CN101238009A

CN101238009A - Child safety seat

Info

Publication number: CN101238009A
Application number: CNA2006800285832A
Authority: CN
Inventors: V·弗里曼; I·鲍威尔; G·詹姆斯
Original assignee: Britax Excelsior Ltd
Current assignee: Britax Excelsior Ltd
Priority date: 2005-07-01
Filing date: 2006-06-30
Publication date: 2008-08-06
Also published as: GB0513459D0; CN101247973A; CN101213108A

Abstract

The present invention concerns an article holder for a child seat, the holder comprising a holder portion for holding one or more articles, and a mounting in relation to which said holder portion is movably mounted. The holder portion and said mounting are configured for relative sliding movement there-between along an arcuate path.

Description

Article holder

Technical field

[0001] the present invention relates to article holder, and relate in particular to a kind of like this clamper that is provided in the child safety seat.

Background technology

[0002] in this area, well-known child safety seat is used to help to protect the children in the vehicle.This seat has a lot of types, but generally all comprises the seat base that is placed on the seat base, and back of seat, and this back of seat under the situation of child seat, is placed against vehicle seat back forwardly.

[0003] known child seats has the built-in device (incorporated arrangements) that is used for holding articles such as cup.Disclose a kind of like this seat among the US2005/0082888, this seat illustrates a kind of article holder, and this article holder is pivotally installed so that move between retracted position and extended position.At retracted position, clamper is loaded (stowed) in seat base, and when needs, this clamper is laterally swung to the side of seat base.

Problem is but arranged when [0004] still this known devices is in the modern vehicle seat, the vehicle cushion has contoured profiles (contoured profiles), and this contoured profiles often has the side of seat base and is raised the back of seat that is used to support and wrap up the occupant.Such contoured profiles can cause and the correct installation problem relevant with fixing child seat, also can more specifically cause the problem relevant with the operation of this article holder in this article.In this connection, can be hindered by the side of this lifting as the disclosed clamper of US2005/0082888 path, thereby influence their use.

Summary of the invention

[0005] the present invention is intended to solve this problem of known devices.

[0006] according to first aspect, a kind of article holder that is used for child seat is provided, this clamper comprises: the clamper part that is used for the one or more article of clamping; Mounting, with respect to this mounting, described clamper part is mounted movably; Wherein, described clamper part and mounting are configured between them and move along the bow-shaped route slide relative.This configuration provides the effective ways of starting article holder.

[0007] expediently, slide on the partly present frame of clamper.Like this, clamper part can cross that mounting moves so that the expansion of article holder.

[0008] preferably, one of clamper part and mounting have the arc guide track that is used to hold guide frame, and this guide frame is provided at clamper partly and on another of mounting.Guide track and guide frame provide and have been used to control the reliable method that article holder launches.

[0009] expediently, article holder has expanded position and " loaded " position, and wherein, in use, when " loaded " position moves to expanded position, the clamper part moves upwardly and outwardly along described bow-shaped route.In this way, the expansion of article holder is less by the possibility that profile hindered that promotes such as seat.

[0010] expediently, mounting comprises the shell in the groove that can be installed on the child seat.Therefore, erecting device and clamper partly can be used as a unit that is ready to be installed in the suitable groove in the seat and are provided together.Shell and clamper part all have the wedge shaped configuration that is used to optimize space utilization.

[0011] expediently, in " loaded " position, clamper is contained in the mounting fully.Like this, when being loaded, article holder flushes placement substantially with seat, has increased its compactedness like this.

[0012] preferably, clamper part and mounting have the common detent configuration (co-operating detent formation) that is used to help the fixed clamp device at its expanded position.In this manner, unless closed by the user, article holder will keep and can utilize for the storage of article.

[0013] simultaneously, in back of seat, article holder can be provided, in the seat base of child seat, article holder can be provided easily.

[0014] according to another aspect of the invention, a kind of article holder that is used for child seat is provided, this clamper comprises: the clamper part that is used for the one or more article of clamping, this clamper partly has one or more guide frames, this guide frame is meshed with one or more complementary structures on clamper part mounting, so that guide the clamper part slidably along the bow-shaped route between expanded position and the " loaded " position.

Description of drawings

[0015] referring now to a description of drawings example of the present invention, in the accompanying drawing:

[0016] Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show transparent view and the lateral plan that the child seat of article holder is housed according to an embodiment of the invention, and this article holder is positioned at " loaded " position;

The transparent view of child seat when [0017] Fig. 3 shows article holder illustrated in figures 1 and 2 and is positioned at expanded position;

[0018] Fig. 4 and Figure 5 shows that article holder of the present invention, it is slidably mounted on the mounting, for purposes of illustration article holder is disassembled from child seat, show the operation of article holder of the present invention between " loaded " position and expanded position;

[0019] Figure 6 shows that the transparent view of the clamper part of article holder of the present invention;

[0020] scheme the perspective outside that Figure 7 shows that article holder mounting of the present invention; And

[0021] Figure 8 shows that the forward sight interior view of mounting shown in Figure 7.

The specific embodiment

[0022] as Figure 1-3, child seat 1 generally comprises seat base 2 and back of seat 3.Article holder 4 is positioned at the side of seat base 2.In Fig. 3, article holder 4 is depicted as deployed condition, so that cup or bottle clamping jack 5 are outwards outstanding from the seat base side.

[0023] in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, article holder 4 is depicted as loading condition, and flushes substantially with the side profile of seat base 2 equally.

[0024] Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 have illustrated how article holder moves between " loaded " position and expanded position.More particularly, the mobile clamper part 6 of clamper 1 that comprises from the " loaded " position to the expanded position moves upwardly and outwardly relative to the mounting 7 that is positioned on the seat base 2.As shown in the figure, uncrossed being unfolded of this mobile permission article holder is even seat is equipped with in being installed on the vehicle of seat side edges 8 (shown in the dotted line) of lifting.

[0025] Fig. 6 is the detail view of clamper part 6.In this, the clamper part generally has the running surface 9 of the K/UP that is meshed with mounting, also has arcuate interior surface profile.Clamper partly has the structure 10 that is used to place article such as cup.When clamper was in expanded position, this structure 10 was exposed on the outside.

[0026] when clamper is in its " loaded " position, the outside face 12 of clamper is formed so that roughly flush with the seat side profile.Being contained in the outside face 12 is poroid as shown in Figure 2 finger grip structure 13, and this finger grip structure 13 helps the expansion and the loading of clamper.

[0027] in addition, the slide block 14 that provides with the fixture form partly is provided clamper, and this slide block 14 protrudes from arc running surface 9.The guide track 15 that provides in these slide blocks 14 and the mounting 7 is cooperated.Guide track adopts the form of the slit in mounting.Mounting is partly formed by half-shells in this, and described slit is provided in the arched back-wall 16 of this shell.

[0028] after slide block 14 is sandwiched in the slit, the arcuate surfaces of clamper and mounting cooperation, and allow relative slip to move.The length of slit has determined the amount of movement between " loaded " position and expanded position.Structure 17 is provided to clamper part and mounting, and is arranged to partly cooperate at the clamper of expanded position.These structures help to hold the holder in its expanded position.

[0029] simultaneously, article holder can have the groove that formation fixes bottle or cup, and this article holder can have the extra groove that is used for electronic game, music or telephone installation.Each side at child seat can provide article holder, and these can be configured for the different article of clamping.

[0030] article holder can use with child seat with backrest or the seat with auxiliary device.

[0031] as shown in the figure, mounting 7 comprises a shell, and this shell can be installed in the suitable groove that is provided in the child seat.Therefore, mounting 7 and clamper part 6 can be used as the unit that a preparation is used to be installed in the groove suitable in the seat and are provided together.

Claims

1. article holder that is used for child seat, this clamper comprises:

The clamper part that is used for the one or more article of clamping;

Mounting, with respect to this mounting, described clamper part is mounted movably;

Wherein said clamper part and described mounting are configured to move along the bow-shaped route slide relative between them.

2. article holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein said clamper part is slided on described mounting.

3. article holder as claimed in claim 1 or 2, one of wherein said clamper part and mounting have arc guide track, and this arc guide track is used to hold the guide frame on another that is provided at described clamper part and mounting.

4. as the described article holder of any one claim of front, wherein said article holder has expansion and " loaded " position, wherein in use, when " loaded " position moves to expanded position, described clamper part moves upwardly and outwardly along described bow-shaped route.

5. as the described article holder of any one claim of front, wherein said mounting comprises a shell, so that be installed in the groove that is provided on the child seat.

6. article holder as claimed in claim 5, each all has a wedge structure wherein said shell and clamper part.

7. as the described article holder of any one claim of front, wherein in " loaded " position, described clamper is contained in the described mounting fully.

8. as the described article holder of any one claim of front, wherein said clamper part and mounting have common detent configuration, are used for helping fixing described clamper at its expanded position.

9. as the described article holder of any one claim of front, wherein said article holder is provided in the seat base.

10. article holder that is used for child seat, this clamper comprises:

The clamper part that is used for the one or more article of clamping, this clamper partly has one or more guide frames, described guide frame is used for and the one or more complementary structures engagements on clamper part mounting, so that guide described clamper part slidably along the bow-shaped route between expanded position and " loaded " position.

11. article holder that is illustrated fully hereinbefore with reference to accompanying drawing.