Patent ID: 9238425
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B60N,B60R

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle seat comprising: a movable support body that displaces upwardly to a popped-up position with respect to a seat back, the popped-up position being a position such that the movable support body is spaced apart from the seat back; an actuator that is configured to shift the movable support body upward with respect to the seat back; a lateral deployment member that is: (1) connected to the movable support body at an upper end side of the lateral deployment member and connected to a front end side of a seat cushion at a lower end side of the lateral deployment member, (2) accommodated from a lateral portion of the seat cushion to a lateral portion of the seat back, and (3) deployed such that a tensile force is applied between a first connection portion of the lateral deployment member to the movable support body and a second connection portion of the lateral deployment member to the seat cushion when the movable support body is displaced upwardly with respect to the seat back; and a control device that operates the actuator in a case where a collision of the vehicle is detected or predicted.