Patent ID: 9440569
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B60N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle seat comprising: a seat frame, which functions as a skeleton for the vehicle seat; a seat cover that covers a sitting surface side of the seat frame; a seat pad provided between the seat frame and the seat cover; a carpet that covers a non-sitting surface side of the seat frame and includes a terminal free end, the carpet being defined by a surface material having a stiffness against deformation that is higher than a stiffness against deformation of a material that defines the seat cover; an end fixing part fixed along a boundary line of the seat cover and the carpet, the end fixing part including a groove configured to receive an end of the seat cover and the terminal free end of the carpet; and an insertion member provided at the end of the seat cover and configured to be inserted and fixed inside the groove integrally with the end of the seat cover, the insertion member including: the end fixing part includes a first part which is covered by the seat cover at one side of the groove and a second part which is covered by the carpet at the other side of the groove, the extension part is configured to be provided on the first part when the insertion member is inserted inside the groove, the first part is thinner in a front-rear direction of the vehicle seat than the second part such that the seat cover does not protrude rearwardly of the carpet in the front-rear direction even when the extension part is provided on the first part when the insertion member is inserted inside the groove, when the insertion member is disposed at a location outside of the groove, the terminal free end of the carpet is configured to extend freely above an entrance of the groove so as to cover the entrance of the groove, and when the insertion member is inserted into the groove, the terminal free end of the carpet is configured to be pushed and fixed in the groove so as to abut against the groove and against the end of the seat cover.