Patent ID: 8567868

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion that includes: an elastic cushion that forms a seat contour and extends and contracts; a sitting portion on which an occupant sits; and an ottoman portion arranged on an end of the sitting portion, the ottoman portion having: a shaft member that attaches to the sitting portion; a first frame member that rotates about the shaft member; and a second frame member that is fixed to the cushion, wherein a first end of the first frame member is detachably engaged to a first end of the second frame member, and a second end of the first frame member is attached to the shaft member, when the first frame member rotates about the shaft member, the ottoman portion is displaceable between a first position in which the ottoman portion is bent so as to point in a downward direction relative to the sitting portion of the seat, and a second position in which the ottoman portion extends in a frontward direction from the sitting portion so as to support a calf of the occupant, in the first position, a second end of the second frame member is proximate to the second end of the first frame member, and when the ottoman portion is displaced from the first position to the second position, the second end of the second frame member and the second end of the first frame member separate such that a length dimension of the seat cushion increases.