JP2001001805A - Vehicle center seat mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the number of passengers as the walk through function is ensured by providing a rail connecting front and rear passages, and mounting a longitudinally movable center seat on the rail. SOLUTION: Each of a front seat 1 and a second seat 2 is of laterally divided type, and walk-through passages A, B are formed in the center. A third seat 3 is formed of a bench seat for three persons. A lateral pair of rails 4 is provided on the floor extending from the passage A of the front seat 1 to the passage A of the second seat 2, and a center seat 5 for one person having a width corresponding to the passages A, B is longitudinally movably mounted thereon. The center seat 5 is formed of a seat cushion 6 and a seat back 7, and the seat back 7 is foldable forward to the seat cushion 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle center seat mounting structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a wagon or the like, three rows of seats are arranged in the front-rear direction, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-215113. That is, there are three rows of a front seat, a second seat, and a third seat. In such three-row seats, two rows of a front seat and a second seat on the front side are seats that are separated to the left and right through a walk-through passage so that an occupant can move back and forth in the passenger compartment. You can ride two people in a row. The third seat at the end is a three-seat seat for a bench seat.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional technique, the walk-through function can be ensured, but only two persons can ride on the front seat and the second seat. Is reduced. Further, since the passage between the left and right seats is always open, a storage box or a table cannot be placed there, which is inconvenient when storing things or eating and drinking in the passenger compartment.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional technique, and it is possible to increase the number of occupants while maintaining a walk-through function, and also obtain a storage mechanism and a table function. A seat mounting structure is provided.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A center seat that has a pair of seats spaced apart in the left-right direction through a walk-through passage in two or more rows in the front-rear direction, and has a rail on the floor that connects at least the front-rear passage, and that can be moved back and forth on the rail. Was installed.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the center sheet that can move back and forth is provided in the passage between the left and right sheets, if this center sheet is located between the sheets, three people can be seated. The number of passengers can be increased. Further, if the center sheet is removed from the passage, walk-through becomes possible.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the seat back of the center seat is freely foldable to the front side, and the back of the seat back can be used as a table in a folded state.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the back of the folded back of the center seat can be used as a table, which is convenient when eating and drinking in the vehicle interior.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a reversing portion is provided on the back surface of the center sheet, and the reversing portion becomes an armrest projecting from the back surface when the reversing portion is reversed.

[0010] According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the reversing portion that protrudes from the rear surface and becomes an armrest is provided on the rear surface of the center seat, the occupant's arm can be put on and relaxed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the center sheet is placed on a storage box movable back and forth along the rail, and the center sheet is opened upward about a hinge at one end, so that the upper portion of the storage box is formed. Become open.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the center sheet can be opened upward to conveniently store small items in the storage box.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an opening / closing body which can be opened and fixed upward on the side surface of the storage box, and which is housed in the storage box when the opening / closing body is closed at the tip of the opening / closing body. The tray, which is held horizontally when it is opened, is rotatably mounted.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a drink or the like can be conveniently placed on a tray opened from the storage box and held horizontally.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the bench seat is arranged at the rearmost portion, the rail is extended rearward to the bench seat, and the seat cushion of the center seat and the seat back can be set up in a state of being overlapped. ing.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the center seat is moved to the rearmost bench seat and is set up there, so that all the passages between the seats in the plurality of rows are empty, Walk through between the front seat and the rear bench seat at once.

[0017]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 to FIG. 7 are views showing a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a three-row arrangement of seats in a wagon vehicle. The front seat 1 and the second seat 2 are of a split type, each of which is divided into right and left, and walk-through passages A and B are vacant in the center. The third seat 3 is a bench seat,
It is for three people.

A pair of right and left rails 4 are provided on the floor extending from the passage A of the front seat 1 to the passage A of the second seat 2, and a single-seat center seat 5 having a width corresponding to the passages A and B is provided on the front and rear. It is movably mounted.

The center seat 5 comprises a seat cushion 6 and a seat back 7, and the seat back 7 can be folded forward with respect to the seat cushion 6. The center sheet 5 is mounted on a storage box 8 that can move back and forth with respect to the rail 4.

The storage box 8 has a storage structure having an opening at an upper portion, and the upper portion of the storage box 8 is closed by a seat cushion 6 of a center sheet 5. The seat cushion 6 can be freely opened upward around the hinge 9 at the rear end. When the seat cushion 6 is opened upward, the upper part of the storage box 8 is in an open state, so that small articles can be taken in and out. A rotatable hook 10 is provided at a front end of the seat cushion 6, and a pin 11 that engages with the hook 10 is provided at a front end of a side surface of the storage box 8. Therefore, in normal times, the seat cushion 6 does not open upward due to the engagement between the hook 10 and the pin 11. An opening / closing lid 12 is also provided on the front surface of the storage box 8 so that objects can be taken in and out of the lid.

A part of the side surface on both sides of the storage box 8 is formed by an opening / closing body 13. The opening / closing body 13 has an upper end pivotally supported, and is opened upward with the upper end as a center so that the opening / closing body 13 can be fixed in an oblique state. At the end of the opening / closing body 13, a tray 14 is rotatably mounted.
The tray 14 is stored in the storage box 8 when the opening / closing body 13 is closed, and is held horizontally when the opening / closing body 13 is opened. The tray 14 has a concave portion 14a on which a drink container 15 and the like can be set up.

On the back surface of the seat back 7 of the center seat 5, two reversing portions 16 are provided. One surface of the reversing part 16 is a table hard surface 16a, and the other surface is an armrest soft surface 16b. The reversing portion 16 has a roller 17 at a position close to the hard surface 16a, and is engaged with rails 18 disposed on both left and right sides in the seat back 7 so as to be movable back and forth. One end of a link 19 is pivotally supported at a position near the center hard surface 16 a of the reversing portion 16, and the other end of the link 19 is pivotally supported at a position away from the reversing portion 16. At one end of the link 19, a stopper 20 that engages with the upper surface of the rail 18 is formed.

Since each of the reversing portions 16 has the above structure, the link 20 is lifted to move the roller 17 back and forth in the rail 18 so that the hard surface 16 a
Can be turned up (see FIG. 5), and the soft surface 16b can be turned up (see FIG. 7). The hard surface 16a is
Same position as the back of the seat back 7, but with a soft surface 16b
Is protruded above the rear surface of the seat back 7, and the required height of the armrest can be secured.

Next, a method of using the center sheet 5 will be described.

If the center seat 5 is located in the passage A between the front seats 1, the front seat 1 including the center seat 5 can be seated by three people, and if the center seat 5 is located in the passage B of the second seat 2, the second seat 2 can be seated. 2 is the center seat 5
And three people. Therefore, the number of occupants increases by one for the center seat 5 as compared with the related art.

If the center seat 5 is placed in each of the passages A and B, and the seat back 7 is tilted horizontally backward, and the seat backs of the front seat 1 and the second seat 2 are similarly set, the front seat 1 and the second seat The seat 2 can be in a fully flat state while being seated by three people.

Further, if the center seat 5 is placed in each of the passages A and B and the seat back 7 is folded, the reversing portion 16 provided on the back surface thereof can be used as a table or an armrest, which is convenient. Then, the center sheet 5 is moved to the front / rear position between the front sheet 1 and the second sheet 2, and as shown in FIG. 4, the open / close body 13 of the storage box 8 is opened upward to hold the tray 14 horizontally. Thus, the occupant of the second seat 2 can place the drink 15 or the like on the tray 14, which is convenient.

When the occupant of the front seat 1 moves to the second seat 2 (or vice versa) in the passenger compartment, the center seat 5 is moved backward to pass through the passage B between the second seats 2. It should be located. When the occupant of the second seat 2 moves to the third seat 3 (or vice versa), the center seat 5 may be moved forward and positioned in the passage A of the front seat 1. Even if the number of occupants is increased by the center seat 5, the walk-through function is maintained.

FIGS. 8 to 11 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, portions having the same functions as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals even if the shapes and structures are slightly different from each other, and redundant description will be omitted.

In the second embodiment, the rail 21 is extended to the third seat 3 position. The basic structure in which the center sheet 25 rests on the storage box 22 is the same, but the shape of the storage box 22 is different, and no opening / closing body, tray, etc. are provided. The structure in which the seat cushion 23 is opened upward around the hinge 9 and the structure in which the seat cushion 23 is fixed by the pins 11 and the hooks 10 are the same as in the first embodiment.

The seat cushion 23 according to the second embodiment has a distal end 23a separated from the seat cushion 23, so that the angle can be changed about the ratchet shaft 24. If the front end 23a of the seat cushion 23 is slightly angled upward as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 9, the occupant's waist is stabilized and the forward displacement is prevented. Also,
The distal end 23a can be bent downward and stored in the storage box 22. The entire surface of the seat back 7 of the center sheet 25 is a hard surface, and can be used as a table when folded. Further, the center sheet 25 is moved to the rearmost third seat 3 position so that the center sheet 25 is folded,
Therefore, if the hinge 9 is set up at the center, both the passages A and B of the front seat 1 and the second seat 2 are vacant, so that the walk-through between the front seat 1 and the third seat 3 can be performed at once.

In the above description, two rows of the front seat and the second seat are taken as examples of the seats other than the third seat. However, in the present invention, there are three or more seats before the last seat. Is similarly applicable.

[0034]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the center sheet which can be moved back and forth is provided in the passage between the left and right sheets, if the center sheet is positioned between the sheets, three persons can be seated. And the number of passengers can be increased. Further, if the center sheet is removed from the passage, walk-through becomes possible.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the back of the folded back of the center seat can be used as a table, which is convenient when eating and drinking in the vehicle interior.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the reversing portion that protrudes from the back surface and becomes an armrest is provided on the back surface of the center seat, the occupant's arm can be put on and relaxed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the center sheet can be opened upward and small items can be stored in the storage box, which is convenient.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a drink or the like can be conveniently placed on a tray which is opened from the storage box and held horizontally.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the center seat is moved to the last bench seat and is set up there, so that all the passages between the seats in a plurality of rows are empty, Walk through between the front seat and the rear bench seat at once.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an arrangement of sheets according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a center sheet.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a center sheet.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line SA-SA shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the reversing unit showing a state in which a hard surface is directed upward.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a rotating state of the reversing unit.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the reversing unit showing a state in which the soft surface faces upward.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an arrangement of sheets according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a second seat.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing the second seat in a state where the seat back is folded.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing the second seat in a state where the seat back is folded upright.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Front seat 2 Second seat 3 Third seat 4, 21 Rail 5, 25 Center seat 6, 23 Seat cushion 7 Seat back 8, 22 Storage box 9 Hinge 13 Opening / closing body 14 Tray 16 Inversion part A, B Passage

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A pair of seats spaced apart in the left-right direction through a walk-through passage in two or more rows in the front-rear direction. A center seat mounting structure for a vehicle, comprising a movable center seat. 2. A mounting structure for a vehicle center seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat back of the center seat is freely foldable to the front side, and the back of the seat back can be used as a table in a folded state. Mounting structure for vehicle center seats. 3. The mounting structure for a vehicle center seat according to claim 2, wherein a reversing portion is provided on a back surface of the center seat, and the reversing portion becomes an armrest protruding from the back surface when reversing. Mounting structure for vehicle center seats. 4. The mounting structure for a vehicle center seat according to claim 1, wherein the center seat is mounted on a storage box movable back and forth along a rail. A center seat mounting structure for a vehicle, characterized in that the upper part of the storage box is opened by opening the upper part around the hinge at one end. 5. The mounting structure for a vehicle center seat according to claim 4, wherein an opening and closing body which can be opened and fixed upward is provided on a side surface of the storage box, and a closing of the opening and closing body is provided at a tip of the opening and closing body. A vehicle center seat mounting structure, wherein a tray which is sometimes stored in a storage box and held horizontally when the opening / closing body is opened is rotatably mounted. 6. The mounting structure for a vehicle center seat according to claim 1, wherein a bench seat is arranged at a rearmost portion, and a rail is extended rearward to the bench seat. A mounting structure for a vehicle center seat, wherein the seat cushion can be set up in a state where a seat cushion and a seat back of the seat are overlapped.