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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Syohei Funaki, Miyoshi, JP;
Osamu Kanayama, Toyota, JP;
Syohei Funaki, Miyoshi, JP;
Osamu Kanayama, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, and a seat back that is connected to the seat cushion in a manner so as to be able to be raised and reclined. The seat back has a cushion that supports an occupant. The cushion includes a main portion that opposes a torso of the occupant, and a side portion that is arranged on an outside of the main portion in a seat with direction and that protrudes toward a seating side of the seat back. The side portion includes a first portion that is arranged on an upper portion of the side portion and opposes a shoulder of the occupant when the seat hack is in an upright position, and a second portion that forms the side portion other than the first portion. The first portion and the main portion are configured to elastically compress easier than the second portion.