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US 8,708,405 B2Granted
Vehicle seat with slider rail in back face of seat back
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroaki Hayahara, Toshinao Wada
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Abstract
A slider rail is provided in the back face of the seat back of a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat is formed of a framework having a plurality of frame members. The slide rail forms a guide path along which a slider is moved. The slide rail is attached outside the framework to a side portion (side frame member) of the seat back and extends in a longitudinal direction of the seat back, and overlaps with the side frame member in a front-rear direction of the vehicle seat.
Claims7
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a slider;
- a slide rail provided in a back face of a seat back, wherein the slide rail includes a guide path along which the slider is moved;
- and
- a framework of the vehicle seat that has a plurality of frame members, wherein the slide rail is directly attached outside the framework to one side frame member along its length and extends in a longitudinal direction of the seat back, and overlaps with the side frame member in a front-rear direction of the vehicle seat, wherein
- the slide rail is formed by a plate and has a first top plate portion having a pair of engaging pieces disposed to each side of a slit in a center of only the first top plate portion, wherein one bent end and another bent end of the plate face each other,
- wherein the first top plate portion of the slide rail is exposed on the back face of the seat back, and the first top plate portion is substantially flush with the back face of the seat back.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.