JP2015214243A - Vehicular table - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change a use form of a table in various manners without impairing usability.SOLUTION: A folding mechanism 13 which can fold a table body 11 in backward/forward and right/left directions from a use state of a horizontal posture thereof includes: a backward/forward folding hinge part 13A which holds the table body 11 in a state in which the downward folding thereof is restricted by connecting front and rear pieces of the table body 11 together in a state where one of the pieces is folded toward the other upward from the state in which the pieces are joined flush with each other; and a lateral folding hinge part 13B which holds the table body 11 in a state in which the downward folding thereof is restricted by connecting right and left pieces of the table body 11 together in a state where one of the pieces is folded toward the other upward from the state in which the pieces are joined flush with each other. All four pieces into which the table body 11 is partitioned by the backward/forward folding hinge part 13A and the lateral folding hinge part 13B are joined together by either the hinge part 13A or 13B and two pieces adjacent to each other.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle table. More specifically, the present invention relates to a vehicle table provided for a seated person of a vehicle seat.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a vehicle seat, a technique is known in which a table on which an object is placed is provided so that it can be unfolded and stored (Patent Document 1). The table is folded and stored in four folds. When unfolded, the table is widened back and forth and left and right so as to be switched to a use state.

JP 2002-193043 A

  In the above conventional technology, since the table is folded in four, any piece of the four partitioned tables is not connected to each other and is open. Therefore, in the above-described prior art, in order to compensate for the above-described decrease in rigidity between the released pieces, a separate connecting member for releasably connecting them is provided. The present invention was devised to solve the above-described problems, and the problem to be solved by the present invention is that the usage pattern of the table can be changed variously without deteriorating the usability of the table. Is to make it.

  In order to solve the above problems, the vehicle table of the present invention takes the following means.

  1st invention is a table for vehicles, Comprising: It has a table main part used as an object loading, and a folding mechanism made to fold back and forth, right and left from the use state made into the horizontal posture which can be used as an object loading . The folding mechanism is a front-rear folding hinge that holds the front and rear pieces of the table main body in a state of being connected to each other in a state in which one is folded upward and the other is restrained from folding downward. And a hinge part that is folded horizontally and held in a state where the folding of the table body and the left and right pieces of the table main body are connected to each other in a state of being flush with each other and folded upward to the other. And having. All the pieces of the table body divided into four parts by these front and rear folding hinge parts and horizontal folding hinge parts were joined together by two adjacent pieces and front and rear folding hinge parts or horizontal folding hinge parts. It is in a state.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, all the pieces divided into the four parts of the table main body are joined to the two pieces adjacent to each other, so that the downward bending deformation is suppressed. The table main body can be used by changing the usage form by folding it back and forth or folding it left and right by a folding mechanism from the usage state deployed in the horizontal posture. With such a configuration, the usage pattern of the table can be variously changed without deteriorating the usability of the table.

It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the table of Example 1 was expand | deployed to the use position. It is the same front view. It is the same top view. It is a perspective view which shows the storage state of a table. It is the same front view. It is the same side view. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the table was pulled up from the storage position upwards. It is the same front view. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the table was knocked down to the diagonal deployment position. It is the same front view. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the table was fallen from the said diagonal expansion | deployment position to the use position. It is the same front view. It is a top view which shows the state which opened the folding table body to the front side. It is the XIV-XIV sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a top view which shows the state which folded the table main body sideways. It is the XVI-XVI sectional view taken on the line of FIG.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated using drawing.

  First, the configuration of the table 10 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the table 10 according to the present embodiment has a configuration that can be deployed and stored in the seat 1 of an automobile. Here, the seat 1 includes a seat back 2 that serves as a backrest for a seated person, and a seat cushion 3 that serves as a seating portion, and a support base that extends upward on a standing wall on the left and right sides of the seat cushion 3. 4 is provided. Each support base 4 has an armrest 5 on the upper surface thereof, so that a seated person can use it as an armrest.

  The table 10 described above includes a table main body 11 serving as an object table, and a table moving device 10M that connects the table main body 11 to a state in which the table main body 11 can be moved with respect to the support base 4 provided on the left side of the sheet 1 described above. It has a configuration. Specifically, the table moving device 10M described above is in a horizontal posture at the storage position (the position shown in FIGS. 4 to 6) in which the table body 11 is stored in the support base 4 and the front of the seated person. It can be moved between the use position (position shown in FIGS. 1 to 3) developed in FIG. Here, the armrest 5 on the upper surface of the support base 4 provided on the left side of the seat 1 for storing the table main body 11 described above is opened to the outside when the table main body 11 is unfolded and stored, so that the internal space of the support base 4 can be opened. It is in a state where it is hinged to the upper surface of the support base 4 so as to be openable and closable so that it can be opened upward.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the table moving device 10 </ b> M described above includes a support arm 12 that supports the table main body 11 with respect to the support base 4, and a folding mechanism 13 that folds the table main body 11 forward, backward, left, and right. And a slider 14 for connecting the support arm 12 to a state in which the support arm 12 is slid in the height direction with respect to the support base 4. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 and FIGS. 7 to 8, the slider 14 described above is assembled so as to be movable only in the height direction with respect to the guide rail 4 </ b> A provided inside the support base 4. It is supposed to be in a state.

  Specifically, the slider 14 described above has guide rails 4 </ b> A that extend in the height direction provided at the front and rear positions of the slider 14 inside the support base 4, with each fitting portion 14 </ b> A projecting like a standing plate before and after the slider 14. By being fitted in each of the rail grooves 4A1, they are guided and assembled so as to be movable only in the height direction along the shape of each rail groove 4A1. As shown in FIGS. 7 to 8, the slider 14 slides upward in the rail groove 4A1 when each fitting portion 14A that slides in the rail groove 4A1 hits the upper end surface of the rail groove 4A1. It is designed to be locked.

  The support arm 12 is configured by a flat plate member having a narrower plate width in the front-rear direction than the table main body 11, and a lower end of the support arm 12 is a rotary shaft whose axial direction is directed in the front-rear direction of the seat with respect to the upper portion of the slider 14 described above. 12A is connected in a rotatable manner. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 and FIGS. 7 to 8, the support arm 12 stands up straight on the above-described slider 14 and rises in the height direction with respect to the support base 4. As shown in FIGS. 9 to 10, it can be put in and out, or it can be tilted to the inside of the seat around the rotating shaft 12 </ b> A so as to protrude from the support base 4 to the inside of the seat. ing.

  In detail, the support arm 12 described above is moved as shown in FIGS. 7 to 8 when the slider 14 is moved to a position where the upward movement of the support base 4 is locked. As shown in FIGS. 9 to 10, the support 4 can be pushed down in the form of projecting from the opening 4 </ b> B formed in the seat inner side to the seat inner side. In the state where the slider 14 is pulled up only to a lower position than the above, the support arm 12 hits the inner side wall 4C of the support base 4 so that the support arm 4 cannot be pushed down. It has become.

  When the support arm 12 is tilted down to the state shown in FIGS. 9 to 10, the stopper piece 12 </ b> C formed on the inner side surface portion of the seat at the lower end portion serving as the base side is formed on the inner side wall 4 </ b> C of the support base 4. The stopper face 4C1 formed on the upper surface portion of the stopper is tilted so as to be locked at the illustrated inclined position. The stopper piece 12 </ b> C described above is brought into contact with the stopper surface 4 </ b> C <b> 1 formed on the upper surface portion of the inner side wall 4 </ b> C of the support base 4 described above in a straight line in the height direction. By the surface contact, the downward movement of the slider 14 connected to the support arm 12 described above is held and the load applied to the support arm 12 from the table body 11 is received. ing.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the table main body 11 is constituted by a flat plate-like member, and the support arm 12 described above is provided at an intermediate portion on the back surface side (an intermediate portion of a fourth piece 11 </ b> D described later). The upper end of each of the two is rotatably connected by a rotating shaft 12B that is axially oriented in the longitudinal direction of the seat. Thereby, the table main body 11 is in a state in which it can swing with respect to the support arm 12 described above around the rotation shaft 12B. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 9 to 10, the table main body 11 described above is supported in a state where the above-described support arm 12 is pulled out from the inside of the support base 4 and tilted obliquely inside the seat. The neck with respect to the support arm 12 between the obliquely inclined position where the shape is superimposed on the arm 12 and the use position dropped from the inclined position to the horizontal angle as shown in FIGS. It can be rotated up and down by swinging motion.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 to 10, the table main body 11 described above is housed inside the support base 4 and folded outside the support base 4 while being folded back and forth by a folding mechanism 13 described later. It has come to be. Specifically, the table main body 11 described above is in an inclined position in which the shape is superimposed on the support arm 12 described above, and as shown in FIGS. 4 to FIG. 6, it is folded into the support base 4 together with the support arm 12 and stored. Further, the table main body 11 is opened from the state accommodated in the support base 4 by opening the armrest 5 to the outside and pulling up the table main body 11 exposed to the inside to the upper side, as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, the slider 14 is pulled out to the upper part of the support base 4 while sliding the slider 14 together with the support arm 12. And after the table main body 11 is pulled out to the upper part of the said support stand 4, by rotating so that it may incline inside a sheet | seat with respect to the slider 14 with the support arm 12, as shown in FIGS. 9-10, The support arm 12 and the support arm 12 are deployed in a posture inclined obliquely upward inside the seat.

  Then, the table main body 11 is deployed in the oblique angle posture, so that the table main body 11 is brought into a horizontal angle around the rotation shaft 12B with the support arm 12 by its own weight and is locked (FIG. 11). To FIG. 12). Here, the rotary shaft 12B that connects the table main body 11 and the support arm 12 is positioned closer to the seat outer side than the center portion of the table main body 11 in the lateral width direction (rotating radius direction) (the middle of a fourth piece 11D described later). Part). By being set in this way, the table main body 11 is lowered to the use position of the horizontal posture by its own weight by being developed to the oblique angle posture shown in FIGS. 9 to 10 together with the support arm 12. It is supposed to be. In addition, the table main body 11 is configured to be easily maintained in a state in which it is difficult to jump to the above-described tilted position by its own weight even when the table body 11 is dropped into the use position of the horizontal posture by the above setting. .

  When the table main body 11 described above is dropped to the use position of the horizontal posture, the locking portion 12D formed at the distal end of the support arm 12 causes the bottom of a later-described fourth piece 11D of the table main body 11 to be fixed. In this case, the rotation in the dropping direction is locked. After the table main body 11 is dropped into the use position of the horizontal posture described above, as shown in FIGS. 13 to 14, the table body 11 is opened by opening the front and rear two-fold state by the folding mechanism 13 to the front side. The breadth of the top surface that can be used as a platform can be expanded to the front side.

  Moreover, the table main body 11 is made into the state which expanded the said top-plate surface, As shown in FIGS. 15-16, the table main body 11 is folded in two by the folding mechanism 13 to the left side (right side in illustration). Be able to. As described above, the table body 11 is folded in two to the left, so that the table body 11 can be used in a small shape that does not get in the way when seated, or the front space of the seat 1 can be widened.

  Specifically, the table main body 11 described above is configured so that it can be folded back and forth and left and right by the above-described folding mechanism 13 as follows. That is, the table main body 11 is configured by four pieces (first piece 11A, second piece 11B, third piece 11C, and fourth piece 11D) that are divided into two parts, front, rear, left and right. The first piece 11A described above is a right front piece of the table body 11 when viewed from the seated person, the second piece 11B is a right rear piece, and the third piece 11C is The left piece is the left front piece, and the fourth piece 11D is the left rear piece. In the table main body 11 described above, the support arm 12 described above is connected to the bottom of the above-described fourth piece 11D, and the front half piece (the first piece 11A and the first piece 11A) is connected to the base of the fourth piece 11D. 3 piece 11C) is folded rearward toward the rear half piece (second piece 11B and fourth piece 11D), or the right half piece (first piece 11A and second piece 11B). Can be folded to the left side toward the left half piece (the third piece 11C and the fourth piece 11D).

  Specifically, the table main body 11 described above is connected so that the first piece 11A and the second piece 11B constituting the right half piece of the table main body 11 can be folded back and forth by the hinge part 13A that is folded back and forth. It is supposed to be in a state. More specifically, the hinge part 13A that is folded back and forth is connected to the connecting shaft 13A1 connected to the rear edge of the first piece 11A and the front edge of the second piece 11B. The connecting shaft 13A2 and the bracket 13A3 that supports the connecting shafts 13A1 and 13A2 are provided. The bracket 13A3 has a pair of left and right structures respectively connected to the left and right ends of the connecting shafts 13A1 and 13A2. Each bracket 13A3 is formed in an L-shaped plate shape, and the end portions of the connecting shafts 13A1 and 13A2 are inserted into and connected to the standing plate portions, and the bottom plate portion is the first plate portion. It is provided in the shape where it is embedded in the bottom face part of each piece 11A and the bottom face part of the 2nd piece 11B, respectively, and is in the state where it was applied to the state where surface contact was carried out from the bottom side, respectively.

  By having such a configuration, the first piece 11A and the second piece 11B can be rotated around the connecting shafts 13A1 and 13A2, respectively. Since the bottom surface portion is applied from the bottom side by the bottom plate portion of each bracket 13A3, the first piece 11A can be folded upward toward the second piece 11B or unfolded on the opposite side. It cannot be rotated. Thus, the first piece 11A and the second piece 11B are configured to be supported by the brackets 13A3 so as not to hang down from a state where they are deployed in a horizontal posture. In addition, the first piece 11A and the second piece 11B are connected to each other by being connected by the hinge part 13A having the two-axis hinges (the connecting shafts 13A1 and 13A2) having the hinge structure described above. In spite of being connected with almost no space, the top plate surfaces can be folded to overlap each other.

  In the table body 11 described above, the third piece 11C and the fourth piece 11D constituting the left half piece of the table main body 11 are also connected to each other so as to be folded back and forth by the hinge portion 13A. ing. Specifically, the above-mentioned hinge part 13A for folding back and forth is connected to the connecting shaft 13A1 connected to the rear edge of the third piece 11C and to the front edge of the fourth piece 11D. The shaft 13A2 and a bracket 13A3 that supports the connecting shafts 13A1 and 13A2 are provided. The bracket 13A3 has a pair of left and right structures respectively connected to the left and right ends of the connecting shafts 13A1 and 13A2. Each bracket 13A3 is formed in an L-shaped plate shape, and the end portions of the connecting shafts 13A1 and 13A2 are inserted into and connected to the standing plate portions, and the bottom plate portion is the third plate portion. Each piece 11C and the fourth piece 11D are provided in such a manner that they are embedded in the same plane, and are in a state of being in surface contact from the bottom side.

  By having such a configuration, the third piece 11C and the fourth piece 11D can be rotated around the connecting shafts 13A1 and 13A2, respectively. Since the bottom surface portion is applied from the bottom side by the bottom plate portion of each bracket 13A3, the third piece 11C can be folded upward toward the fourth piece 11D or unfolded only on the opposite side. It cannot be rotated. Thus, the third piece 11C and the fourth piece 11D are configured to be supported by the brackets 13A3 so as not to hang down from the state where they are deployed in the horizontal posture. In addition, the third piece 11C and the fourth piece 11D are connected to each other by being connected by the hinge part 13A having the two-axis hinges (the connecting shafts 13A1 and 13A2) having the hinge structure described above. In spite of being connected with almost no space, the top plate surfaces can be folded to overlap each other.

  Further, the table main body 11 described above is in a state in which the first piece 11A and the third piece 11C constituting the front half piece are connected to each other in a state of being folded sideways by a horizontally folded hinge portion 13B. ing. Specifically, the horizontal folding hinge portion 13B described above includes a connecting shaft 13B1 connected to the left edge portion of the first piece 11A and a connecting shaft connected to the right edge portion of the third piece 11C. 13B2 and a bracket 13B3 that supports these connecting shafts 13B1 and 13B2. The bracket 13B3 has a pair of front and rear structures respectively connected to end portions on both front and rear sides of the connection shafts 13B1 and 13B2. Each bracket 13B3 is formed in an L-shaped plate shape, and the end portions of the connecting shafts 13B1 and 13B2 are inserted into and connected to the standing plate portions, and the bottom plate portion is the first plate portion. It is set as the state applied to the state which surface-contacted from the bottom side to the bottom face part of 11 A of this piece, and the bottom face part of the 3rd piece 11C, respectively.

  By having such a configuration, the first piece 11A and the third piece 11C can be rotated around the connecting shafts 13B1 and 13B2, respectively. Since the bottom surface portion is applied from the bottom side by the bottom plate portion of each bracket 13B3, the first piece 11A can be folded upward toward the third piece 11C or unfolded on the opposite side. It cannot be rotated. Thus, the first piece 11A and the third piece 11C are configured to be supported by the brackets 13B3 so that the first piece 11A and the third piece 11C do not hang downward from a state where they are deployed in a horizontal posture. Further, the first piece 11A and the third piece 11C are connected by the horizontally folded hinge portion 13B having the biaxial hinge structure (the connecting shafts 13B1 and 13B2) described above. In spite of being connected with almost no space, the top plate surfaces can be folded to overlap each other.

  In the table body 11 described above, the second piece 11B and the fourth piece 11D constituting the rear half piece are also connected to each other in a state of being folded sideways by the horizontally folded hinge portion 13B. Yes. Specifically, the horizontal folding hinge portion 13B described above includes a connecting shaft 13B1 connected to the left edge portion of the second piece 11B and a connecting shaft connected to the right edge portion of the fourth piece 11D. 13B2 and a bracket 13B3 that supports these connecting shafts 13B1 and 13B2. The bracket 13B3 has a pair of front and rear structures respectively connected to end portions on both front and rear sides of the connection shafts 13B1 and 13B2. Each bracket 13B3 is formed in an L-shaped plate shape, and the end portions of the connecting shafts 13B1 and 13B2 are inserted into and connected to the standing plate portions, and the bottom plate portion is the second plate portion. It is set as the state applied to the state which surface-contacted from the bottom side to the bottom face part of this piece 11B and the bottom face part of 4th piece 11D, respectively.

  By having such a configuration, the second piece 11B and the fourth piece 11D can be rotated around the connecting shafts 13B1 and 13B2, respectively. Since the bottom surface portion is applied from the bottom side by the bottom plate portion of each bracket 13B3, the second piece 11B can be folded upward toward the fourth piece 11D or unfolded on the opposite side. It cannot be rotated. Thus, the second piece 11B and the fourth piece 11D are configured to be supported by the respective brackets 13B3 so as not to hang down from the state where they are deployed in the horizontal posture. In addition, the second piece 11B and the fourth piece 11D are connected by the horizontally folded hinge portion 13B having the biaxial hinge structure (the connecting shafts 13B1 and 13B2) described above. In spite of being connected with almost no space, the top plate surfaces can be folded to overlap each other.

  In summary, the table 10 of this embodiment has the following configuration. That is, the table 10 of this embodiment includes a table main body 11 that is used for placing objects, and a folding mechanism 13 that is configured to fold back and forth and right and left from a use state in which the table main body 11 is used in a horizontal posture that can be used as an object. . The folding mechanism 13 includes front and rear pieces of the table body 11 (a front piece made up of the first piece 11A and the third piece 11C, and a rear piece made up of the second piece 11B and the fourth piece 11D. Before and after holding one piece (front piece) in a state where the pieces are joined together flush with one another (front piece) folded into the other (rear piece) and restricted from folding downward The folding hinge portion 13A and the left and right pieces of the table main body 11 (the right piece comprising the first piece 11A and the second piece 11B, the left piece comprising the third piece 11C and the fourth piece 11D) In a state where the downward folding is restricted by connecting one piece (right piece) to the other (left piece) in an upward direction from a state where the pieces are connected to each other in a flush manner Having a transverse fold of the hinge portion 13B to lifting. All the pieces (first piece 11A, second piece 11B, third piece 11C, fourth piece) of the table body 11 divided into four parts by the hinge part 13A and the hinge part 13B which are folded forward and backward. The pieces 11D) are connected to each other by two pieces adjacent to each other by the front and rear folding hinge 13A or the lateral folding hinge 13B.

  By having such a configuration, all the four pieces of the table main body 11 are joined to two pieces adjacent to each other, and a state in which the downward bending deformation is suppressed is obtained. The table main body 11 can be used by changing the usage form by folding it back and forth or folding it left and right by the folding mechanism 13 from the usage state deployed in the horizontal posture. With such a configuration, the usage pattern of the table 10 can be variously changed without deteriorating the usability of the table 10.

  As mentioned above, although the embodiment of the present invention has been described using one example, the present invention can be implemented in various forms in addition to the above example.

  For example, the manner in which the table body is folded back and forth or horizontally is not necessarily folded so that the shapes of the folded pieces coincide with each other. In other words, the upper folded piece is folded so that it protrudes larger than the lower piece, or the upper folded piece is folded so as to overlap only a partial region of the lower piece. May be.

  Moreover, the form of expansion / storage of the table body is not limited to the form shown in the first embodiment, and various forms can be applied. For example, the table body can be developed and stored by rotating with respect to the base instead of sliding, and the table main body can be developed and stored in the horizontal direction instead of the height direction. The table body can be folded upward depending on which piece the supporting member is connected to, and the member that supports the table body can be connected to any piece of the table body. Good.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Seat 2 Seat back 3 Seat cushion 4 Support stand 4A Guide rail 4A1 Rail groove 4B Opening 4C Inner side wall 4C1 Stopper surface 5 Armrest 10 Table 10M Table moving device 11 Table main body 11A 1st piece (front piece, right piece) )
11B 2nd piece (rear piece, right piece)
11C 3rd piece (front piece, left piece)
11D 4th piece (back piece, left piece)
12 Support Arm 12A Rotating Shaft 12B Rotating Shaft 12C Stopper Piece 12D Locking Part 13 Folding Mechanism 13A Front / Rear Folding Hinge Part 13A1 Connecting Shaft 13A2 Connecting Shaft 13A3 Bracket 13B Lateral Folding Hinge 13B1 Connecting Shaft 13B2 Connecting Shaft 13B14 Bracket A 14 Fitting portion

Claims (1)

A vehicle table,
A table body to be used for carrying objects,
A folding mechanism that allows the table body to be folded back and forth and left and right from a use state in a horizontal posture that can be used as a load;
The folding mechanism is connected to a state in which the front and back pieces of the table main body are connected to each other in a flush state, and is connected in a state in which one is folded upwards to the other, and is held in a state in which folding downward is restricted. The horizontal folding that holds the hinge part of the table and the left and right pieces of the table main body in a state of being connected to each other in a state where the one is folded upward and the other is restrained from being folded downward And a hinge portion of
All the pieces of the table body divided into four parts by the front and rear folding hinge part and the lateral folding hinge part are respectively composed of two adjacent pieces and the front and rear folding hinge part or the lateral folding hinge part. A vehicle table, characterized by being connected together.

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