Seat apparatus for vehicle

Abstract

A seat apparatus for a vehicle having a seat cushion on which an occupant is seated, includes a pad forming a seating surface, a cover for covering the pad, a frame positioned below the pad at each side of the seat cushion, relative to a width direction of the seat cushion and including a main body forming a side wall which extends in vertical and longitudinal directions relative to the seat cushion and an aperture formed at the main body, and a retainer attached to an end portion of the cover and retained at a peripheral portion of the aperture for fixing the cover to the frame.

1 . A seat apparatus for a vehicle having a seat cushion on which an occupant is seated, comprising:
 a pad forming a seating surface;   a cover for covering the pad;   a frame positioned below the pad at each side of the seat cushion, relative to a width direction of the seat cushion, the frame including a main body forming a side wall which extends in vertical and longitudinal directions relative to the seat cushion and an aperture formed at the main body; and   a retainer attached to an end portion of the cover and retained at a peripheral portion of the aperture for fixing the cover to the frame.   
   
   
       2 . A seat apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the peripheral portion of the aperture includes an inner circumferential edge surface defining the aperture. 
   
   
       3 . A seat apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the frame has a reinforcing portion formed by bending the main body, and the reinforcing portion extends inward, relative to the width direction of the seat apparatus, along the inner circumferential edge surface of the aperture. 
   
   
       4 . A seat apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein a retaining portion is integrally formed with the frame by bending a continuous area from an upper end portion of the main body, and wherein the pad is mounted on the retaining portion. 
   
   
       5 . A seat apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a lower rail adapted to be mounted on a vehicle floor; and   an upper rail supported by the lower rail so as to slide in the longitudinal direction of the seat cushion, wherein a connecting portion is integrally formed with the frame by bending a continuous area from a lower end portion of the main body, and the connecting portion is connected to the upper rail.