Vehicular seat
With respect to a vehicular seat, a hook member of a seat skin and a seat frame structure that facilitate assembling of the skin of a seat cushion or a seat back to a seat frame are provided. The vehicular seat includes: a seat cushion to be a seating face portion of the seat; and a seat back provided on the rear side of the seat cushion and to be a backrest portion of the seat. At least either of the seat cushion and the seat back includes an engaging member provided at an end of the skin material thereof with one or more protruded portions. The skin material is engaged with the seat frame by fitting the protruded portions on the engaging member into grooves or openings provided in the seat frame of the vehicular seat.
1. A vehicular seat comprising:
a seat cushion to be a seating face portion of the seat; and
a seat back provided on a rear side of the seat cushion and to be a backrest portion of the seat,
wherein at least either of the seat cushion and the seat back includes an engaging member provided at an end of a skin material of either of the seat cushion and the seat back with a plurality of protruded portions,
wherein the engaging member is constituted by a silicone rubber member having a belt-shaped base portion and the plurality of protruded portions spaced along a length of the base portion,
wherein the skin material is engaged with a seat frame of the vehicular seat by fitting each of the protruded portions of the engaging member into a groove or opening provided in a curved, generally vertically oriented side surface of the seat frame with the length of base portion substantially following a curved contour of the side surface of the seat frame.
2. A vehicular seat according to claim 1 , wherein each of the protruded portions is a one-piece projection with no other projection adjacent thereto in a widthwise direction of the base portion.
3. A vehicular seat according to claim 2 , wherein each projection has a free end of rectangular or rhombic cross-sectional shape.
4. A vehicular sea according to claim 2 , wherein each projection has a free end of isosceles triangular cross-sectional shape.