SEAT FRAME AND STOWABLE VEHICLE SEAT WITH THE SAME

Provided are a seat frame and a stowable vehicle seat which enables high assembling work efficiency and easy stowing operation. There are provided a reclining mechanism 10, a seat slide mechanism 20 which slides a seat bottom frame 4, a slide lock mechanism 30 which prohibits or allows the operation of the seat slide mechanism 20 in cooperation with the reclining mechanism 10, a striker lock mechanism 70, and an assist mechanism 50 which assists an operation of stowing and returning a stowable vehicle seat S. The seat slide mechanism 20 includes a lower rail 21, an upper rail 22, and a slide biasing member 23 which automatically slides the upper rail 22 in cooperation with a tilting movement of a seat back frame 5 to a predetermined angle upon stowage of the stowable vehicle seat S. The seat slide mechanism 20 and the slide lock mechanism 30 are mounted to the seat bottom frame 4.