Vehicle seat
AssigneeAraco Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki Tateyama
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Abstract
Vehicle seats are constructed with a seat cushion for supporting the lower body of a passenger and a seat back for supporting the upper body of the passenger. A side holder portion, which is filled with foam material for supporting said passenger at side portions of the upper body, is combined with a backrest portion, which also is filled with foam material for supporting said passenger on the back, such that said side holder portion is integrally and continuously formed with said backrest portion. An opening portion preferably is formed in each of the side holder portions such that said opening portion provides a hole in said side holder portion.
Claims10
A seat for a vehicle, comprising:
- a seat cushion for supporting the lower body of a passenger;
- and
- a seat back for supporting the upper body of the passenger, the seat back comprising:
- a side holder portion containing a foam material to support the passenger along side portions of the upper body, the side holder portion having an aperture therein and including an upper protrusion and a lower protrusion, the upper protrusion configured for supporting said passenger at the flank and the lower protrusion configured for supporting said passenger on the side around the waist;
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- a backrest portion also containing a foamed material to support the back of the passenger, the side holder portion being integrally and contiguously formed with said backrest portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.