Automotive seat with air-bag

In a motor vehicle having a body, a floor and first and second side doors pivotally connected to side walls of the body,

• first and second seats which are abreast arranged and mounted on said floor adjacent said first and second side doors respectively, each seat comprising a seat base mounted on said floor and a seat back pivotally connected to said seat base, said seat back including a seat back frame of metal, a horizontally extending reinforcing rod of metal secured to said seat back frame in such a manner that opposed ends thereof are projected laterally outwardly from two side portions of the seat back frame thereby to provide outwardly and inwardly projected portions, and a cushion pad covering both the seat back frame and said reinforcing rod so that the seat back has outside and inside lateral projections, each having therein the corresponding projected portion of the reinforcing rod, said outwardly projected portion of the reinforcing rod extending toward said side door in closed condition, and said inwardly projected portion of the reinforcing rod extending toward the inwardly projected portion of the reinforcing rod of the other seat;
• a first air-bag unit held by the outwardly projected portion of the reinforcing rod of the first seat;
• and
• a second air-bag unit held by the outwardly projected portion of the reinforcing rod of the second seat,
• wherein each of said first and second air-bag units includes an air-bag which can be inflated between the corresponding seat and the corresponding side door upon a vehicle collision.