Patent ID: 7237846

Claim:
In combination with an automotive seat including a seat cushion frame which includes at least one side frame member, wherein said at least one side frame member has: an outward side facing to a side outwardly of said automotive seat; a forward region facing to a side forwardly of said automotive seat; and a backward region facing to a side backwardly of said automotive seat, and wherein said automotive seat is provided with a reclining device disposed at said backward region of said at least one side frame member, a resin side cover comprising: an outer cover element of resin material for covering said outward side of said at least one side frame member, said outer cover element having: a forward region facing to a side forwardly of said automotive seat; and a backward region facing to a side backwardly of said automotive seat; a first female engagement element provided to said forward region of said outer cover element; a second female engagement element provided to said backward region of said outer cover element; an inner cover element of resin material for covering said backward region of said side frame member; a first male engagement element of resin material which is provided to said forward region of said at least one side frame member; a second male engagement element of resin material which is formed integrally on said inner cover element; said second male engagement element being so formed as to be resiliently deformable for latching engagement with and unlatching disengagement from said second female engagement element; said first female engagement element having an engagement means defined therein at a predetermined position; and said first male engagement element having a latch means defined therein at a point corresponding to said predetermined position, thus allowing said latch means to be latchingly engageable with said engagement means of said first female engagement element, with such an arrangement that, when said latch means of said first male engagement element has been latchingly engaged with said engagement means of said first female engagement element, displacement of said outer cover element relative to said first male engagement element results in dislocation of said engagement means of said first female engagement element from said predetermined position, thereby disengaging said latch means of said first male engagement element from said engagement means of said first female engagement element.