Patent ID: 9561741
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B60N

Claim:
1. A vehicle seat comprising a quadrangle shaped seat frame configured to support a load of a sitting passenger; a seat pad which is set on the seat frame and receives the load of the sitting passenger; and a support body which is supported on the seat frame and supports a part of the seat pad from a backside thereof, the quadrangle shaped seat frame including a pair of side frames, a front panel bridging front ends of the side frames, and a rear pipe bridging rear ends of the side frames, the side frames, front panel, and rear pipe generally defining a plane, wherein the support body is supported to be slidable on the seat frame in an in-plane direction of the plane and supporting the load of the sitting passenger or is rotatably supported on the front panel for rotation about an axis that intersects the plane at an acute angle and is rotatable in an out-of-plane direction of the plane, and the support body is elastically hung on the rear pipe of the seat frame by a plurality of springs, such that the load of the sitting passenger can be relieved, and wherein the seat pad includes a fixed part which is supported on at least one of the front panel and the side frames of the seat frame at a fixed position and a movable part which is supported on the support body.