Patent ID: 8827360

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion; a seat back that stands upright with respect to the seat cushion; and a headrest that attaches to an upper portion of the seat back, the seat back including: a side frame member that extends vertically at opposed side portions of the seat back, an upper frame member that extends in a width direction of the seat back at an upper portion of the seat back and connects the side frame members together, a lower frame member that extends in the width direction at a lower portion of the seat back along a rotational axis of the seat back and connects the side frame members together, and a plurality of wires disposed between each side frame member that extend in a height direction from the upper frame member to the lower frame member in an angled manner such that a distance between the plurality of wires gradually narrows toward the lower frame member, the plurality of wires extending from the lower frame member at a position forward of a center of the lower frame member and the rotational axis of the seat back, wherein a concave portion that curves forward in a front-rear direction of the vehicle seat in front of a first line that connects a center of the upper frame member of the seat back and the center of the lower frame member of the seat back together is provided on a rear end edge of the side frame member, and each of the plurality of wires includes a wire lower portion, a wire upper portion, and a wire main body, the wire main body including a rearward extending portion that connects the wire main body to the wire lower portion, and the headrest including: a headrest main body, and a frame, the frame having: a stay portion that extends from the headrest main body and is retained by the upper frame member of the seat back, and an inner portion that is arranged inside the headrest main body, the inner portion being configured such that a line of intersection between a first plane and a second plane is positioned farther forward in the front-rear direction of the vehicle seat than the upper frame member, the first plane being an extended plane of a front surface of an upper portion of the inner portion of the frame of the headrest, and the second plane being a plane that extends between a front surface of the upper frame member of the seat back and a front surface of the lower frame member of the seat back, the first plane and the second plane being configured to define a first angle therebetween, and when a dummy is seated in the seat, the first angle is configured to be less than a second angle defined by a center line of a neck and a torso line of the dummy.