Patent ID: 9707920
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B60N,B60R

Claim:
1. A conveyance seat comprising: a cushion body, at least a portion of which includes a foam material, the cushion body includes a border portion and a side portion; a seat cover that covers the cushion body, the seat cover including a weak portion that defines a boundary between the side portion and the border portion of the cushion body; and an airbag apparatus having an airbag that is deployed from within the airbag apparatus according to a predetermined condition, at least a portion of the airbag apparatus is covered by the cushion body, wherein the foam material of the cushion body includes a door portion defined by a slit provided in the border portion of the cushion body, the door portion is configured to open such that the airbag is able to pass through the slit in the cushion body without tearing the cushion body, the slit extends along the border portion in a vertical direction of the conveyance seat and in a front-rear direction of the conveyance seat, the border portion extends from the side portion of the cushion body rearward in the front-rear direction of the conveyance seat, a front portion of the foam material of the cushion body extends continuously from the side portion, across a front face of the airbag apparatus, across the weak portion of the seat cover and to a first edge of the slit of the border portion so as to cover the airbag apparatus, the seat cover is configured to tear at the weak portion before other portions of the seat cover, the weak portion of the seat cover is spaced from the first edge of the slit and covers the front portion of the foam material, the door portion extends from a second edge of the slit, which opposes the first edge of the slit, and along a side face of the airbag apparatus, and when the airbag is disposed within the airbag apparatus, an opening is provided between the first edge of the slit and the second edge of the slit.