Vehicle seat

A vehicle seat comprising a seat back, a seat cushion and an ottoman fitted to the seat cushion,

• wherein the seat cushion is provided with a cushion frame including a pair of cushion side frames extending along either side of the seat cushion and pivotally attached to the seat back at base ends thereof, a cushion front member connecting front ends of the cushion side frames with each other and a cushion rear member connecting rear parts of the cushion side frames with each other;
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• wherein the cushion front member is provided with a pair of recesses extending in a fore and aft direction, and a pair of pillar support portions each consisting of a tubular member extending in the fore and aft direction are received in the respective recesses, the ottoman including a pair of ottoman pillars inserted into the respective pillar support portions,
• wherein the ottoman includes a base member extending laterally, base ends of the ottoman pillars being connected to the base member in such a manner that the ottoman pillars curve downward toward front ends thereof, and connected to the base member at front sides of vertically extending sections of the base ends thereof when the seat cushion is in a seating position.

A vehicle seat comprising a seat back, a seat cushion and an ottoman fitted to the seat cushion,

• wherein the seat cushion is provided with a cushion frame including a pair of cushion side frames extending along either side of the seat cushion and pivotally attached to the seat back at base ends thereof, a cushion front member connecting front ends of the cushion side frames with each other and a cushion rear member connecting rear parts of the cushion side frames with each other;
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• wherein the cushion front member is provided with a pair of recesses extending in a fore and aft direction, and a pair of pillar support portions each consisting of a tubular member extending in the fore and aft direction are received in the respective recesses, the ottoman including a pair of ottoman pillars inserted into the respective pillar support portions,
• wherein the seat back is attached to a seat base provided on the floor in a rotatable manner, and the seat cushion is attached to the seat back in a rotatable manner so that the seat cushion performs a dive down action by moving in an obliquely downward and forward direction toward the floor from a position suitable for seating in response to a forward rotating movement of the seat back;
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• wherein, when the seat cushion is in the position suitable for seating, the ottoman can take a first retracted position where the ottoman droops down from a front part of the seat cushion, and a deployed position where the ottoman extends forward from the front part of the seat cushion, the ottoman being enabled to take a second retracted position where the ottoman is not interfered by the floor when the seat cushion is caused to perform the dive down action from the first retracted position.