Patent ID: 7556318

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a seat back which comprises a superficial skin member that covers a cushion member, wherein the cushion member is on a front side of a back plate, the cushion member having a back face facing the back plate, the back plate having the front side facing the cushion member and a back side facing away from the cushion member, the superficial skin member having a fringe that receives a fringe treatment on the back side of the back plate, wherein, the back plate comprises: a back face portion on the back face of the cushion member; a ridged portion extending away from the back face of the cushion member along an outer periphery of the back face portion, and a flange portion extending from an outer peripheral end of the ridged portion and being inclined with respect to the back face of the cushion member; the vehicle seat further comprising: a covering member which covers the fringe treatment of the superficial skin member such that a superficial skin member portion of the seat back is provided at an outer peripheral face position, the covering member comprising: a plurality of divided parts on an upper portion of the seat back, a lower portion thereof, and side portions thereof, the covering member being positioned nearer a central portion of the seat back than the superficial skin member portion at the outer peripheral face position of the seat back; wherein, the covering member is joined to the back plate by a blind rivet; and, wherein the back plate comprises a frame fixing portion, wherein the blind rivet is inserted through the frame fixing portion, and wherein the frame fixing portion is formed so as to align with a member of a frame of a vehicle so as to conceal the blind rivet.