Vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle seat
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1. Vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seat covered with upholstery;
an upholstery support for the seat;
at least one upholstered side member arranged at the side adjacent the seat upholstery for laterally supporting a user of the seat and connected with the upholstery support for the seat so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis running in the lateral direction of the seat;
an upholstery support for the side member;
a locking device arranged so that the side member can be fixed in at least two different pivot positions, the cooperating elements of the locking device being connected with the upholstery support for the seat and the upholstery support for the side member respectively;
said locking device being self-locking in only one pivot direction and being releasable by a release member for pivoting movement of said side member in said pivot direction and including two associated locking members arranged at a distance from the pivot axis, one of which locking members passes by the other member during a pivoting movement of the side member and cooperates therewith in selected positions when the locking device is closed.
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A vehicle seat includes at least one upholstered side member, which is arranged at the side adjacent to the seat upholstery that is connected with the upholstery support of the seat so as to be pivotable about an axis running in the lateral direction of the seat and that can be fixed at least in two different pivot positions by means of a locking device. The locking device has two cooperating members spaced from the pivot axis of which one passes by the other member during a pivot movement of the side member and cooperates therewith in selected positions when the locking device is closed.
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1. Vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle seat, comprising:
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a seat covered with upholstery; an upholstery support for the seat; at least one upholstered side member arranged at the side adjacent the seat upholstery for laterally supporting a user of the seat and connected with the upholstery support for the seat so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis running in the lateral direction of the seat; an upholstery support for the side member; a locking device arranged so that the side member can be fixed in at least two different pivot positions, the cooperating elements of the locking device being connected with the upholstery support for the seat and the upholstery support for the side member respectively; said locking device being self-locking in only one pivot direction and being releasable by a release member for pivoting movement of said side member in said pivot direction and including two associated locking members arranged at a distance from the pivot axis, one of which locking members passes by the other member during a pivoting movement of the side member and cooperates therewith in selected positions when the locking device is closed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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