Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha

Nobutaka Matsunami

Junichiro Nozue

A vehicle seat, in which a seat back configured to be superimposed on a seat cushion by folding forward, comprises a shield and a cover member. The shield hides the end of a first rotating shaft that rotates the seat back with respect to the seat cushion. The cover member is flexible and has a plate-shape. The cover member is arranged on a corner portion of the back cover of the seat back in order to hide the shield from the front. The cover member has an elastic member extending from a lower end of the cover member. The elastic member is hooked to the shield. The elastic member is provided between the cover member and the shield so that the elastic member remains in tension even when the seat back is superimposed on the seat cushion by folding forward.

Vehicle seat

A gap hiding structure for a vehicle luggage floor including: a gap hiding board hinged to the vehicle luggage floor and configured to cover a gap between the luggage floor and a seat; a rear tilt down mechanism configured to cause the entire seat to be sunk from a use position to an underfloor storage position with a forward tilting of a seat back; a first support surface portion configured to support the gap hiding board to be substantially flush with the luggage floor in the use position; and a second support surface portion configured to support the gap hiding board to be substantially flush with the luggage floor in the underfloor storage position; and a lifting mechanism configured to push up the gap hiding board avoiding interference with the second support surface portion by lifting the first support surface portion according to a rearward movement of the seat.

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Aichi-ken, Japan

Nobutaka Matsunami