Patent ID: 8313149

Claim:
A foot cover for mounting on and covering a seat support mounted to a body of a vehicle, the seat support arranged to support a lower rail of a slidable rail system that facilitates movement of a seat of the vehicle in a fore-and-aft direction with respect to the body of the vehicle, the foot cover comprising: a pair of lateral sections at a fore location of the foot cover, the lateral sections being separated from each other in a right-and-left direction with a gap therebetween; first engagement portions provided at opposite insides of the lateral sections, the first engagement portions being configured to engage a fore portion of the seat support; and, a second engagement portion at an aft location of the foot cover, the second engagement portion being configured to engage an aft portion of the seat support so as to restrict the foot cover from being displaced toward the fore portion of the seat support upon mounting of the foot cover to the seat support; wherein each of the first engagement portions comprises a displacement restricting surface and a deformation restricting surface, the displacement restricting surfaces being configured to restrict the foot cover from being displaced toward the aft portion of the seat support upon mounting of the foot cover to the seat support, and the deformation restricting surfaces being configured to restrict deformation of the lateral sections in a separating direction upon mounting of the foot cover to the seat support.