JP3718791B2 - Child seat fixing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fixing device for fixing a child seat to a vehicle seat, and more specifically, when the child seat is attached to the vehicle seat, the child seat is more easily installed and the child seat is laterally displaced. The present invention relates to a fixing device that can be prevented.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In particular, many child seats that are required to be used when children under the age of 6 are traveling together use seat belts that are mounted on vehicle seats (hereinafter simply referred to as “seats”). It is configured to be attached to. However, child seats are often attached to the seat without strong pressure on the seat or back of the seat, and often only seat belts can be secured to the seat. Although it can relatively withstand vibrations and shocks in the front-rear direction, it was not sufficient for vibrations and shocks from the side.
[0003]
In order to cope with such a problem, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-81729, a child seat having a pair of stays that can be inserted into a headrest stay insertion hole of a seat on a seat back (back) of the child seat, In Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-35460, a guide extending in the vertical direction is formed on the rear surface of a child seat attached to the seat by a seat belt, and a bracket having an L-shaped cross section is attached to the guide. A child seat has been proposed in which a partially formed through hole is engaged with and fixed to a stay of a headrest. Further, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-16461, a mounting stay that can be inserted into the stay insertion hole of the headrest is provided on the backrest portion of the child seat, and the mounting stay is pivotally fixed so that the mounting angle with respect to the seat back can be adjusted. Child seats with a mechanism have been proposed.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
These known child seats are fixed to the seat using the insertion holes of the stays of the headrest formed on the seat, but all of them are of a type in which a fixing member is integrally formed on the child seat. However, since the manufacture of the child seat itself is complicated and causes an increase in cost, it is hardly put into practical use.
[0005]
This invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, prevent the upper end portion of the child seat, simply and easily fixed to the upper end portion of the seat back constituting the seat, as well as to ensure the mounting of the child seat of the seat, the movement in the transverse direction It is intended to provide a child seat fixing device that can be used.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention provides:
The connecting pipes are fixed to the opposing side wall surfaces of the pair of short pipes arranged at a necessary interval so as to be orthogonal to the short pipes, and the connecting pipes are connected to the connecting pipes so that the length can be adjusted. The main body of the apparatus that can be attached to the top of the seat using the headrest stay,
A base end portion is detachably fixed to the main body of the apparatus, and a tip end portion thereof includes a fixing member capable of tightly engaging with an upper end portion of the child seat.
This is a child seat fixing device .
[0007]
The invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is
The connecting pipes are fixed to the opposing side wall surfaces of the pair of short pipes arranged at a necessary interval so as to be orthogonal to the short pipes, and the connecting pipes are connected to the connecting pipes so that the length can be adjusted. The main body of the apparatus that can be attached to the top of the seat using the headrest stay,
A base end portion is detachably fixed to the main body of the apparatus, and a distal end portion is closely attached to an upper end portion of the child seat and enables a close engagement, and is formed of a hook-shaped or curved fixing member. It is the fixing device for the child seat.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of a child seat fixing device according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0009]
A child seat fixing device 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a device main body 2 composed of a plate-like body having a required thickness and length, and a pair of elastic fixing members 4 and 4 fixed to the device main body 2. It will be.
[0010]
The material of the device main body 2 is not particularly limited, but preferably has strength in consideration of safety of the child seat, and a pair of stays of a headrest attached to the upper end portion of the seat back constituting the seat, The base end portions of a pair of fixing members 4 and 4 having elasticity formed in a curved shape so as to be engaged with the upper end portion of the child seat in the apparatus main body 2 while forming the holes 3 and 3 for stay insertion at corresponding positions 4a, 4a is fixed by means such as adhesion or screwing.
[0011]
The fixing members 4 and 4 are formed of an elastic material to ensure engagement with the upper end portion of the child seat. When engaging with the child seat, the fixing members 4 and 4 are attached to the seat back 10 as shown in FIG. After the holes 3 and 3 formed in the apparatus main body 2 are matched with the formed stay insertion holes (not shown), the stays 12 and 12 of the headrest 11 are inserted into the holes 3 and 3 and the fixing device. 1 is attached to the upper end of the seat back 10. Next, the upper end portion of the child seat 13 can be fixed to the seat back 10 by sandwiching the fixing members 4 and 4 between the upper end portions of the child seat 13 placed in contact with the seat back 10.
[0012]
In this case, since the fixing members 4 and 4 are exposed at the upper end of the seat back of the child seat 13, it is preferable to attach a cover or the like for protecting the head to each fixing member 4. However, since most of the child seats 13 are obtained by covering the surface of the main body of the child seat made of synthetic resin with a cover, a part of the upper end cover is removed, and the fixing member 4 is interposed between the cover and the main body of the child seat. Accordingly, it is possible to eliminate the need to attach the cover to the fixing member 4. In addition, the fixing member 4 is configured as a pair in the embodiment, but it is not always necessary that the fixing member 4 is a pair. Of course, the fixing member 4 may be a single member or three or more members.
[0013]
Moreover, although the illustrated fixing device 1 is a device main body 2 and a pair of fixing members 4 and 4 integrated, for example, the length of the device main body 2 itself can be adjusted, From the viewpoint of convenience when not in use, the base end portions of the fixing members 4 and 4 are detachable from the apparatus main body 2.
[0014]
The child seat fixing device 21 shown in FIG. 3 has plastic connecting pipes 23 and 23 respectively connected to the opposing side wall surfaces of a pair of plastic short pipes 22 and 22 arranged at a predetermined interval. The main body of the apparatus is formed by connecting the connecting pipes 23 and 23 so that the length of the connecting pipes 23 and 23 can be adjusted by a plastic connecting pipe 24, and the front portion of each short pipe 22 and 22 of the main body of the apparatus. Are integrally provided with fixing members 25, 25 made of plastic pipes with L-shaped side surfaces, and rollers 26, 26 are rotatably mounted at the front ends of the fixing members 25, 25, respectively. Is.
[0015]
The child seat fixing device 21 is also basically used in the same manner as the fixing device 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, after the headrest mounted on the vehicle seat is once removed, each stay of the headrest is connected to the short pipe. The fixing device 21 is attached to the seat by inserting it into the seats 22 and 22 and inserting the tip end portion thereof into an insertion hole (not shown) of the stay formed in the seat. At this time, since the roller 26 is attached to the front end portion of each fixing member 25, the upper end portion of the child seat is more easily attached to the fixing member 25, by sliding the roller 26 along the seat bag surface of the child seat. 25 can be fixed.
[0016]
In the fixing device 21 shown in FIG. 3 as well, each fixing member 25 is formed by a straight tube portion 25a fixed to the short tube 22 and a bent tube portion 25b having a hook shape, and the bent tube portion 25b is formed as a straight tube portion. By making it detachable from 25a, the fixing member and the main body of the apparatus can be separated, so that the convenience of storage when not in use can be improved.
[0017]
【The invention's effect】
The child seat fixing device according to the present invention comprises a device main body that is attached to a vehicle seat using a headrest stay and a fixing member that is fixed to the device main body. By holding the upper end of the back, the child seat can be more easily attached to the vehicle seat, and the child seat is secured to the seat with a seat belt at the bottom and a fixed member at the top. Therefore, the safety of the child seat can be greatly increased.
[0018]
In particular, since the child seat fixing device of the present invention has a very simple structure, anyone can easily operate it to securely fix the child seat to the seat, and can be applied to an existing child seat. There are many practical advantages.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a child seat fixing device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the fixing device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fixing device for child seats 2 Device main body 3 Hole 4 Fixing member 4a Base end part 10 Seat back 11 Headrest 12 Stay 13 Child seat

Claims (4)

The connecting pipes are fixed to the opposing side wall surfaces of the pair of short pipes arranged at a necessary interval so as to be orthogonal to the short pipes, and the connecting pipes are connected to the connecting pipes so that the length can be adjusted. The main body of the apparatus that can be attached to the top of the seat using the headrest stay,
A child seat fixing device characterized in that a base end portion is detachably fixed to the main body of the device, and a distal end portion thereof includes a fixing member capable of tightly engaging with an upper end portion of the child seat. The connecting pipes are fixed to the opposing side wall surfaces of the pair of short pipes arranged at a necessary interval so as to be orthogonal to the short pipes, and the connecting pipes are connected to the connecting pipes so that the length can be adjusted. The main body of the apparatus that can be attached to the top of the seat using the headrest stay,
A base end portion is detachably fixed to the main body of the apparatus, and a distal end portion is closely attached to an upper end portion of the child seat and enables a close engagement, and is formed of a hook-shaped or curved fixing member. Fixing device for the child seat. The fixing member is
The child seat fixing device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the child seat fixing device is made of an elastic material. The fixing member is
The child seat fixing device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a roller is provided at a front end portion engaged with the child seat.

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