Patent ID: 7503627
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A seat, comprising: a frame for a sitting portion having a pair of left and right side frames; a seat material of which a front end side is fixed to a front end side of the frame for the sitting portion and of which a rear end side is connected to a rear end side of the frame for the sitting portion by way of an elastic member, the front end side of the frame is arranged opposite and substantially parallel to the rear end side of the frame; a plate member which contacts with a region of the seat material, including a portion that supports left and right thighs of a seated person, disposed further forward than a position in the seat material that corresponds to buttocks of the seated person at a time of sitting, to prevent deformation of a contact portion of the seat material; and a fabric member which is disposed further forward than the position in the seat material that corresponds to the buttocks of the seated person and whose left and right side portions are respectively anchored to the left and the right side frames, and prevents downward sinking of a front portion of the seat material by a tension acting in accordance with sitting wherein the plate member is connected to the frame through the fabric member.