Patent ID: 8708419
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion; a seat back connected to the seat cushion; a reclining adjustment mechanism to adjust an inclination angle of the seat back with respect to the seat cushion, the reclining adjustment mechanism including a reclining operating part which is disposed on the seat cushion in a vicinity of a connecting part between the seat cushion and the seat back; and a seat-position adjustment mechanism to adjust a position of the seat cushion in a forward/rearward direction, the seat-position adjustment mechanism including a seat-position operating part which is disposed on the seat cushion below the reclining operating part within a range of a length of the reclining operating part, wherein the reclining operating part includes a curved portion having an upper surface extending in the forward/rearward direction and a lower surface depressed upward at substantially a center in the forward/rearward direction of the lower surface, wherein the reclining operating part is configured to be operated by being pulled upward at a front end of the reclining operating part by a passenger seated on a rear part of the seat cushion, wherein, when the reclining operating part reaches a lower limit position at which the reclining operating part cannot be operated further downward, the seat-position operating part is situated below the curved portion and is vertically aligned with and closely adjacent to the curved portion of the upper operating part, and wherein the reclining operating part and the seat-position operating part are disposed independently on the seat cushion and separatable from one another by the passenger pulling the reclining operating part upward.