JPH06270729A - Seat for children - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily change a seat to various application mode of a bed for an infant, a seat for a baby and a seat for a little child, and to use it also an arm rest. CONSTITUTION:A seat for a children 10 can be used as a bed for an infant by unfolding a seat back 10B to nearly a horizontal position against a seat cushion 10A. The seat back 10B can also be used for a seat for a baby by raising it up to an inclining position against the seat cushion 10A. The seat back 10B can further be used for a seat for a children by folding it against the seat cushion 10A. In this case, it is comfortable to sit on it because the back surface of the seat back 10B becomes the cushion for the seat for the children. It also can be used as an arm rest.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a child seat used when an infant is put in a car.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, when an infant is put in a car, a child seat fixed to the seat may be used. An example of the child seat is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-1693.
No. 36 publication.

As shown in FIGS. 6 (A) and 6 (B), in this child seat, a seat back 80 and a seat cushion 82 are separated from each other, and a contact surface of the seat back 80 with an occupant is separated. There are eight body restraint bands that can be opened and closed.
4 are provided, and stays 86 project from both sides of the lower end of the seat back 80. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, on both sides of the rear portion of the seat cushion 82,
A stay insertion hole 88 for setting the seat back 80 in a rearwardly inclined shape and a stay insertion hole 90 for setting the seat back 80 in a substantially horizontal shape are provided, and these stay insertion holes 88, 90 are provided. The stay 86 is removable. Also, these stay insertion holes 88, 9
At 0, a lock mechanism (not shown) for locking the stay 86 is provided.

Therefore, in this child seat, depending on how the seat back 80 and the seat cushion 82 are assembled, it can be changed to various use modes such as an infant bed, an infant seat, and a child seat. Has become.

[0005]

However, in this child seat, when the use mode is changed between the baby bed and the infant seat and the child seat, the stay 86 of the seat back 80 is locked. The workability is not good because it is necessary to release the stay 86, pull out the stay 86 from the stay insertion holes 88 and 90, and replace it. Further, when changing the use mode between the infant seat and the child seat, in order to securely hold the body with the seat belt, as shown in FIG. It should be placed on the seating surface 82A to correct the difference between the sitting height of the infant and the sitting height of the child.

In view of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to obtain a child's seat which can be easily changed to various use modes such as a baby bed, an infant seat and a child seat.

[0007]

A child seat according to the present invention is a child seat that is detachably fixed to a seat cushion portion of a vehicle seat and is equipped with a dedicated seat belt. It is characterized in that the back can be stopped at least in a substantially horizontal position and an inclined position and can be folded so that the back of the seat back can be used as a seat cushion.

[0008]

In the child seat according to the present invention, by deploying the seat back in a substantially horizontal position with respect to the seat cushion,
Can be used as a baby bed. Further, the seat back can be used as an infant seat by raising it to an inclined position. Further, by folding the seat back with respect to the seat cushion, the seat back can be used as a child seat. In this case, since the back surface of the seat back serves as a seat cushion for the child seat, it is comfortable to sit on.

Therefore, the child seat of the present invention can be easily changed to various use modes such as an infant bed, an infant seat and a child seat by moving the seat back with respect to the seat cushion. . Further, the child seat of the present invention can be used as an armrest when it is arranged on the rear seat and the seat back is folded with respect to the seat cushion.

[0010]

EXAMPLE An example of a child seat according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The arrow FR in the figure indicates the front direction of the vehicle body, and the arrow UP in the figure indicates the upward direction of the vehicle body.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cushion frame 12 constituting the seat cushion 10A of the child seat 10 is injection-molded with a resin material. A pair of strikers 14 are integrally formed downward at substantially central portions in the vehicle body front-rear direction at both widthwise ends of the cushion frame 12. A pair of slits 20 extending in the vehicle front-rear direction are formed at a substantially central portion in the vehicle width direction of the seat cushion 18 of the rear seat 16, and the striker 14 is formed in these slits 20. It is supposed to be inserted.

Engaging brackets 22 are provided below the slits 20, and U-shaped notches 22A formed in the central portions of these engaging brackets 22 are
The striker 14 is adapted to be engaged.

In addition, the engagement bracket 22 is provided with a lock device 24 for preventing the striker 14 from coming off from the engagement bracket 22 in the use state and easily coming off during removal. Lock device 24
Is pivotally supported by the engagement bracket 22 so that when the striker 14 is engaged with the notch 22A, the lock claw 24A swings to lock the striker 14 and the left and right lock claws 24A. Rod 24B, lock release button 24C provided on front wall portion 18A of seat cushion 18, lock release button 24C and connecting rod 24B
And a lock release cable 24D that connects the lock release button 24C and the lock release button 24C. The lock of the striker 14 by the left and right lock claws 24A is released at the same time.

The back frame 40, which constitutes the seat back 10B of the child seat 10, is injection-molded from a resin material, and the rear end portion of the cushion frame 12 approaches the cushion frame 12 (direction of arrow A in FIG. 1). )
And is pivotally supported in the opposite direction (the direction of arrow B in FIG. 1). Further, a well-known reclining mechanism 42 is provided on the shaft support portion, and by operating a reclining lever 42A of the reclining mechanism 42, the back frame 40 can be set at a predetermined angle with respect to the cushion frame 12. It is like this. That is, the seat back 10B is replaced by the seat cushion 10
A substantially horizontal position with respect to A (the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 4A),
It can be stopped at the inclined position (the position of the imaginary line in FIG. 4A and the position of FIG. 4B), and can also be stopped at the folding position (the position of FIG. 4C).

As shown in FIG. 3, the seating portion 12A of the cushion frame 12 is recessed downward, and the cross-sectional shape of the cushion frame 12 viewed from the front-rear direction of the vehicle body is such that the outer portions 12B and 12C in the vehicle width direction are upward. It has a protruding U-shape. The seating portion 12A of the cushion frame 12 is filled with a cushion material 50, and the cushion material 50 is covered with a skin 52. The cushion material 50 and the outer skin 52 are the Magic Fastener (registered trademark) 53.
Is fixed to the cushion frame 12 by
It is supposed to be removable.

The back frame 40 has a U-shape in which widthwise outer portions 40B and 40C of the backrest 40A are bent toward the occupant seating side, and the backrest 40A is filled with a cushion material 54. The material 54 is covered with a skin 56. The cushion material 54 and the outer skin 56 are fixed to the back frame 40 by magic fasteners 58 and are removable.

A seat back side seat belt 60 for a child seat is provided on the back surface 40D of the back frame 40, and the seat belt 60 is covered with a belt protection plate 62. The belt protection plate 62 is covered with a cushion material 64.
4 and the width direction outer side portions 40B, 40 of the back frame 40.
The outer side of C is covered with a skin 65.

As shown in FIG. 1, one end 60A of the seat belt 60 is connected to a retractor 66 fixed to the back frame 40. The other side of the seat belt 60 is divided into two parts, each of which is pulled out to the outer skin 56 side through a slit 67 formed in the back frame 40, and the tongue plate 6 is attached to the tip portion 60B.
8 is fixed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the seat cushion side seat belt 7 of the child seat is provided on the seating portion 12A and the width direction outer side portions 12B and 12C of the cushion frame 12.
The end portions 70A of 0 are fixed. A crotch buckle 72 is fixed to the other end 70B of these seat belts 70, and a tongue plate 68 is engaged with the crotch buckle 72 as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In the child seat 10 of this embodiment, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4 (A), the seat back 10B is deployed in a substantially horizontal position with respect to the seat cushion 10A to be used as an infant bed (IRS). be able to. Also, FIG.
As shown in the imaginary line of (A) and FIG. 4 (B), the seat back 10B can be used as an infant seat (CRS) by raising the seat back 10B to an inclined position with respect to the seat cushion 10A. Further, as shown in FIG. 4C, the seat back 1 is attached to the seat cushion 10A.
It can be used as a child seat (JRS) by folding 0B, and in this case, the seat back 10
The back of the seat serves as a cushion for children's seats, making it comfortable to sit on.

When used as a child seat as shown in FIG. 4 (C), the child is restrained by using a seat belt which is pre-mounted on the vehicle seat.

When the child seat 10 is changed from the mounted state shown in FIG. 4A to the mounted state shown in FIG. 4B, the lock release button 24C provided on the front wall portion 18A of the seat cushion 18 is pressed. By pulling, the lock of the striker 14 by the left and right lock claws 24A is released at the same time, and the child seat 10 can be easily removed. Further, by changing the direction of the child seat 10 and inserting the striker 14 into the slit 20 of the seat cushion 18, the left and right strikers 14 engage with the left and right engaging brackets 22 and are automatically locked by the lock claws 24A. To be done.

Therefore, the child seat 10 of this embodiment is
By moving the seat back 10B with respect to the seat cushion 10A, it is possible to easily change to various usage modes of the baby bed, the infant seat, and the child seat.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, by folding the seat back 10B with respect to the seat cushion 10A, it can be used as an armrest.

Further, since the child seat 10 of this embodiment is provided with the reclining mechanism 42, when used as a child seat, the seat back 10B can be fixed at an arbitrary angle, which is suitable for the infant. The angle of the seat back 10B can be adjusted accordingly.

Further, the child seat 10 of this embodiment is
The vehicle seat side can be mounted simply by providing the pair of slits 20, the pair of engagement brackets 22, and the lock device 24, and therefore the vehicle seat side can be easily improved.

[0028]

As described above, the child seat according to the present invention is a child seat that is detachably fixed to the seat cushion portion of a vehicle seat and is equipped with a dedicated seat belt. Since the back can be stopped at least in a substantially horizontal position and an inclined position and is foldable, and the back of the seat back can be used as a seat cushion, various uses of baby beds, infant seats, and child seats are possible. It has an excellent effect that it can be easily changed to a mode and can be used as an armrest.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a mounting relationship of a child seat according to an embodiment of the present invention to a vehicle seat, as viewed obliquely from the front of the vehicle body.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a folded state of the child seat according to the embodiment of the present invention, as seen obliquely from the front of the vehicle body.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG.

FIG. 4A is a perspective view of an example of using the child seat according to one embodiment of the present invention as an infant bed, and is a perspective view seen obliquely from the front of the vehicle body; FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the vehicle seat diagonally from the front which shows the example which used the child seat as the infant seat, and (C) is the vehicle body diagonal which shows the example which used the child seat of one example of the present invention as the child seat. It is the perspective view seen from the front.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an example in which the child seat according to the embodiment of the present invention is used as an armrest as seen obliquely from the front of the vehicle body.

FIG. 6A is a perspective view showing a seat back of a conventional child seat, and FIG. 6B is a perspective view showing a seat cushion of a conventional child seat.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side view showing a conventional child seat.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Children's Seat 12 Cushion Frame 14 Striker 16 Rear Seat 18 Seat Cushion 22 Engagement Bracket 40 Back Frame 42 Reclining Mechanism 60 Seat Back Seat Belt 64 Cushion Material 65 Skin 69 Seat Cushion Seat Belt

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A child seat that is removably fixed to a seat cushion portion of a vehicle seat and is equipped with a dedicated seat belt, in which the seat back is stopped at least in a substantially horizontal position and an inclined position with respect to the seat cushion. A child's seat characterized in that it is mounted so that it can be folded and that the back of the seat back can be used as a seat cushion.