Patent ID: 7284794

Claim:
A vehicle seat which includes a seat back having a seat back frame having an upper frame member extending in a horizontal direction and a head rest having a head rest body provided on the top of the seat back and a stay extending under the head rest body, comprising: a support bracket in which the stay of the head rest is inserted; a guide bracket which is provided on the seat back frame and supports a rear surface of a vertically intermediate portion of the support bracket on a front surface of the upper frame member of the seat back frame so that the support bracket is vertically movable; a pressure receiving member which is provided in the seat back and moves rearward when pushed by the body of an occupant; a sub-frame having a cross portion to which a lower part of the support bracket is fixed and a pair of arm portions which extend individually downward from the opposite ends of the cross portion; a head rest tilt mechanism which actuates the head rest body when the pressure receiving member is moved rearward, the head rest tilt mechanism including slotted brackets, each of which has a guide hole extending toward the upper frame member from a lower portion thereof and is provided on the seat back frame, and slide members, which individually movably engage the respective guide holes of the slotted brackets and are provided individually on the arm portions of the sub-frame, and being configured to drive the sub-frame so that the head rest body tilts forward while moving upward as the slide members are moved along the guide holes when the pressure receiving member is moved rearward; and a cable mechanism for transmitting the movement of the pressure receiving member to the slide members when the pressure receiving member is moved rearward, wherein each of said slotted brackets has a guide surface with which a corresponding one of said slide members is brought into contact as the slide member moves toward the upper frame member along the guide hole, the guide surface being a surface against which the slide member is pressed to lock the head rest body when a rearward load produced by restraint of the head of the occupant acts on the head rest body.