Patent ID: 9616786
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B60N

Claim:
1. A vehicle seat having a tiltable unit which is provided in a receiving recess formed in a seatback in a first position and is configured to be tilted forward to a second position from the receiving recess, the vehicle seat comprising: a stopper structure configured to keep the tiltable unit to be accommodated in the receiving recess when the tiltable unit is in the first position, wherein the stopper structure includes a protrusion piece provided to one of an inner peripheral part of the receiving recess and an outer peripheral part of the tiltable unit, such that when the tiltable unit is in the first position, the protrusion piece is pressed against the other of the inner peripheral part of the receiving recess and the outer peripheral part of the tiltable unit to apply a locking force between the inner peripheral part of the receiving recess and the outer peripheral part of the tiltable unit for holding the tiltable unit in the receiving recess, wherein the protrusion piece is interposed between a seat cover and a seat pad, wherein the seat cover is stretched to cover a general plane of the one of the inner peripheral part of the receiving recess and the outer peripheral part of the tiltable unit to which the protrusion piece is provided, and to cover the seat pad, wherein the protrusion piece forms a protrusion shape protruding further than the general plane and protrudes towards the other of the inner peripheral part of the receiving recess and the outer peripheral part of the tiltable unit, wherein the stopper structure further includes a flexible plane-shaped cushion member separate and distinct from the seat cover and the protrusion piece, the flexible plane-shaped cushion member extending in an in-plane direction of the general plane and interposed between the seat cover and the protrusion piece, and wherein the protrusion piece is made of a different material than the seat pad.