JP3465653B2 - Ottoman - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an ottoman,
In particular, it relates to the positioning and improvement of the connection structure to the 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 a passenger's leg when he / she is relaxing.
It is disclosed in JP-A-1-137368. The ottoman described in this publication shares the slide rail of the vehicle seat as a moving rail, moves integrally with the vehicle seat when it is stored between the seat legs, and in the used state pulled out from between the seat legs. It is positioned at a predetermined position along the slide rail. For this purpose, an operating piece is provided on the ottoman slide member that supports and moves the ottoman body, and the hook portion 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. A hole in which the slide rail is provided with a protruding portion formed adjacent to the hook portion by connecting the above members to each other so that they can be integrally moved and releasing the engagement between the hook portion and the pin portion to separate the two slide members. The ottoman body is positioned by entering the inside of the section.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional ottoman, since the ottoman and the vehicle seat are connected and the ottoman is positioned by a single operating piece, the operating piece is mounted on a vehicle having an ottoman slide member. It was necessary to locate it at the end nearer the seat and within the slide rail. Thus, in order to fit the front-rear length of the ottoman housed between the seat legs within a predetermined dimension, it is necessary to reduce the front-rear spacing of the rollers provided on the ottoman slide member by the front-rear length of the operation piece. Therefore, there was a problem that the stability when using the ottoman was not sufficient.

Therefore, the present invention solves such a problem, and provides an ottoman capable of quickly positioning at a predetermined position and connecting to a vehicle seat while sufficiently ensuring stability during use. The purpose is to do.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the first aspect of the present invention, the slide rail (4) of the vehicle seat (2) is shared and is arranged movably along the slide rail (4).
An ottoman (1) for supporting a lower leg half (M1, M2) of an occupant (M) seated on a vehicle seat (2),
The positioning member (65) includes a positioning member (65) that is locked at a plurality of positions of the slide rail (4) to position the ottoman (1), and a connecting member (74) that can be connected to the vehicle seat (2). ) Is interlocked with the operation of the connecting member (74), and when the connecting member (74) is in the connected state, the positioning member (65) is held in the unpositioned state. Here, the connecting member (74) is vertically
Is pivotally supported in the center so that it can rotate in any direction,
When the first engaging portion (741) that can be engaged and disengaged with the
Both have a second end that engages with the positioning member (65) at the other end.
Two engaging parts (66) are provided.

In the first aspect of the present 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-rear distance between the rollers that are positioned inside the slide rail and that guides the movement of the ottoman, and it is possible to ensure stability when the ottoman is used. Further, when the positioning member and the connecting member are interlocked and the connecting member is brought into the connected state, the positioning member is held in the positioning released state, so that the ottoman can be connected to the vehicle seat without requiring a separate operation for releasing the positioning member. When it is stored, it can be moved integrally with the vehicle seat.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the slide rail (4) of the vehicle seat (2) is shared, and the slide rail (4) is movably disposed along the slide rail (4) so that the occupant (M) seated on the vehicle seat (2). The ottoman (1) supporting the lower half of the legs (M1, M2) is advanced toward the slide rail (4) and engaged with a part of the slide rail (4) at the advanced end to engage the ottoman (1). A positioning member (65) for positioning the) and a slide rail (4), which moves in conjunction with the advancement of the positioning member (65) and engages a part of the vehicle seat (2) during the movement. The ottoman (1) is connected to the vehicle seat (2), and at the same time, a connecting member (74) for restricting the advancing operation of the positioning member (65) is provided. Here, the connecting member (74) is vertically rotatable.
Noh is pivotally supported in the center and is attached to the vehicle seat (2) at one end.
A detachable first engaging portion (741) is provided and the other end
A second engaging portion (6) that engages with the positioning member (65).
6) is provided.

In the second aspect of the invention, since the positioning member and the connecting member are separated and the connecting member is provided outside the slide rail, the front-rear distance of the rollers positioned inside the slide rail and guiding the ottoman to move is sufficient. It is possible to secure a large amount, and it is possible to secure stability when using an ottoman. Further, since the ottoman is connected to the vehicle seat by the connecting member and the advancing operation of the positioning member is restricted at the same time, the ottoman is connected to the vehicle seat and housed without separately operating the positioning member. Can be moved integrally with the vehicle seat without being positioned.

The positioning 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 that is engageable and disengageable with the positioning hole (43) formed in the slide rail (4) at the lower end. There is.

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

In the fourth aspect of the invention, the positioning member or the connecting member can be easily operated by the operating member.

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

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a storage position (X position in the drawing).
And the ottoman 1 in the use position (Y position in the figure). The ottoman 1 comprises an ottoman body 11 and an ottoman slide member 12 that supports and moves the ottoman body. The ottoman 1 in the stored state is below the seat cushion 21 of the vehicle seat 2 and the left and right seat legs 22 (only one is shown).
Located in between. The ottoman body 11 is substantially T in a side view.
The support arm 13 is supported by a V-shaped support arm 13. The support arm 13 has a lower end coupled to a rotary shaft 14 provided on the ottoman slide member 12.

2 and 3 are perspective views of the ottoman main body 11, FIG. 2 being in the storage position and FIG. 3 being in the use position. That is, the ottoman body 11 is the occupant M.
A thick-walled 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, and an occupant's foot M2
(FIG. 1) is composed of a substantially U-shaped metal foot receiving member 32, and the foot receiving member 32 is in the stored state.
It is rotated up and folded (X position in Figure 1,
2), in the use state, it is rotated forward from the main body 31 (left in FIG. 1) and deployed (Y position in FIG. 1,
(Figure 3). Further, in the storage position, the support arm 13 falls slightly backward due to a known structure, which causes the ottoman 1 to move.
Is compactly stored under the seat cushion 21.

In FIG. 1, the vehicle seat 2 is supported on a seat slide member 5 equipped with rollers 51 rolling inside the slide rail 4 at front and rear ends, and is supported by the slide rail 4.
A tip projection 521 of a positioning piece 52 that is movable along the front and rear rollers 51 and is biased downward by being provided on the sheet slide member 5 between the front and rear rollers 51 is positioned at a predetermined position of the slide rail 4. It is positioned by entering the hole 41. It should be noted that the positioning piece 52 is moved backward and upward by operating the operation lever 53 having a known structure, and 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 front side and the other side of the drawing and a cover 62 that covers the frames 61. The frame 61 includes brackets 7 at the front and rear ends of the lower side.
0 is projected, and the slide rail 4 is attached to each bracket 70.
A roller 63 that rolls inside is mounted. Frame 6
1 is a flat tubular guide member 64 that opens downward in the center.
Is provided, and the positioning piece 65 is housed therein so as to be vertically movable. A long hole 641 extending in the vertical direction is formed in the guide member 64, and a shaft body 66 erected on the plate surface of the upper end portion of the positioning piece 65 projects from the long hole 641 and one end of the operation arm 71 rotates around this. It is movably connected.
The operation arm 71 is formed in a V-shape, and its bent portion is rotatably supported by a shaft body 67 erected on the frame 61. 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 to the spring locking portion 611 of the frame 61 is locked. Spring locking part 72
Is a contact portion 721 whose side edge is curved in an arc shape.

On the frame 61, a connecting arm 74 is provided outside the slide rail 4 and above the same in a substantially horizontal posture. The connecting arm 74 is rotatable about its center on a shaft body 68 erected on the frame 61. The base end is rotatably connected to the shaft 66. A pin 741 is provided at the tip of the connecting arm 74, and the pin 741 is inserted from below into a notch 541 formed in the lower surface of the tip of the connecting arm 54 provided at the front end of the seat slide member 5. I am fit. As a result, the ottoman slide member 12 and the seat slide member 5 are connected to each other.

An operating arm 75 is located above the operating arm 71, and the upper end of the operating arm 75 is rotatably coupled to the shaft 69 so that it can swing. Shaft 6
9 is erected on another frame (not shown) fastened to the frame 61 with bolts 612. Operating 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. There is. The operation lever 77 extends obliquely forward, and a knob 771 is provided at a tip end 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 is in contact with the arc surface of the contact portion 721. The operation arms 71 and 75, the connecting arm 74, and the positioning piece 65.
The same structure is provided on the front side of the drawing, and they are simultaneously operated by the operation lever 77 via the connecting rod 76.

The operating arm 71 is rotationally biased in the clockwise direction in FIG. 4 by the spring force of the coil spring 73, whereby the positioning piece 65 is biased so as to advance downward, and the connecting arm 74 is counterclockwise. 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
Since the pin 741 provided at the tip of 4 is engaged with the notch 541 of the connecting arm 54, the rotation of the connecting arm 74 is regulated in the substantially horizontal posture of FIG. 4, whereby the positioning piece 65 has its lower end. The advancing operation is restricted so that is positioned above the bottom wall 42 of the slide rail 4.
Therefore, the ottoman 1 moves integrally with the vehicle seat 2 on the slide rail 4 while being housed between the seat legs 22.

When using the ottoman 1, the knob 7
When 71 is pulled up and the operation lever 77 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 4, the operation arm 71 is rotated counterclockwise against the spring force of the coil spring 73, and the positioning piece 65 is retracted and raised. The connecting arm 74 is rotated in the clockwise direction, and the pin 741 escapes downward from the notch 541. Thereby, the ottoman slide member 12
The seat slide member 5 is separated, and 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 hand is released from the knob 771, the operation arm 71 is rotated clockwise by the spring force and is connected at the same time. The arm 74 rotates counterclockwise beyond the horizontal posture without restriction, and as a result, the positioning piece 65 advances to the lower advancing end and the positioning hole 43 (formed in the bottom wall 42 of the slide rail 4 ( 1) Enter into and engage it. As a result, the ottoman 1 is positioned.

When the ottoman 1 is returned to the storage position again, the operating lever 77 is rotated upward to move the positioning piece 65.
Is retracted upward from inside the positioning hole 43, the positioning state is canceled, and the ottoman 1 is moved 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 with it.

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 using the ottoman can be sufficiently ensured. The position where the positioning piece 65 is provided is not limited to between the front and rear rollers 63 as in the above-described embodiment, and the slide rail 4 except for the end portion of the ottoman slide member 12 on the side closer to the vehicle seat 2. Any position that can be engaged with 4 may be used. Alternatively, the positioning lever 65 may be directly operated without providing the operation lever 77.

[0023]

As described above, according to the ottoman of the present invention, it is possible to perform the positioning to the predetermined position and the connection to the vehicle seat satisfactorily while ensuring the stability during use.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

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

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the ottoman main body in a used state.

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

[Explanation of symbols]

M ... Occupant, M1 ... Calf of leg, M2 ... Foot, 1 ... Ottoman, 2 ... Vehicle seat, 4 ... Slide rail, 43
... Positioning hole, 65 ... Positioning piece, 66 ... Shaft, 74 ...
Connection arm, 741 ... Pin, 77 ... Operation lever.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-11-137368 (JP, A) Actual Open 5-28243 (JP, U) Actual Open 3-89654 (JP, U) Actual Open 61- 59446 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A47C 7/50 B60N 3/06

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An ottoman that shares a slide rail of a vehicle seat and is movably arranged along the slide rail to support a lower half of a leg of an occupant seated on the vehicle seat. A positioning member that locks the ottoman at a plurality of positions and positions the ottoman; and a connecting member that can be connected to the vehicle seat, the positioning member interlocks with the operation of the connecting member, and the connecting member is in a connected state. Sometimes, the positioning member is configured to be held in the unpositioned state, and the connecting member is vertically moved.
The center of the vehicle seat is rotatably supported and the vehicle seat is attached at one end.
A first engaging portion that is engageable with and disengageable from
An ottoman characterized by comprising a second engaging portion that engages with the positioning member . 2. An ottoman supporting a lower half of a leg of an occupant seated on the vehicle seat, the ottoman being shared by the vehicle seat slide rail and movable along the slide rail. A positioning member that advances toward the end and engages a part of the slide rail at the end to position the ottoman, and a positioning member provided outside the slide rail that moves and moves in conjunction with the advance of the positioning member. A connecting member that engages with a part of the vehicle seat on the way to connect the ottoman to the vehicle seat and at the same time restricts the advancing operation of the positioning member.
The center of the connecting member is rotatably supported in the vertical direction.
And a first engaging portion that can be engaged with and disengaged from the vehicle seat at one end
And has the other end engaged with the positioning member.
An ottoman comprising a second engaging portion . Wherein the positioning member together is provided slidably up and down, to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises a disengageable engagement portions into the positioning holes formed in the slide rail at the lower end The listed ottoman. 4. The ottoman according to claim 1, further comprising an operating member for operating the positioning member or the connecting member.