Vehicle seat
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuya Mori
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, an ottoman, and an energy absorbing portion. The ottoman is provided at a seat front side end portion of the seat cushion and is changeable between an unfolded position and a stored position. The ottoman, at the unfolded position, is adapted to support, from a seat lower side, calves of the passenger seated on the seat cushion, and the ottoman, at the stored position, is apart from the calves of the passenger seated on the seat cushion. The energy absorbing portion is configured to, in a case in which a load, which is inputted to the ottoman at the stored position toward a seat rear side, exceeds a predetermined value, absorb kinetic energy inputted to the ottoman while permitting displacement of the ottoman toward the seat rear side.
Claims6
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat cushion configured to support buttocks of a passenger;
- an ottoman provided at a seat front side end portion of the seat cushion, and changeable between an unfolded position and a stored position,
- wherein the ottoman, at the unfolded position, is configured to support, from a seat lower side, calves of the passenger seated on the seat cushion, and
- wherein the ottoman, at the stored position, is configured to be spaced apart from the calves of the passenger seated on the seat cushion;
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- an energy absorbing portion configured to, in a case in which a load that is inputted to the ottoman at the stored position toward a seat rear side exceeds a predetermined value, absorb kinetic energy inputted to the ottoman while permitting displacement of the ottoman toward the seat rear side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.