Patent ID: 6739658
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A vehicle seat comprising a seat proper and a seat back pivotally mounted on the seat proper to pivot about a transverse horizontal axis, said seat proper being made up of a rigid framework which carries flexible padding having a bearing face adapted to support a user sitting on the seat, the seat proper further including a support member that is substantially rigid, that is disposed under the bearing face of the padding, and that is mounted to move relative to the framework of the seat proper so that it can move at least vertically, said support member being adapted to form an abutment preventing the user of the seat from plunging into the padding downwards and forwards when the seat is subjected to high forward deceleration;said vehicle seat further comprising a coupling device connected to the support member and adapted to raise said support member when the seat back pivots backwards, and to lower the support member when the seat back pivots forwards.