Vehicle seat back with feature for grasping of seatbelt

An apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

• a seat back having a recess formed in a cushion surface thereof below a top of the seat back and adjacent an outboard lateral edge thereof and the recess including a bottom and sidewalls, the sidewalls being located between the top and a midpoint of the seat back;
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• a retractable seatbelt when stowed extending along the cushion surface with a portion passing over the recess to create a first space between an edge of the seatbelt and the cushion surface.

A seat assembly for a vehicle, comprising:

• a seat back having a cushion surface forming a bolster along an outboard lateral edge thereof, a recess formed in the bolster below a top of the bolster, the bolster including a radiused edge having a smaller radius on at least one of an inboard side and an outboard side at the recess than a second radius elsewhere along the bolster, the recess having a bottom bordered by sidewalls, the recess being located approximately half way between a top and a bottom of the seat back;
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• a retractable seatbelt when stowed extending along the bolster between the top and a bottom thereof, a portion of the seatbelt passing over the recess to create a first space between a first edge of the seatbelt and the cushion surface, wherein the recess and the first edge of the seatbelt are disposed on an outboard side of the bolster.