Patent ID: 7229119

Claim:
A vehicle seat having a supporting device comprising: a lower rail fixed to a vehicle floor; an upper rail supported by the lower rail so as to be slidable in a front-rear direction of a vehicle interior; a lower arm supported on the upper rail so as to extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle interior in order to support a seating surface of the seat cushion from underneath thereof; a supporting cover provided at the side of a door relative to the seating surface of the seat cushion so that a passenger is able to get into and out of the vehicle interior by pressing on the supporting cover; a bracket for supporting the supporting cover from underneath thereof; a plate shaped upper surface portion of the bracket extending in an approximately horizontal direction along a bottom surface of the supporting cover; a plate-shaped extending portion of the bracket extending downward from the upper surface portion and forming a vertical portion at which the bracket is fastened to the lower arm by means of a bolt; and a through hole formed on the upper surface portion of the bracket.