adjusting shaft 9, while said third gear 18 in the initial position is in mesh with said second gear 17 which is axially fixed to said first shaft 16; a disk carried by said second shaft 19 having a projection thereon to engage on elongated hole is said third gear 18; and a locking device to secure said disk from twisting upon axial displacement of said first shaft 16 and said second shaft 19.