JP2001157618A - Ottoman - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ottoman which can be positioned at a predetermined spot and can be rapidly connected to a seat of a car, while the safety in use is being sufficiently ensured. SOLUTION: An ottoman 1 uses a slide rail 4 of a seat 2 of a car and is disposed so as to move along the rail 4. The ottoman supports the calf M1 or the foot M2 of a user M sitting thereon. In the ottoman 1, a positioning piece 65 which advances and engages with a positioning hole 43, which is provided at a plurality of points of the rail 4, to position the ottoman and a connection arm 74 adapted to be connected to a connection arm 54 provided in the seat 2 are provided. The piece 65 is cooperatively combined with the arm 74, and when the arm 74 is in a connected state, the piece 65 rises and is held in a state, in which the positioning is released.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to ottomans,
In particular, it relates to the positioning and improvement of a connection structure to a vehicle seat.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An ottoman is housed between seat legs of a vehicle seat, pulled out when necessary, and supports the lower half of an occupant's leg when relaxing.
It is disclosed in 1-1137368. The ottoman described in this publication shares the slide rail of the vehicle seat as a moving rail, moves together with the vehicle seat when stored between the seat legs, and in a use state pulled out from between the seat legs. It is positioned at a predetermined position along the slide rail. For this purpose, the operating piece is provided on the ottoman slide member that supports and moves the ottoman body, and the hook at the tip of the operating piece is locked to the pin portion of the seat slide member that supports and moves the seat body. These are connected so that they can be moved integrally, and the engagement between the hook and the pin is released to separate both slide members, and a protrusion formed adjacent to the hook is provided on the slide rail. The ottoman body is positioned by entering the inside of the unit.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional ottoman, the connection between the ottoman and the vehicle seat and the positioning of the ottoman are performed by a single operation piece. It was necessary to be located at the end near the sheet for use and in the slide rail. Thus, in order to keep the front-rear length of the ottoman stored between the seat legs within a predetermined dimension, it is necessary to reduce the front-rear interval of the rollers provided on the ottoman slide member by the front-rear length of the operation piece. Therefore, there is a problem that the stability when using the ottoman is not sufficient.

In view of the above, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and provides an ottoman that can quickly perform positioning to a predetermined position and connection to a vehicle seat while ensuring sufficient stability during use. The purpose is to do.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a slide rail (4) of a vehicle seat (2) is shared and movably disposed along the slide rail (4).
An ottoman (1) for supporting a lower half (M1, M2) of a leg of an occupant (M) seated on a vehicle seat (2),
A positioning member (65) locked at a plurality of positions of the slide rail (4) to position the ottoman (1); and a connecting member (74) connectable to the vehicle seat (2). ) Is interlocked with the operation of the connecting member (74), and the positioning member (65) is configured to be kept in the positioning released state when the connecting member (74) is in the connected state.

In the first invention, since the positioning member and the connecting member are separated, the connecting member can be provided outside the slide rail. Therefore, it is possible to secure a sufficiently large front-back distance between the rollers that guide the ottoman in the slide rail and move the ottoman, and it is possible to ensure stability when the ottoman is used. In addition, when the positioning member and the connecting member are linked and the connecting member is brought into the connected state, the positioning member is held in the positioning released state, so that the ottoman is connected to the vehicle seat without a separate operation for releasing the positioning member. When it is stored, it can be moved together with the vehicle seat.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the slide rail (4) of the vehicle seat (2) is shared and movably disposed along the slide rail (4), and the occupant (M) seated on the vehicle seat (2). An ottoman (1) that supports the lower half (M1, M2) of the leg, advances toward the slide rail (4), and engages with a part of the slide rail (4) at the advance end to engage the ottoman (1). ) And a positioning member (65) which is provided outside the slide rail (4) and moves in conjunction with the advancement of the positioning member (65) and engages with a part of the vehicle seat (2) during the movement. And a connecting member (74) for connecting the ottoman (1) to the vehicle seat (2) and restricting the advancing operation of the positioning member (65).

In the second aspect of the invention, the positioning member and the connecting member are separated from each other, and the connecting member is provided outside the slide rail. It is possible to secure a large size, and it is possible to secure stability when using the ottoman. Then, since the advancement operation of the positioning member is restricted at the same time that the ottoman is connected to the vehicle seat by the connecting member, the ottoman is connected to the vehicle seat and stored without separately operating the positioning member. Can move integrally with the vehicle seat without being positioned.

The positioning member and the connecting member can be realized by the structure of the third invention. That is, in the third aspect of the present invention, the positioning member (65) is provided so as to be slidable up and down, and has an engaging portion at a lower end thereof which can be disengaged from a positioning hole (43) formed in the slide rail (4), The connecting member (74) is pivotally supported at the center so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction, and has a first engaging portion (741) at one end which can be disengaged from the vehicle seat (2), and the other end at the other end. A second engaging portion (66) that engages with the positioning member (65) is provided.

In the fourth invention, the positioning member (6
5) There is provided an operating member (77) for operating the connecting member (74).

In the present invention, the operation of the positioning member or the connecting member can be easily performed by the operation member.

The reference numerals in the parentheses indicate the correspondence with the specific means described in the embodiments described later.

[0013]

FIG. 1 shows a storage position (X position in FIG. 1).
And the ottoman 1 at the use position (Y position in the figure). The ottoman 1 includes an ottoman main body 11 and an ottoman slide member 12 that moves while supporting the ottoman 1. The ottoman 1 in the stored state is a seat leg 22 on the left and right under the seat cushion 21 of the vehicle seat 2 (only one is shown)
Located between. The ottoman body 11 is substantially T in side view
The support arm 13 is supported by a U-shaped support arm 13, and the lower end of the support arm 13 is connected to a rotation shaft 14 provided on the ottoman slide member 12.

FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the ottoman main body 11, wherein FIG. 2 shows the ottoman body at the storage position and FIG. 3 shows the ottoman body at the use position. That is, the ottoman body 11 is
A thick rectangular main body 31 made of a cushion material on which the leg calf M1 (FIG. 1) is placed, and both legs 321 and 322 are rotatably connected to one end of the main body 31.
(FIG. 1) is formed by a substantially U-shaped metal foot receiving member 32. In the stored state, the foot receiving member 32 is
It is turned up and folded (X position in FIG. 1,
2), in use, it is rotated forward (leftward in FIG. 1) from above the main body 31 and deployed (Y position in FIG. 1,
(Fig. 3). Further, in the storage position, the support arm 13 falls slightly backward due to the known structure, and this causes the ottoman 1 to fall.
Is compactly stored under the seat cushion 21.

In FIG. 1, a vehicle seat 2 is supported on a seat slide member 5 equipped with front and rear ends of rollers 51 for rolling in the slide rail 4 and is supported by a slide rail 4.
The positioning protrusion 52 provided on the sheet slide member 5 between the front and rear rollers 51 and urged downward is provided at the predetermined position of the slide rail 4. It enters the hole 41 and is positioned. The positioning piece 52 is moved backward by operating an operation lever 53 having a known structure, so that the seat slide member 5, that is, the vehicle seat 2 can be moved.

The ottoman 1 in the storage position is integrally connected to the front end of the seat slide member 5, and its detailed structure is shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, the ottoman slide member 12 is composed of frames 61 (only one is shown) on the near side and on the other side of the drawing and a cover 62 that covers them.
0 is protruded, and each bracket 70 has a slide rail 4
A roller 63 that rolls inside is mounted. Frame 6
1 includes a flat cylindrical guide member 64 that opens downward in the center.
And a positioning piece 65 is housed therein so as to be vertically movable. An elongated hole 641 extending in the up-down direction is formed in the guide member 64, and a shaft body 66 erected on the upper end plate surface of the positioning piece 65 projects from the elongated hole 641, and one end of the operation arm 71 is turned around the shaft body 66. It is movably connected.
The operation arm 71 is formed in a rectangular shape, and is rotatably supported by a shaft 67 erected on the frame 61 at a bent portion thereof. The other end of the operation arm 71 is bent toward the front side of the drawing to form a spring locking portion 72.
The other end of the coil spring 73 whose one end is locked by the spring locking portion 611 of the frame 61 is locked. Spring locking part 72
Is a contact portion 721 whose side edge at the tip is curved in an arc shape.

A connection arm 74 is provided on the frame 61 in a substantially horizontal position outside the slide rail 4 and above the slide rail 4. The connection arm 74 is rotatable at its center on a shaft 68 erected on the frame 61. And a base end thereof is rotatably connected to a shaft 66. A pin 741 is provided at the distal end of the connecting arm 74, and the pin 741 enters from below into a notch 541 formed on the lower surface of the distal end of the connecting arm 54 provided at the front end of the seat slide member 5. I agree. Thereby, the ottoman slide member 12 and the seat slide member 5 are connected to each other.

An operation arm 75 is located above the operation arm 71, and the upper end of the operation arm 75 is rotatably connected to a shaft 69 so that it can swing. Shaft 6
Reference numeral 9 stands on another frame (not shown) fastened to the frame 61 by bolts 612. Operation arm 75
Is bent toward the front side of the drawing, a connecting rod 76 extending toward the front side of the drawing is joined to one side edge of the bent portion 751, and the base end of the operation lever 77 is fitted and fixed in the middle of the connecting rod 76. I have. The operation lever 77 extends obliquely forward, and a knob 771 is provided at a tip protruding into a recess 621 formed in a part of the cover 62. A contact portion 752 extends linearly downward from an intermediate position of the bent portion 751, and its plate surface contacts the arc surface of the contact portion 721. The operation arms 71 and 75, the connection arm 74, and the positioning piece 65
Is provided with the same structure on the near side of the drawing, and is simultaneously operated by the operation lever 77 via the connecting rod 76.

The operating arm 71 is urged to rotate clockwise in FIG. 4 by the spring force of the coil spring 73, whereby the positioning piece 65 is urged to advance downward, and the connecting arm 74 is turned counterclockwise. It is urged to rotate. In the state of FIG. 4 in which the ottoman slide member 12 and the seat slide member 5 are connected to each other, the connection arm 7
4 is engaged with the notch 541 of the connecting arm 54, the rotation of the connecting arm 74 is restricted in a substantially horizontal posture in FIG. The advancement operation is restricted so that is located above the bottom wall 42 of the slide rail 4 without reaching.
Therefore, the ottoman 1 moves integrally with the vehicle seat 2 on the slide rail 4 in a state of being stored between the seat legs 22.

When using the ottoman 1, the knob 7
When the operating lever 77 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 4 by pulling up the operating arm 71, the operating arm 71 is rotated counterclockwise against the spring force of the coil spring 73, and the positioning piece 65 is retracted and raised. Then, the connecting arm 74 is rotated clockwise, and the pin 741 escapes below the notch 541. Thereby, the ottoman slide member 12
The ottoman 1 can be pulled out from between the seat legs 22 of the vehicle seat 2 (FIG. 1). When the ottoman 1 is pulled out and moved along the slide rail 4 to a predetermined use position (Y position in FIG. 1) and the knob 771 is released, the operating arm 71 is rotated clockwise by a spring force and connected at the same time. The arm 74 rotates counterclockwise beyond the horizontal posture without being restricted, and as a result, the positioning piece 65 advances to the lower end, and the positioning hole 43 (formed in the bottom wall 42 of the slide rail 4). 1) into and engage with it. Thereby, the ottoman 1 is positioned.

In order to return the ottoman 1 to the storage position again, the operation lever 77 is rotated upward and the positioning piece 65 is returned.
Is retracted upward from the positioning hole 43 to cancel the positioning state and move the ottoman 1 between the seat legs 22. After that, when the knob 771 of the operation lever 77 is released,
When the connecting arm 74 rotates counterclockwise and returns to the horizontal posture, the pin 741 enters into the notch 541 of the connecting lever 54 of the seat slide member 5 and engages.

As described above, since the connecting arm 74 is provided outside the slide rail 4, the distance between the front and rear rollers 63 can be increased, and the stability when the ottoman is used can be sufficiently ensured. The position at which the positioning piece 65 is provided is not limited to the position between the front and rear rollers 63 as in the above embodiment, except for the end of the ottoman slide member 12 on the side close to the vehicle seat 2 in the slide rail 4. Any position may be used as long as it can be engaged with the fourth position. Further, the positioning piece 65 or the connecting arm 74 may be directly operated without providing the operation lever 77.

[0023]

As described above, according to the ottoman of the present invention, positioning at a predetermined position and connection to a vehicle seat can be performed satisfactorily while ensuring sufficient stability during use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an ottoman placed in a storage position and a use position.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the ottoman body in a stored state.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the ottoman body in use.

FIG. 4 is a cutaway side view of the ottoman slide member in a storage position.

[Explanation of symbols]

M: passenger, M1: leg calf, M2: foot, 1 ... ottoman, 2 ... vehicle seat, 4 ... slide rail, 43
... Positioning holes, 65 ... Positioning pieces, 66 ... Shafts, 74 ...
Connection arm, 741, pin, 77, operation lever.

Claims (4)

[Claims] An ottoman that is disposed movably along a common slide rail of a vehicle seat and supports a lower half of a leg of an occupant seated on the vehicle seat, the ottoman comprising: A positioning member locked at a plurality of positions to position the ottoman, and a connecting member connectable to the vehicle seat, wherein the positioning member is interlocked with the operation of the connecting member, and the connecting member is in a connected state. An ottoman, wherein the positioning member is sometimes configured to be held in a positioning release state. 2. An ottoman for supporting a lower half of a leg of an occupant seated on the vehicle seat, the ottoman being shared along a slide rail of the vehicle seat and movable along the common rail. A positioning member that engages a part of the slide rail at the advance end to position the ottoman, and is provided outside the slide rail, and moves and moves in conjunction with the advancement of the positioning member. An ottoman including a connecting member that engages a part of the vehicle seat on the way to connect the ottoman to the vehicle seat and restricts the advancement operation of the positioning member. 3. The positioning member is provided so as to be slidable up and down, and has an engaging portion at a lower end which is engageable with and disengageable from a positioning hole formed in the slide rail, and the connecting member is rotatable in a vertical direction. A first engaging portion that is rotatably supported at the center thereof at one end and is detachable from the vehicle seat, and a second engaging portion that engages with the positioning member at the other end. The ottoman according to claim 1. 4. The ottoman according to claim 1, further comprising an operation member for operating the positioning member or the connection member.