Patent ID: 9663006
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B60N

Claim:
1. A vehicle seat provided in a vehicle, the vehicle seat comprising: a headrest having a pad; and an insert member that is provided in the pad of the headrest at a portion of the headrest at which a head of an occupant is configured to be received, wherein the insert member has a rigidity that is higher than a rigidity of the pad, when a rear-side collision occurs in the vehicle and the head of the occupant is moved away from the headrest and an inertia force is applied to the occupant, the insert member allows the head of the occupant to sink into the headrest after the head of the occupant comes in contact with the headrest, and the insert member includes a groove that penetrates to and terminates at a predetermined depth in a planar front surface of the insert member that faces the head of the occupant during the rear-side collision.