Patent ID: 7556287

Claim:
A seat with airbag unit for a vehicle, comprising: a pad member forming a shape of a seat back; a seat skin covering the pad member; a bag member operative to inflate from a folded state thereof; an airbag unit that is provided at a side portion of the seat back in such a manner that at least part thereof is covered by the pad member, wherein said seat skin comprises a front face portion that is located on a front-face side of the side portion of the seat back including the airbag unit, a side face portion that is located on a side-face side of the side portion of the seat back including the airbag unit so as to be connected to the front face portion at the side portion of the seat back, and a tear portion operative to be torn by an inflation pressure of the bag member, which is provided at a portion of a connection portion between the front face portion and the side face portion of the seat skin and positioned substantially at a level of the airbag unit, there is provided a guide space portion to direct the bag member toward the tear portion, which is formed at a portion of the pad member between the airbag unit and the tear portion substantially at a level corresponding to the airbag unit, a lower end of the guide space portion being located below a lower end of the folded bag member of the airbag unit, and a lower space portion is formed at the pad member that is located below the folded bag member of the airbag unit in such a manner that the lower space portion connects to a lower portion of said guide space portion, whereby a lower end part of the bag member can inflate outside through the lower space portion and the lower portion of the guide space portion.