JP2559094Y2 - Footrest - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a footrest which is attached to a lower rear portion of a seat so that a person located behind the seat can rest on the foot and take a comfortable posture. Things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In vehicles such as trains and buses, the positions of the seats are set to be slightly higher in order to sufficiently increase the space around the seats. For this reason, the person using the rear seat of this seat can take a comfortable posture by using the footrest located in front of the seat.

[0003] A general type of such a footrest is one in which a single plate-shaped footrest body is supported on a seat frame of a front seat by a support arm.
This is enough for a role as a footrest.

[0004] However, the structure of this conventional footrest is fixed, so to speak, and is also standardized to fit a specific seat.
The versatility was poor. In other words, the size of the footrest must be adjusted to the size of the seat to be used, and if a different standard footrest was formed for each type of seat, the cost would be very high. It is inevitable.

[0005] The conventional footrest is designed to match the design of the seat. However, the standardized footrest immediately responds to a change in the design of the seat. It cannot be done. In addition, if the whole footrest is integrated, if it is necessary to replace it due to partial damage, it is necessary to replace the entire footrest, which is not efficient. There is no.

Therefore, the present inventors have proposed a footrest,
The inventors of the present invention have conducted various studies on how to change the design easily and have excellent versatility, and as a result, completed the present invention.

[0007]

[Problems to be solved by the present invention] The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned background, and the problem to be solved is to increase the versatility of the footrest and to facilitate the replacement of parts. is there.

The object of the present invention can be applied to all types of seats, and the design and size can be easily changed.
An object of the present invention is to provide a footrest having a simple structure, which can easily replace only a damaged or soiled portion.

[0009]

In order to solve the above problems, the means adopted by the present invention will be described with reference to the reference numerals used in the embodiments. A footrest 10 provided at a lower portion for placing a foot of a person located behind the seat, and a support arm 11 fixed to a seat frame 21;
And a footrest body 12 which is connected to the lower end of the support arm 11 in a tiltable manner within a predetermined range and has the same cross-sectional shape in all parts.
A pair of front and rear insertion grooves 12b formed continuously on the upper surface side of
And a pair of caps 14 that cover the upper surface of the footrest body 12 with the both edges inserted into the insertion grooves 12b to cover the upper surface of the footrest body 12. Footrest 10 ".

[0010]

The operation of the footrest 10 according to the present invention configured as described above, including its manufacturing process, will be described below.

First, the footrest 10 has a footrest body 12 in which the cross-sectional shape (the shape shown in FIG. 5) of all portions is the same, that is, "pull-out".
Alternatively, the footrest body 12 is formed mainly of what is formed by “extrusion”.
Since the surface material 13 that covers the surface of the surface is also formed using a long material having the same width, the length in the left-right direction can be freely changed. In addition, the surface material 13
Can be inserted into the respective insertion grooves 12b of the footrest body 12 at the front and rear end edges thereof. The one that fits is easy to use.

Therefore, the size of the footrest 10 (the length of the seat 20 in the left-right direction) can be freely changed, and the design of the surface covering material 13 that covers the surface of the footrest body 12 can be freely designed. Can be easily changed, so that its versatility is extremely high. In other words, the footrest 10 can be applied to the existing seat 20 irrespective of the type of the seat 20 and any portion to which the support arm 11 is attached. That's it.

When the members on the surface of the footrest 10 become dirty or damaged, the components of the footrest 10 can be easily replaced by removing the caps 14. I have. Therefore, by replacing only necessary parts, most of the other components of the footrest 10 can be used again, which is very economical.

Since each member of the footrest 10 according to the present embodiment is formed of a recyclable material, the replaced parts and the unnecessary footrest 10 itself can be used again as another material. Available. In addition, the separation can be performed more easily because the members are easily disassembled as described above.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a footrest 10 according to the present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. This footrest 10 is provided with other constituent members at the lower end of a support arm 11 constituting the same. It is completed by assembling. The completed footrest 10 is attached to the lower portion of the back of the seat frame 21 constituting the seat 20, as shown in FIGS. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
A plurality of mounting holes 11a for mounting to the seat frame 21 are formed. By selecting the mounting holes 11a, the mounting angle of the support arm 11 with respect to the seat 20 can be adjusted.

In the embodiment shown in FIG.
Is an example in which two footrests 10 are separately mounted on the back side of each seat back, but one footrest 10 is mounted in the case of a seat 20 for one person. As a matter of course,
By increasing the total length (length in the left-right direction of FIG. 2) of one footrest 10, one long footrest 1
Needless to say, 0 can be applied to the seat 20 for two. As in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, it is better to individually support the center of the footrest 10 with one supporting arm 11 so that the foot can be supported from both the left and right sides.
3 can be placed on each of them, which is convenient for the user.

The footrest 10 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 6, a support arm 11 fixed to a seat frame 21 and a footrest connected to a lower end of the support arm 11 to be allowed to tilt within a predetermined range and having the same cross-sectional shape in all portions. A main body 12, a pair of front and rear insertion grooves 12b continuously formed on the upper surface side of the footrest main body 12, and a front covering material 13 having both ends fitted into the insertion grooves 12b to cover the upper surface of the footrest main body 12;
And a pair of caps 14 for covering the left and right end portions of the front cover material 13 and the footrest main body 11. That is, the respective components are formed independently, so to speak, so that the entire footrest 10 can be easily assembled and disassembled for component replacement and the like.

The support arm 11 is attached to the lower portion of the back of the seat frame 21 constituting the seat 20 by adjusting the attachment angle by using a plurality of attachment holes 11a formed at the front end thereof. At the rear end, a support pipe 11b for connecting the footrest body 12 and the like is fixed by a fixing material such as a screw in a direction orthogonal to the support arm 11.

The footrest body 12 is formed, for example, by extrusion molding with a synthetic resin material or the like so that all cross-sectional shapes in the left-right direction are the same as those shown in FIG. 1
In order to set it to 0, a long piece was cut to a required length. As shown in FIG. 5, insertion grooves 12b are formed in both front and rear sides of the upper surface of the footrest main body 12, into which front and rear edges of a front cover 13 described later are fitted. The footrest main body 12 is fixed to a lower surface of the support pipe 11b on the support arm 11 side together with a cap 14 to be described later, and is fixed to a lower surface of the footrest main body 12 by a fixing material such as a screw. As shown in FIG. 5, it is attached to the rear end side of the support arm 11 so as to be tiltable.

On the other hand, the exterior material 13 is the footrest body 1.
2 is formed as a long one having a width between the two insertion grooves 12b, and is cut into a length substantially equal to the length of the footrest main body 12, for example, the same design as the facing material of the seat 20. It has been subjected to. This surface material 13
Is inserted between the two insertion grooves 12b from one end face side of the footrest main body 12, so that the footrest main body 12
It can be attached to Since the user's feet are directly placed on the surface material 13, the front and rear edges of the surface material 13 are curved by being fitted between the insertion grooves 12b. .

As shown in FIG. 4, caps 14 are fitted to both ends of the footrest main body 12 and the facing material 13 as described above, and the caps 14 are fitted as shown in FIG. It is fixed to the back side of the footrest main body 12 by a fixing material such as a screw or a screw. The outer surface of the cap 14 is formed without any projections as shown in FIG. 3, but it is necessary to firmly support the footrest body 12 and the rear end of the surface material 13. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 5, a fitting recess 14a having a predetermined shape is formed.

A notch is formed below the cap 14 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and the notch defines a range of rotation of the footrest body 12 with respect to the support arm 11. It is. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the notched end of the cap 14 comes into contact with a part of the mounting cover 12a when the cap 14 is rotated, thereby defining further rotation. .

As described above, this footrest 10
In other words, it is constituted by individually formed members, and furthermore, the assembling and mounting material 13 of each constituent member is performed without using any adhesive, so that the disassembling can be easily performed. It is.

In practicing the present invention, it is advantageous to have a variety of surface covering materials 13 having a design that can be matched with the design of the seat 20. It is good to fix so that the surface material (often made of cloth) for constituting is fixed. This is because the design of the footrest 10 can be made the same as that of the seat 20 at the same time that the end material of the seating material of the seat 20 can be used. As shown in FIG. 6, the footrest 10 may be of a length that extends over the entire width of the seat, that is, a horizontally long one so that two people can use the footrest 10 at the same time.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, in the present invention,
As exemplified in the above-described embodiment, “the support arm 11 fixed to the seat frame 21 is connected to the lower end of the support arm 11 while being allowed to tilt within a predetermined range, and the cross-sectional shape of all parts is With the same footrest body 12,
A pair of front and rear insertion grooves 12b formed continuously on the upper surface side of the footrest main body 12, a front covering material 13 having both ends fitted into the insertion grooves 12b to cover the upper surface of the footrest main body 12, 13 and footrest body 1
1 with a pair of caps 14 covering both left and right ends of the seat 1), which has a structural feature, whereby it can be applied to all types of seats, and the design and size can be changed. Can be provided by a simple structure, and the footrest can easily replace only the damaged or soiled portion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a seat frame in a seat using a footrest according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the footrest according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the same.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 1-1 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a rear view showing another embodiment of the footrest.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Footrest 11 Support arm 11a Mounting hole 11b Support pipe 12 Footrest main body 12a Mounting cover 12b Inserting groove 13 Exterior material 14 Cap 14a Fitting recess 20 Seat 21 Seat frame

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A footrest provided at a lower rear portion of a seat frame constituting a seat, on which a foot of a person located behind the seat is placed, and a support arm fixed to the seat frame; A footrest body which is connected to the lower end of the support arm while being allowed to tilt within a predetermined range and has the same cross-sectional shape at all portions, and a pair of front and rear insertion grooves formed continuously on the upper surface side of the footrest body; The front and rear ends are fitted into the insertion grooves to cover the upper surface of the footrest body, and a pair of caps are provided to cover the front and left and right ends of the footrest body. And footrest.