Patent ID: 7159922

Claim:
A seat structure for a vehicle including a rear seat which is disposed in front of a load compartment at a vehicle rear, comprising: a seat cushion; a seat back; a cover member to be disposed at a back side of said seat back, wherein said seat cushion and said seat back are configured so as to be separate from each other, and said cover member is pivotally connected to a vehicle floor at the vicinity of a rear end of said seat cushion at a lower end thereof and to said seat back at an upper end thereof, around respective axes extending in a vehicle width direction, whereby said seat back can be supported by said cover member so as to move forward and be located in a rising position thereof in front of said seat cushion and behind a front seat located before said rear seat according to a forward rotation of said cover member via the lower end pivotal connection to the vehicle floor, and said cover member is configured so as to cover substantially an upper face of said seat cushion and provide a substantially flat and horizontal face at the vehicle rear in cooperation with a floor of the load compartment when said seat back has moved forward.