Patent ID: 8544948

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a seat back frame comprising side parts located on both sides and an upper part disposed above the side parts; a headrest disposed above the seat back frame; a pressure receiving member connected to the seat back frame via a connecting member; and a shock reducing member which is disposed at least on one side of the both-side side parts of the seat back frame, is connected to the connecting member, and is rotatable around a rotating shaft by a predetermined impact load applied to the pressure receiving member, wherein: the side part comprises a side plate and a rear edge part that is bent to the inside from an end part located on a vehicle rear side of the side plate; the shock reducing member comprises: a rotate inhibiting part extending in a direction parallel with the rear edge part and in a direction of separating from the side plate; a rear surface of the rotate inhibiting part comes into contact with the rear edge part of the side part to inhibit a rotating of the shock reducing member; and the rotate inhibiting part comprises a first contact part and a second contact part on the rear surface that make contact with the rear edge part before and after the rotating of the shock reducing member, respectively, and a notch part comprising a recess is formed in the rear surface between the first and second contact parts.