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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2001
Yoshio Watanabe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
An automotive seat-back structure is provided to protect a passenger's neck vertebra at a vehicle's rear-end collision and also support the passenger's lumbar vertebra. The automotive seat-back structure includes a seat-back frame , an actuating member and supporting means . A first supporting member is carried by a lower end of the seat-back frame , while a second supporting member is carried by the actuating member or the supporting means . The first and second supporting members carry a lumbar supporting member capable of supporting the passenger's lumbar vertebra on pressure. The member is carried so as to be rotatable back and forth and also movable up and down.