Vehicle seat
AssigneeTachi-S Co., Ltd.
InventorAtsushi KOIKE
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Abstract
Provided is a vehicle seat that has a relatively simple structure and can hold passenger's scapulae and surrounding body area even when the angle of the backrest is tilted down. A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion forming a sitting surface of the seat; and a seat back provided at a back of the seat cushion and serving as a backrest of the seat, the seat back including: a first tippable portion provided so that an angle of the seat back to a seat frame forming a framework of the seat is adjustable; and a second tippable portion pivotally provided at an upper side of the first tippable portion, wherein when the first tippable portion is tipped toward a rear of a vehicle, the second tippable portion abuts against a projecting portion provided at the seat frame and is thus protruded from the first tippable portion.
Claims10
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat cushion forming a sitting surface of the seat;
- and
- a seat back provided at a back of the seat cushion and serving as a backrest of the seat,
- the seat back including:
- a first tippable portion provided so that an angle of the seat back to a seat frame forming a framework of the seat is adjustable;
- and
- a second tippable portion pivotally provided at an upper side of the first tippable portion,
- wherein when the first tippable portion is tipped toward a rear of a vehicle, the second tippable portion abuts against a projecting portion provided at the seat frame and is thus protruded from the first tippable portion.
A vehicle seat including a mechanism that adjusts a backrest angle at which a seat back is tipped relative to a seat frame, the vehicle seat comprising:
- a first tippable member located in a portion of the seat back close to a sitting surface of the seat and receiving a pad serving as a cushion member for the seat;
- and
- a second tippable member connected to a top portion of a front surface of the first tippable member and configured to be protruded or tipped from the first tippable member,
- the seat frame comprising a projecting portion abuttable against the second tippable portion,
- wherein when the first tippable member is tipped toward a rear of a vehicle, the second tippable member is pushed out by the projecting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.