JP3462142B2 - Child seat mounting device for automobile - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a car seat mounting device for an automobile, which enables a car seat placed on a seat cushion of the seat to be mounted on the seat.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some of the above-mentioned child seat attachment devices for automobiles are conventionally constructed as follows.

That is, a seat installed on a floor panel of a vehicle body of an automobile is provided with a seat cushion supported by the floor panel and a seat back projecting upward from a rear end side of the seat cushion. One of the seat member of the cushion and the seat back includes a seat pad that constitutes the inside thereof, and a skin that covers the seat pad from the outside.

A through-passage is formed in the seat member so as to penetrate the seat member in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. The through-passage is disposed on the rear side of the seat member and is attached to the vehicle body side. A locking tool is provided in which the locking portion is arranged near the through passage.

The locked portion of the child seat placed on the seat cushion is detachable from the locking portion through the through passage, and the front end opening of the through passage can be opened and closed from the front thereof. A cover body for covering is provided.

When using the child seat, first, the cover body is opened to open the opening of the through passage forward, and then the child seat is placed on the seat cushion. The locked portion of the child seat is fitted into the through-passage and locked to the locking portion of the locking tool. Then, the installation of the child seat on the above seat is completed,
It can be used.

On the other hand, when the child seat is removed from the seat, the cover is closed to cover the opening of the through passage from the front. Then, it is possible to prevent the locking portion from being easily seen from the outside through the opening and the through-passage, and thus the appearance of the child seat mounting device can be kept good.

[0008]

By the way, in the above-mentioned prior art, the cover body is provided separately by itself, so that the number of parts of the child seat attachment device becomes large and the structure thereof becomes complicated. There is.

Further, the cover body and the skin of the sheet member in which the through passage is formed are different from each other in terms of texture and the like, and therefore, the visual sensation of the cover body with respect to the seat may be uncomfortable. However, this may impair the overall appearance of the seat and the child seat attachment device.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above circumstances, and it is possible to achieve a good appearance of the child seat attaching device with a simple structure, and the seat and the child seat attaching device. The challenge is to maintain a good overall appearance with.

[0011]

A child seat mounting apparatus for an automobile according to the present invention for solving the above problems is as follows.

According to the first aspect of the invention, a seat cushion 7 for supporting a seat 6 installed on the floor panel 3 of the vehicle body 1 on the floor panel 3 and the seat cushion 7 are provided.
The seat pad 14 is provided with a seat back 9 projecting upward from the rear end side, and a seat member 14 of which one of the seat cushion 7 and the seat back 9 constitutes the inside thereof, and the seat pad 14 And a skin 16 that covers the seat member 17 from the outside thereof, and a through passage 23 that penetrates the seat member 17 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body 1 is provided with the through-passage 23.
No. 7, which is disposed on the rear side of the seat member 17 and is attached to the vehicle body 1 side, and a part of which serves as a locking portion 25, and the locking portion 25 is disposed near the through passage 23. A stopper 24 is provided to connect the locked portion 28 of the child seat 20 placed on the seat cushion 7 to the passage 2
A child seat mounting apparatus for an automobile, which is provided with a cover body 31 that allows the front end opening 30 of the through passage 23 to be openably and closably opened from the front thereof by allowing it to be engaged with and disengaged from the locking portion 25 through

The outer skin 16 and the cover body 31 are molded by a skin material for molding the outer skin 16 so that these 16, 31 are integrated with each other.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the invention, the cover body 31 is projected outward from the edge of the outer skin 16 to cover the opening 30 of the through passage 23. The protruding end portion 32 of the cover body 31 can be inserted into and removed from a gap 33 between the rear end portion 8 of the seat cushion 7 and the lower end portion 11 of the seat back 9, and the cover body inserted into the gap 33. A mounting means 35 is provided to make the protruding end 32 of the seat 31 detachable to the rear end 8 of the seat cushion 7 or the lower end 11 of the seat back 9.

The invention of claim 3 relates to claim 1 or 2
In addition to the invention described above, a tubular guide body 37 that is fitted into the through passage 23 and that guides the locked portion 28 of the child seat 20 toward the locking portion 25 of the locking tool 24 through its inner hole is provided. The guide body 37 is provided and locked to the locking tool 24.

According to the invention of claim 4, as illustrated in FIG. 5, a seat cushion 7 in which a seat 6 installed on a floor panel 3 of a vehicle body 1 is supported by the floor panel 3 is provided.
And a seat back 9 projecting upward from the rear end portion side of the seat cushion 7, and one of the seat cushion 7 and the seat back 9 penetrates in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body 1. The through-passage 23 is formed in the seat member 17, and is disposed on the rear side of the seat member 17 and attached to the vehicle body 1 side, and a part of the through-passage 23 is engaged with the locking portion 2.
5, the locking portion 25 is provided with a locking tool 24 arranged near the through passage 23, and the locked portion 28 of the child seat 20 placed on the seat cushion 7 is connected to the through passage 23. Through which the engaging portion 25 can be engaged and disengaged,
A child seat mounting device for an automobile, which is provided with a cover body 39 that covers the front end opening 30 of the through passage 23 so as to be openable and closable from the front,

The cover body 39 is formed of a plate-shaped elastic body, the cover body 39 closes the opening 30 of the through passage 23, and a slit 40 is formed in the cover body 39 so as to cross substantially the center of the opening 30. The engaging portion 28 of the child seat 20 is detachably engaged with the engaging portion 25 of the engaging member 24 by sequentially passing through the slit 40 and the through passage 23 while elastically deforming the cover body 39. It was done.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment)

1 to 4 show a first embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates the body of an automobile, and arrow Fr indicates the front of this automobile. Further, the right and left described below means the width direction of the vehicle body 1 toward the front.

The vehicle body 1 is provided with a floor panel 3 which forms a lower surface of a vehicle compartment 2 which is an internal space of the vehicle body 1, and a seat device 4 is provided in the vehicle compartment 2 on the floor panel 3.

The seat device 4 includes the floor panel 3
A driver's seat and a passenger's seat (not shown) installed on the upper side, and a rear seat 6 installed on the floor panel 3 behind these seats are provided.

The seat 6 is supported by the floor panel 3 and allows a seated person to sit down while facing forward, and the seat cushion 7 projects upward from the rear end portion 8 side. This seat cushion 7
Alternatively, there is provided a seat back 9 which is supported by the vehicle body 1 and on which a seated person sitting on the seat cushion 7 can rest, and seated persons can be seated on the left and right sides of the seat 6, respectively.

The seat cushion 7 is formed integrally with the cushion main body 10 which constitutes the front side of the seat cushion 7 and allows a seated person to sit on the seat cushion 7 and the rear end of the cushion main body 10. The rear end portion 8 protruding rearward and upward from the rear end is provided, and the seat back 9 is elastically joined to the rear end portion 8 in the vicinity of the upper end of the rear end portion 8 of the seat cushion 7. The lower end 11 of the is located.

The above seat cushion 7 and seat back 9
Is a seat pad 14 which constitutes the inside thereof,
An outer skin 15 that covers the seat pad 14 from the outside,
Further, the seat pad 14 and the outer skin 15 covering the outer skin 15 from the outside are provided, the seat pad 14 is elastically deformable, and the respective outer skins 15 and 16 have flexibility. ing.

The seat device 4 includes a pair of left and right child seat attachment devices 21, which allow the child seats 20 placed individually on the left and right sides of the seat cushion 7 of the seat 6 to be attached to the seat 6.
21 is provided.

Since the child seat mounting devices 21 on the left and right side portions of the seat 6 have the same structure,
The following mainly describes the right child seat attachment device 21.

The seat cushion 7 and the seat back 9
A right and left rear end portion 8 of the seat cushion 7, which is at least one of the seat members 17, is formed with a pair of left and right through passages 23, 23 penetrating the rear end portion 8 in the front-rear direction. ing. Each of these throughways 23
Is a through hole having a rectangular cross section.

A metal locking tool 24 is provided which is disposed on the rear side of the seat cushion 7 and is mounted on the floor panel 3 on the vehicle body 1 side. A part of the locking tool 24 includes locking parts 25, 25, which are a pair of left and right strikers.
The engaging portions 25 project forward and are arranged in the vicinity of the through passages 23. Specifically, the engaging portions 25 are fitted in the rear portions of the through passages 23 from the rear side thereof. Has been done.

The child seat 20 includes a child seat body 27, and a pair of left and right locked portions 28, 28 protruding rearward from a rear lower end portion of the child seat body 27.
It has and. As shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2, when the child seat 20 is placed on the seat cushion 7, each locked portion 2 of the child seat 20 is locked.
Numeral 8 is adapted to be engaged with and disengaged from the engaging portion 25 through the through passage 23, and the child seat 20 is attached to the seat 6 by this engagement.

As shown by the solid line in each figure, the locking portion 25 is
When the child seat 20 is removed from the seat 6 by releasing the locking of the locked portion 28 to the seat 6, the front end openings 30 of the pair of left and right through passages 23, 23 can be integrally opened and closed from the front thereof. A cover body 31 is provided for covering.

When the locked portion 28 of the child seat 20 is disengaged from the locking portion 25 of the locking tool 24 and the child seat 20 is removed from the seat 6, the cover body 31 is operated to close the left and right sides. When each opening 30 of the through passage 23 is covered from the front thereof, as shown by the dashed line in FIG. 4 and the cover body 31 of the child seat attachment device 21 on the left side in FIG. It is prevented by the cover body 31 that the engaging portions 25 inside thereof can be easily seen from the outside through the passage 23, so that the child seat attaching device 21 can be provided.
The appearance of is kept good.

In the above case, the outer skin 16 and the cover body 31 are formed integrally with each other by the outer skin material forming the outer skin 16 of the seat cushion 7 (seat member 17).

Therefore, since the increase in the number of parts of the child seat mounting device 21 is prevented, it is possible to maintain a good appearance of the child seat mounting device 21 with a simple structure.

Further, as described above, the skin 16 and the cover body 31 of the seat cushion 7 of the seat 6 are formed integrally with each other, and therefore, the textures and color tones of these 16 and 31 are the same as each other. From the appearance, sheet 6
The visual sense of the cover body 31 with respect to is prevented from being uncomfortable, and thus the overall appearance of the seat 6 and the child seat attachment device 21 is kept good.

Further, the cover body 31 is projected outward from the rear end edge of the skin 16 of the cushion body 10. The protruding end portion 32 of the cover body 31 that covers the opening 30 of the through passage 23 includes the rear end portion 8 of the seat cushion 7 and the lower end portion 1 of the seat back 9.
Gap 3 formed by elastically expanding 1 and
It is possible to insert and remove it in 3.

Further, a mounting means 35 is provided which allows the protruding end portion 32 of the cover body 31 inserted into the gap 33 to be attached to and detached from the outer surface of the rear end portion 8 of the seat cushion 7 near the rear of the gap 33. The attachment means 35 is composed of a surface fastener (velcro tape (registered trademark)).

The protruding end portion 32 of the cover body 31 is
May be attached to and removed from the lower end 11 of the seat back 9 near the rear of the gap 33 by the attachment means 35.

Therefore, as described above, the cover body 31
The projecting end portion 32 of the seat cushion 7 is attached to the rear end portion 8 of the seat cushion 7 or the lower end portion 11 of the seat back 9 by the attaching means 35.
If the cover body 31 covers the opening 30 of the through passage 23, the cover body 31 can be securely held.

Moreover, the projecting end portion 32 of the cover body 31 is
Is inserted into the gap 33 and attached by the attaching means 35, the protruding end 32 of the cover body 31 is
The seat cushion 7 and the seat back 9 prevent the seat mounting means 35 from being easily seen from the front of the seat 6.

Therefore, the overall appearance of the seat 6 and the child seat attachment device 21 is more reliably and favorably maintained.

A rectangular tubular resin guide body that is removably fitted into the through passage 23 from its front side and guides the locked portion 28 of the child seat 20 toward the locking portion 25 through its inner hole. 37 is provided. The guide body 37 has a notch-shaped locked portion 38 at its rear end, and the locked portion 38 and the locking tool 24 and the locking portion 25 in the through passage 23 are fitted to each other. As a result, the guide body 37 is elastically locked to the locking tool 24 in a disengageable manner.

Therefore, when the child seat 20 is attached to the seat 6, the child seat 2
0 through the through passage 23 and the locked portion 2
When the lock portion 5 is to be locked, first, the locked portion 28 is guided by the guide body 37, and the locked portion 2 is locked.
The child seat 20 is smoothly locked to the seat 5, and thus the work of attaching the child seat 20 to the seat 6 can be carried out smoothly and easily.

Secondly, the fact that the locked portion 28 is in direct sliding contact with the inner surface of the through passage 23 means that the guide body 3
7 and thus the seat cushion 7
Since the scratches are prevented, the overall appearance of the seat 6 and the child seat attachment device 21 can be further improved.

Moreover, the guide body 37 is provided with the locking tool 24.
Since the locking tool 24 is used to support the guide body 37, the increase in the number of parts is suppressed and thus the guide body is elastically locked to the guide body 37. 37 has a simple structure and is supported on the vehicle body 1 side without rattling.

The through passage 23 may have a groove shape that opens upward from the rear end portion 8. Further, the seat back 9 may be used as the seat member 17, and the through passage 23 may be formed in the lower end portion 11 of the seat back 9. In this case, the through passage 23 opens downward from the lower end portion 11. It may have a groove shape.

(Second Embodiment)

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment.

According to this, the cover body 39 is formed of a plate-shaped rubber elastic body, and the outer edge portion of the cover body 39 is fixed to the opening edge of the front end opening 30 of the through passage 23, The opening 30 is entirely closed.

A slit 40 is formed in the cover body 39 so as to cross substantially the central portion of the opening 30, and passes through each end of the slit 40 in the longitudinal direction to a side portion of the cover body 39. A pair of left and right slits 41 extending substantially parallel to each other is formed.
The forty-one group is substantially H-shaped when viewed from the front.

Locked portion 28 of the child seat 20
When pushing in toward the slits 40, 41 from the front side, the locked portion 28 causes the slits 40, 41 and the through passage 23 while elastically deforming the cover body 39.
And the engaging portion 25 of the engaging member 24 can be engaged and disengaged.

According to the above construction, when the locked portion 28 of the child seat 20 is detached from the locking portion 25 of the locking tool 24 and the child seat 20 is removed from the seat 6, the locked portion is locked. The cover body 39 that has been elastically deformed by the fitting of the portion 28 into the through passage 23 automatically restores to its original shape, and closes the opening 30 of the through passage 23.

Therefore, the fact that the openings 30 of the through passages 23 and the engaging portions 25 inside thereof through the through passages 23 can be easily seen from the outside can be easily seen.
9 to prevent the child seat mounting device 21
The appearance is kept good.

As described above, when the child seat 20 is removed from the seat 6, the opening 30 of the through passage 23 is automatically closed by the elastic cover body 39, so the child seat 20 is removed from the seat 6. In this case, the operation for maintaining the good appearance of the child seat attachment device 21 can be easily performed.

Since other constitutions, functions and effects are the same as those of the above-mentioned embodiment, common reference numerals are given in the drawings and their duplicated description will be omitted. In addition, in this embodiment, the cover body 3
1 may be omitted.

[0057]

The effects of the present invention are as follows.

According to the first aspect of the invention, a seat cushion installed on the floor panel of the vehicle body is supported by the floor panel, and a seat back projecting upward from the rear end side of the seat cushion. A seat pad of which one of the seat cushion and the seat back constitutes the inside thereof, and a skin which covers the seat pad from the outside thereof, and penetrates the seat member in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. A through passage is formed in the seat member, is disposed on the rear side of the seat member, is attached to the vehicle body side, and a portion thereof is a locking portion, and the locking portion is arranged in the vicinity of the through passage. A locking member is provided, and the locked portion of the child seat placed on the seat cushion is engaged with and disengageable from the locking portion through the through passage.
A cover body is provided to cover the front end opening of the through passage so as to be openable and closable from the front side.

Therefore, when the locked portion of the child seat is disengaged from the locking portion of the locking tool and the child seat is removed from the seat, the cover body is closed to open the through passage. Covering from the front prevents the opening of the through-passage and the locking portion inside thereof through the through-passage from being easily seen from the outside, respectively, by the cover body, and thus the appearance of the child seat attachment device is improved. Is kept good.

In the above case, the skin and the cover body are formed integrally with each other by the skin material for forming the skin of the sheet member.

Therefore, an increase in the number of parts of the child seat attaching device is prevented, so that the appearance of the child seat attaching device can be kept good with a simple structure.

Further, as described above, the skin of the sheet member of the sheet and the cover body are integrally formed with each other,
For this reason, since these textures and color tones are the same as each other, it is possible to avoid appearance of discomfort in the visual sensation of the cover body with respect to the seat, and thus the seat and the child seat attachment device as a whole can be avoided. Good appearance is maintained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the cover body is projected outward from the edge of the skin, and the projecting end portion of the cover body that covers the opening of the through passage is located behind the seat cushion. It can be inserted into and removed from the gap between the end portion and the lower end portion of the seat back, and the protruding end portion of the cover body inserted into this gap can be detachably attached to the rear end portion of the seat cushion or the lower end portion of the seat back. A mounting means is provided.

Therefore, if the protruding end portion of the cover body is attached to the rear end portion of the seat cushion or the lower end portion of the seat back by the attaching means, it is possible to ensure that the cover body covers the opening of the through passage. Retained.

Moreover, since the protruding end portion of the cover body is inserted into the gap and mounted by the mounting means, the protruding end portion and mounting means of the cover body can be easily seen from the front of the seat. Prevented by cushions and seat backs.

Therefore, the overall appearance of the seat and the child seat attachment device is more reliably and favorably maintained.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a tubular guide body is provided which is fitted into the through passage and guides the locked portion of the child seat toward the locking portion of the locking tool through the inner hole thereof. There is.

Therefore, when the child seat is attached to the seat and the locked portion of the child seat is to be locked to the locking portion through the through passage, firstly, the locked portion is Is guided by the guide body, and is smoothly locked to the locking portion.
It is possible to smoothly and easily attach the child seat to the seat.

Secondly, it is prevented by the guide body that the locked portion is brought into direct sliding contact with the inner surface of the through-passage, so that the sheet member is prevented from being scratched. The overall appearance of the child seat attachment device and the child seat attachment device is further improved.

Moreover, the guide body is locked to the locking tool.

Therefore, since the locking tool is used to support the guide body, an increase in the number of parts is suppressed, and thus the guide body is supported on the vehicle body side with a simple structure.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, a seat cushion installed on a floor panel of a vehicle body is supported by the floor panel, and a seat back projecting upward from a rear end side of the seat cushion. Forming a through-passage in the seat member that penetrates the seat member of either one of the seat cushion and the seat back in the front-back direction of the vehicle body, and is arranged on the rear side of the seat member and attached to the vehicle body side. A part of the locking part is provided as a locking part, and the locking part is arranged in the vicinity of the through passage,
Provided is a cover body for allowing a locked portion of a child seat placed on the seat cushion to be freely engaged with and disengaged from the locking portion through the through passage, and to open and close a front end opening of the through passage from the front side thereof. In a car seat attachment device for an automobile,

The cover body is formed of a plate-shaped elastic body,
The opening of the through-passage is closed by the cover body, and a slit is formed in the cover body so as to cross substantially the central portion of the opening, and the locked portion of the child seat is formed with the slit while elastically deforming the cover body. The locking member of the locking member can be engaged and disengaged by sequentially passing through the through passage.

Therefore, when the locked portion of the child seat is disengaged from the locking portion of the locking tool and the child seat is removed from the seat, the elastic force is obtained by fitting the locked portion into the through passage. The deformed cover body automatically restores its original shape to close the opening of the through passage.

Therefore, it is prevented by the cover body that the openings of the through-passages and the engaging portions inside thereof through the through-passages can be easily seen from the outside, and the appearance of the child seat attachment device can be improved. To be kept.

Further, as described above, when the child seat is removed from the seat, the opening of the through passage is automatically closed by the elastic cover body. Therefore, when the child seat is removed from the seat, the child seat attaching device is The operation for keeping the good appearance of can be done easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2 in a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the seat device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged development view of FIG. 2 in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of the child seat attachment device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 1 in the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 car body 2 passenger compartment 3 floor panels 4 seat device 6 sheets 7 seat cushion 8 rear end 9 seat back 10 Cushion body 11 Lower end 14 seat pad 16 epidermis 17 sheet members 20 child seats 21 Child seat mounting device 23 Throughway 24 Locking tool 25 Locking part 27 Child seat body 28 Locked part 30 openings 31 cover body 32 protruding end 33 Gap 35 Mounting means 37 Guide body 39 cover body 40 slits

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───Continued from the front page (56) References JP-A-11-59246 (JP, A) JP-A-9-164869 (JP, A) JP-A-7-237477 (JP, A) Actual development Sho-62- 148435 (JP, U) International publication 00/51471 (WO, A1) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60N 2/00-2/54

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A seat cushion installed on a floor panel of a vehicle body, the seat cushion being supported by the floor panel, and a seat back projecting upward from a rear end side of the seat cushion. Any one of the seat backs is provided with a seat pad that constitutes the inside thereof, and a skin that covers the seat pad from the outside, and a through path that penetrates the seat member in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body is provided. Provided is a locking member which is formed on the seat member, is disposed on the rear side of the seat member, is attached to the vehicle body side, and a part of the locking member is a locking portion, and the locking portion is disposed near the through passage. , The locked portion of the child seat placed on the seat cushion can be engaged with and disengaged from the locking portion through the through passage, and the front end opening of the through passage can be opened from the front thereof. A child seat attachment device for an automobile, which is provided with a cover body that can be opened and closed, wherein the outer skin and the cover body are formed integrally with each other by a skin material for forming the outer skin. 2. The cover body is projected outward from the edge of the outer skin, and the projecting end portion of the cover body covering the opening of the through passage is provided with a rear end portion of the seat cushion and a seat back. A mounting means is provided which allows it to be inserted into and removed from a gap between the lower end of the seat cushion and the protruding end of the cover body inserted in the gap to the rear end of the seat cushion or the lower end of the seat back. Claim 1 provided
A car seat attachment device for an automobile according to. 3. A cylindrical guide body is provided which is fitted into the through passage and guides the locked portion of the child seat toward the locking portion of the locking tool through the inner hole thereof, and the guide body is provided as described above. The child seat attachment device for an automobile according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the attachment device is attached to an attachment. 4. A seat cushion installed on a floor panel of a vehicle body, the seat cushion being supported by the floor panel, and a seat back projecting upward from a rear end side of the seat cushion. A through-passage is formed in the seat member that penetrates one of the seat members of the seat back in the front-back direction of the vehicle body, and is disposed on the rear side of the seat member and attached to the vehicle body side, and a part of the seat member is engaged. A locking tool is provided that is a stop and the locking part is arranged in the vicinity of the through-passage, and the locked part of the child seat placed on the seat cushion is passed through the through-passage and the locking part is provided. A child seat mounting apparatus for an automobile, wherein the cover body is provided so as to be freely engageable and disengageable with the front end opening of the through passage so as to be openable and closable from the front thereof. The cover body is formed of an elastic body, the opening of the through-passage is closed by the cover body, and a slit is formed in the cover body so as to cross substantially the center of the opening. A child seat mounting device for an automobile, wherein the slit and the through-passage are sequentially passed while being elastically deformed so as to be engageable with and disengageable from a locking portion of the locking tool.