JP2002356123A - Small vehicle with assist grip - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the usability of an assist grip and a cup holder. SOLUTION: In this small vehicle provided with a front seat 15 and a rear seat 16, a cup holder 60 is provided at the rear face upper part of the front seat, and the rear upper part of the cup holder 60 is provided with the assist grip 33 extending with a space enough to insert a hand and fingers, over the breadth of the front seat 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a small vehicle having a front seat and a rear seat, and having an assist grip on a seat back of the front seat.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a golf cart, for example, an assist grip is provided so that a passenger in a rear seat does not assume an unstable posture due to centrifugal force during turning. As a structure of the assist grip, a structure as shown in FIG. 7 can be cited. In this conventional example, a concave portion is formed in the center of the seat back panel 1, and a held member holding portion 2 such as a beverage container is incorporated in a lower portion of the concave portion. The assist grip 3 has a U-shape, and is located above the held member holding portion 2 and is welded to the seat back frame 4. With this configuration, in order to take out a held object such as a beverage container held by the held object holding portion 2, the assist grip 3
This is done by putting your hand underneath.

[0003]

However, in this structure, there is a problem that only the occupant in the center of the rear seat can use the assist grip 3 because the width of the assist grip 3 is short. Also, 500 ml PE
When a large object to be held such as a T bottle is placed, the assist grip 3 is provided at a large distance above the object holding part 2 so that the object to be held is removed when the object is taken out. 3 and it is difficult to take it out. Further, since the held object holding portion 2 and the assist grip 3 are separated from each other, the held object holding portion 2
Passengers may put their hands or elbows on the ground. For example, when the occupant of the rear seat 16 suddenly starts the vehicle,
Therefore, it is supposed that a force is applied by grasping the object, and therefore, the structure and the material of the object-to-be-held holding section 2 must be strong enough to withstand such a situation. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to allow all passengers in the rear seats to be used, and not to hinder the loading and unloading of the held object held by the held object holding portion, Another object of the present invention is to provide a small vehicle with an assist grip, which has a high degree of freedom in the material and structure of the held member holding portion.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 includes a front seat and a rear seat, and the rear seat is seated at a rear portion of a seat back of the front seat. In a small-sized vehicle provided with an assist grip for a person, a held body holding portion provided with a concave portion for holding a held body at a rear upper portion of the seat back of the front seat projects rearward from the seat back. And the assist grip is formed at a rear upper portion of the held-member holding portion so as to extend from a rear edge of the held-member holding portion over a lateral width of the seat back.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the held body holding portion is formed in such a shape that the amount of rearward projection of the front seat from the seat back decreases toward both right and left ends. It is characterized by.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the width of the assist grip is formed over the width of the seat back of the front seat, all the passengers in the rear seat can use the assist grip. Become. Further, since the assist grip is provided at the upper rear portion of the held object holding portion so as to be separated from the rear edge of the held object holding portion, when the held object held by the held object holding portion is taken out. With a little lifting, it is possible to exceed the assist grip, and it is easy to take out the held object. In addition, even if the passenger in the rear seat reaches out to grasp an object in front of the vehicle, for example, when the vehicle suddenly starts, the assist grip is grasped instead of the held object holding portion. As a result, it is sufficient for the held body holding portion to consider only the strength necessary for holding the held body, and an effect that the range of selection of the structure and the material is widened is obtained. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the held body holding portion is formed in such a shape that the amount of rearward projection of the front seat from the seat back decreases toward the left and right ends. The effect is obtained that the holding body holding portion and the assist grip do not hit the knee when the passenger in the rear seat gets on and off, so that the getting on and off property is improved.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows a golf cart according to the present invention. This golf cart has a pair of front wheels 12 and a pair of rear wheels 13 on a main body 11,
The front wheels 12 are steered by a steering device (not shown) having a steering wheel 14, and the rear wheels 13 are driven by a motor (not shown).

This golf cart has a front seat 15 and a rear seat 16 on a main body 11.
The front seat 15 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 3, the front seat 15 includes a pair of left and right legs 21 on the main body 11.
Supports the rectangular seat main frame 22 via the seat main frame 22, and the seat cushion 23
It is configured with attached. Also, this front seat 15
A pair of armrests 24 formed by bending metal pipes are provided so as to rise from the left and right ends of the seat main frame 22 so that the upper half is inclined rearward. Has a seat back frame 30 provided integrally therewith. As shown in FIG. 4, the seat back frame 30 connects the upper ends of the armrests 24 in a U-shape with an open bottom, and welds a T-shaped auxiliary frame 32 between left and right rising portions 31 to form the auxiliary frame 32. Is welded to the seat main frame 22 at the lower end of the vertical axis. Left and right rising portions 31 of the seat back frame 30
The portion located between them bulges rearward to form an assist grip 33 which will be described in detail later.

A seat back 40 is attached to the seat back frame 30. This seat back 4
Reference numeral 0 denotes a configuration in which a pad 42 is overlaid on a seat back board 41 and covered with a skin 43 as shown in FIG. 5, and an onime nut 44 (see FIG. 6) is embedded near the left and right ends on the back surface of the seat back board 41. ing.

On the other hand, L-shaped brackets 34 are welded to the seat back frame 30 near the left and right ends of the auxiliary frame 32, respectively, and a bolt insertion hole 35 is formed at the upper end of each L-shaped bracket 34. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, two seat bolts 36 are passed through the bolt insertion holes 35 of the L-shaped brackets 34 and screwed into the onion nuts 44, so that the seat back 40 becomes the seat back frame 3.
Fixed to 0.

A back panel 50 made of plastic is attached to the back of the seat back 40. The back panel 50 is formed by integrally bulging a cup holder receiving portion 52 to a panel main body 51, and the panel main body 51 covers and hides the auxiliary frame 32. The mounting structure is as follows. Auxiliary frame 32
A nut portion 37 is provided at a lower end portion of each L-shaped bracket 34 fixed to the front end portion, and a nut portion 45 is fixed to upper right and left corners of the back surface of the seat back 40 via a bracket 46. A panel body 51 is provided on the back panel 50 side.
A bolt insertion hole 53 is formed at each of the four corners of the nut portion 4.
5 and a bolt 54 that has passed through two lower bolt insertion holes 53 is screwed into the nut portion 37, and the back panel 50 is fixed to the seat back frame 30 side.

[0011] Cup holder receiving portion 52 of back panel 50
Is formed so as to protrude rearward at the upper portion of the panel main body 51, and has a shape in which the upper surface is open and the amount of protrusion decreases toward the left and right and downward as illustrated in FIG. A cup holder 60 is freely detachably mounted on the opening of the cup holder receiving portion 52. The cup holder 60 is formed with a plurality of cup-shaped receiving recesses 61 having a bottomed cylindrical shape side by side, and a generally triangular accessory receiving recess 62 is formed on both left and right sides thereof. Adjacent ones of the cup receiving recesses 61 are formed in such a shape that a part of the partition wall is cut off and connected. The inner diameter of the cup receiving recess 61 is 500 ml PE,
The dimensions are such that the T bottle 70 can be inserted. Here, by both the cup holder 60 and the cup holder receiving portion 52,
A held member holding portion 80 according to the present invention is configured.

Further, the assist grip 33 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, at the upper rear portion of the cup holder 60, the cup holder 60 is formed over the entire width of the seat back 40 along the distance from the rear edge of the cup holder 60. In addition,
The distance between the cup holder 60 and the assist grip 33 is
The dimension is such that fingers can be inserted to grip the assist grip 33. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the distance between the cup holder 60 and the assist grip 33 in the height direction is 5
0 mm, and 50
When the 0 ml PET bottle 70 is inserted, the horizontal distance between the PET bottle 70 as the object to be held and the assist grip 33 is set to be 30 mm.

Next, the operation and effect of this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, since the assist grip 33 is formed behind the seat back 40 of the front seat 15, the assist grip 33 is located at a position where all the passengers of the rear seat 16 can easily use. Grip 33
Will be installed. Therefore, when the vehicle is turned, suddenly braked, suddenly started, and rocked due to unevenness of the road surface, etc., all the occupants of the rear seat 16 are assisted by the assist grip 33.
Can be held, and the posture can be stably maintained.

In the present embodiment, the assist grip 33 is provided at the upper rear portion of the cup holder 60 so that fingers can be inserted, for example, 50 mm apart from each other. Therefore, the cup or bottle can be easily taken in and out without being greatly lifted, tilted, or bypassed with respect to the assist grip 33, and the cup holder 60 is easy to use.

On the other hand, when the vehicle is traveling on level ground,
The occupant of the rear seat 16 may take a relaxed sitting posture without holding the assist grip 33. At this time, if the vehicle suddenly swings due to, for example, irregularities on the road surface, it is expected that the vehicle will immediately grab an object ahead and stabilize the posture. In this case, if the assist grip 3 is provided separately from the held body holding portion 2 as in the conventional structure shown in FIG. 7, the occupant of the rear seat 16 grasps the held body holding portion 2 and exerts a force. However, in the present embodiment, the assist grip 33 is
, The assist grip 33 is gripped instead of the upper surface of the cup holder 60. Therefore, even when the occupant of the rear seat 16 reaches for a forward object, for example, when the vehicle suddenly starts, the occupant grips 33 instead of the held object holding unit 80. As a result, the held body holding section 80 only needs to consider the strength necessary for holding the held body, and the effect of widening the range of selection of the structure and the material can be obtained.

Also, in this embodiment, since the cup holder receiving portion 52 and the assist grip 33 have such a shape that the rearward projecting amount decreases toward the left and right ends from the center portion, the cup holder receiving portion 52 is mounted. This makes it harder for the rider to hit the knees when getting on and off, and the effect of improving the getting on and off of the rear seat 16 is obtained.

<Other Embodiments> The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.
Various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention in addition to the following. (1) In the above embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a golf cart has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to, for example, a small vehicle used for traveling in an amusement park. (2) In the above-described embodiment, the assist grip is provided at the rear upper portion of the held object holding portion in a shape along the held object holding portion. By being provided in a shape that protrudes from the holding portion, it is possible to improve the ease of gripping the assist grip. (3) In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a cup holder is applied as the held object holding portion is illustrated, but the present invention can also be applied to a small case such as a favorite item such as a cigarette.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an assist grip and a cup holder.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a golf cart.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a front seat.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the seat back.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional assist grip.

[Explanation of symbols]

 15 Front seat 16 Rear seat 33 Assist grip 40 Seat back 60 Cup holder 61 Cup receiving recess 80 Holder holder

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A front seat, a rear seat, and an assist grip for a person sitting on the rear seat at a rear portion of a seat back of the front seat, wherein the seat back of the front seat is provided. An object holding portion provided with a concave portion for holding the object to be held at a rear upper portion thereof so as to protrude rearward from the seat back; and the assist grip is provided at an upper rear portion of the object holding portion. A small vehicle with an assist grip, wherein the small vehicle is formed so as to extend across the width of the seat back along a distance from a rear edge of the holding portion. 2. The assist according to claim 1, wherein the held member holding portion is formed in such a shape that the amount of rear projection of the front seat from the seat back decreases toward both right and left ends. Small vehicle with grip.