VEHICLE SEAT

• US 20150307001A1
• Filed: 04/23/2015
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: SAHASHI, Hideo
• Granted Patent: US 9,522,620 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/585 by buckle passages
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2002/5808 comprising opening zones for airbags

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle seat. A locking member is displaceable between a first state, in which a locking portion is used to hold part of a seat cover while a base portion is buried and fixed to a seat pad, and a second state, in which part of the seat cover is pulled more strongly toward the outside of the seat than in the first state, so that the base portion is bent gradually toward a direction away from the seat pad as toward a fragile part from an end of the first part and an end of the second part.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:

a seat pad that forms an outer shape of the vehicle seat and supports an occupant elastically;

a linear groove portion formed on a surface of the seat pad;

a locking member fixed to the seat pad; and

a seat cover that covers the seat pad, wherein;

the locking member has a flat base portion buried and fixed in the groove portion and a locking portion upright disposed from the base portion,

part of the seat cover tucked into the groove portion is locked by the locking portion, and

the base portion has a flat first part, a flat second part connected with the first part in an extension direction of the groove portion, and a first fragile part formed between the first part and the second part.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein

the locking member is displaceable between a first state, in which the locking portion is used to hold part of the seat cover while the base portion is buried and fixed to the seat pad, and a second state, in which part of the seat cover is pulled more strongly toward the outside of the vehicle seat than in the first state, so that the base portion is bent at the first fragile part toward an opening side of the groove portion.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2, wherein

the second state is a state in which the base portion is bent gradually toward a direction away from the seat pad as toward the first fragile part from an end of the first part and an end of the second part.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein

the locking portion comprises a first locking portion provided at the first part and a second locking portion provided at the second part, and a second fragile part is formed between the first locking portion and the second locking portion.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4, wherein

the second fragile part is a notch formed in the base portion.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein

the first fragile part is a notch formed in the locking portion.