Vehicle seat
A back surface of a seat pad is elastically supported by a support member. An air groove that forms an air duct is formed in the back surface of the seat pad. The support member is formed by an airtight sheet-shaped body, and the sheet-shaped body is arranged contacting the back surface of the seat pad so as to form the air duct by closing off an open portion of the air groove.
1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat pad in which an air groove that defines an air duct is provided in a back surface of the seat pad; and
a support member that elastically supports the back surface of the seat pad,
wherein the support member is an airtight sheet-shaped body that is stretched over a support frame body disposed below the sheet shaped body in the vehicle seat, and the sheet-shaped body contacts the back surface of the seat pad so that an open portion of the air groove is closed off and the air duct is defined.
2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein a protruding portion that runs along a peripheral edge portion of the open portion of the air groove and closely contacts the sheet-shaped body is provided on the back surface of the seat pad.
3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the air groove includes a plurality of lateral groove portions extending in a seat width direction and a longitudinal groove portion extending in a seat front-rear direction.
4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 further comprising:
a cushion frame having a front frame portion and a rear frame portion, wherein
a front frame portion of the support frame body is retained by the front frame portion of the cushion frame, and
a rear frame portion of the support frame body is retained by the rear frame portion of the cushion.
5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the support frame body in a seat front-rear direction is greater than a length of the air duct in the seat front-rear direction.