Arresting device for rear seat back

Claim 1

An engaging device for arresting the movement of a rear seat back relative to a chassis, which seat back is arranged to be forward-inclinable to communicate a passenger room with a trunk room, which are separated by said seat back, through an opening, said device comprising: releasable engaging means for holding the rear seat back in an engaged stand-up position, said rear seat back inclinable when released from said releasable engaging means; locking means for locking said releasable engaging means against release such that the rear seat back is prevented from being inclined forwardly from said engaged stand-up position; and operating means disposed in the trunk room for unlocking said locking means when a trunk room lid is raised, whereby only when the operating means is operated by opening a trunk room lid to unlock said locking means can the rear seat back be released by said releasable engaging means; said releasable engaging means comprising a first striker element fixed relative to the chassis, and a lever provided with the rear seat back, said lever engageable with the first striker; said locking means comprising a second striker attached to the lever of the releasable engaging means, and a lock plate connected with the chassis, said plate engageable with the second striker to hold the lever in engagement with the first striker, and said operating means comprises an operating device provided in the trunk room for controlling the engagement/disengagement of the lock plate.