Patent ID: 7396065

Claim:
Seat for a motor vehicle comprising a seat and a backrest, said seat comprising lateral supporting legs, inner and outer respectively, said legs being placed on either side of the seat and being designed to be joined to the motor vehicle, said seat also comprising a beam for joining the seat to the inner and outer supporting legs, said beam extending laterally between the supporting legs and being joined to said seat and to said legs, wherein the joining beam is arranged so as to transmit the energy of a side crash from the outer lateral supporting leg towards the inner lateral supporting leg, and the inner supporting leg has a structure arranged such as to deform and absorb at least a part of the energy from the side crash, wherein the inner supporting leg has an essentially triangular shape, the base of the triangle being designed so as to rest against the floor of the motor vehicle, the structure having openings that allow it to deform under the effect of a crash.