Provided is a belt assist device having a compact configuration and being configured to move a seatbelt to an easily reachable position. A vehicle seat includes a belt assist device attached to a lateral portion of a seat back and configured to move a portion of a seatbelt placed on the lateral portion to the easily reachable position. The belt assist device includes a rotary member attached to a recessed housing portion of the lateral portion via a rotary shaft and configured to rotate up and down between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member rotates to protrude forward of the seat back to push out a portion of the seatbelt. The rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at the periphery of an upper end of the seat back.

A vehicle seat includes: an anchor member, a buckle apparatus, a cushion pad provided with a buckle accommodation cavity, a wire disposed so as to encircle the buckle accommodation cavity and supporting the cushion pad, and a rotation suppression member. The buckle apparatus includes: a coupling member, one end of which is coupled to the anchor member, and a buckle at which a tongue provided at a seatbelt can be removably attached, another end of the coupling member being coupled to the buckle, and the buckle being rotatable substantially in a seat vertical direction. The rotation suppression member is disposed at an upper side of the buckle apparatus, the rotation suppression member is attached to the wire and suppresses rotation in a seat upward direction of the buckle apparatus.

A bench seat system for use in a recreational vehicle, luxury van, or similar vehicle types. The bench seat includes two separately independent chairs which can each slide forward or rearward independently as desired. Each chair has a pair of child safety latch anchors built into the frame of the chairs. The chair furthest from the wall surface of the vehicle is also capable of sliding horizontally on a separate track assembly, allowing for more individual space in the seats. This accounts for car seats that may use the child restraint harnesses or simply to allow for more room for passengers within those seats. Each of the two chairs is also fitted with anchors for providing a three-point anchored seatbelt. Each chair can independently recline or be laid forward for additional storage space. An embodiment could rotate both chairs simultaneously by ninety degrees (90).

Described is a vehicular seat having a back element. The back element includes: (a) a rigid support element having coupled thereto an anchor element, the anchor element for detachably coupling to an article; and (b) a resilient foam element secured with respect to the rigid support element. The resilient foam element is in contact with the back of an occupant of the vehicular seat. The article can be one or more of an occupant restraint element, a cargo element and an automotive accessory. Advantageously, this combination of elements results in a vehicular seat, which is of light weight construction and passes the FMVSS 225 test requirement.

Provided is a belt assist device having a compact configuration and being configured to move a seatbelt to an easily reachable position. A vehicle seat includes a belt assist device attached to a lateral portion of a seat back and configured to move a portion of a seatbelt placed on the lateral portion to the easily reachable position. The belt assist device includes a rotary member attached to a recessed housing portion of the lateral portion via a rotary shaft and configured to rotate up and down between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member rotates to protrude forward of the seat back to push out a portion of the seatbelt. The rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at the periphery of an upper end of the seat back.

A vehicle tether structure includes a vehicle body structure, a seat and a tether bracket. The vehicle body structure includes an upright wall that at least partially defines a passenger compartment. The seat is installed to the passenger compartment adjacent to the upright wall. The tether bracket has an upright portion that is removably attached to the upright wall proximate an upper end of the seat. The tether bracket also has a horizontal portion that includes tether receiving openings for attachment thereto by a child seat.

A frame for supporting a seatback bolster of a vehicle includes a first bracket having a mounting section configured to be fixed to a chassis of the vehicle, and an interface section extending from the mounting section away from the chassis. The frame further includes a second bracket configured to be at least partially disposed within and mounted to the seatback bolster. The frame further includes a fastener that engages the interface section of the first bracket and the second bracket to fix the first bracket with the second bracket.