# US 9,039,096 B2 · Vehicle seat

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- Number: US 9,039,096 B2
- Document ID: US9039096B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/056,146
- Filed: 2013-10-17
- Published: 2014-04-24
- Granted: 2015-05-26
- Earliest claimed: 2012-10-19
- Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Masashi Nakanishi; Hiroyuki Hayashi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9039096B2

## CPC

- B60R 22/00: Safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles (safety belts or body harnesses in general A62B35/00)
- B60R 22/18: Anchoring devices
- B60R 22/26: secured to the seat
- B60R 2022/1818: {Belt guides}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back connected to the seat cushion and including a storage portion, a belt member configured to restrain an occupant while the belt member is routed from a side of the seat back to a side of the seat cushion, and a rerouter member configured to be taken out from the storage portion of the seat back and connected to the belt member to change a routing position of the belt member at a middle portion thereof. In a state where a portion of the rerouter member is stored in the storage portion, another portion of the rerouter member is exposed from the storage portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat cushion;
a seat back connected to the seat cushion and including a storage portion that is defined by a cavity provided on the seat back;
a belt member configured to restrain an occupant while the belt member is routed from a side of the seat back to a side of the seat cushion; and
a rerouter member configured to be completely removed from the cavity when the belt member is routed therethrough to change a routing position of the belt member at a middle portion thereof,
wherein in a state where a portion of the rerouter member is stored in the storage portion, another portion of the rerouter member is exposed from the storage portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle seat according to claim 1,
wherein the storage portion is provided on a seating surface of the seat back.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle seat according to claim 1,
wherein the storage portion is provided on a side surface of the seat back.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle seat according to claim 1,
wherein the rerouter member is configured to be taken out from a take-out opening provided on an upper portion of the storage portion in a state where the seat back is at an upright position with respect to the seat cushion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The vehicle seat according to claim 1,
wherein the seat back includes a frame member, and
wherein the rerouter member includes a connecting member which is locked to the frame member.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The vehicle seat according to claim 1,
wherein the storage portion has a storage size which is smaller than a longitudinal direction of the rerouter member.