JPH06320992A - Child seat supporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a parent or the like to easily undertake a work for helping a child sitting down on or leaving a child seat, at the time of using the child seat placed as superposed on the seat of an automobile as an independent component. CONSTITUTION:A child seat 5 is supported on a seat 1 with a support device comprising a base member 10 placed on the cushion of the seat 1, a rotary plate 20 fitted to the surface of the member 10 in such a way as freely rotatable horizontally, a reclining mechanism 40 laid on the surface of the plate 20 in such a way as capable of free motion to bear a child seat 5 for inclination adjustable relative to the plate 20, and a rotating operation lever 70 connected to the plate 20 in such a way as capable of free oscillation and having an oscillation end capable of engagement with the member 10 for holding the plate 20 at the predetermined angular position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a child seat supporting device for supporting a child seat with respect to an automobile seat.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A child seat is a seat for an infant whose safety and comfort cannot be obtained in a normal automobile seat due to its small body and the like. It is placed and used by fixing it with a seat belt or the like. In the past, this type of child seat could not be moved with respect to the seat, except that the tilt of the seat back could be adjusted by the reclining mechanism.

[0003]

For this reason, it has been extremely difficult for a parent or the like to sit or lower an infant on a child seat. This is because in this case, the relatives have to lift and hold the infant sideways from the side of the seat in which the child seat is installed, and put the arm in and out, and at that time, the raised part on the side of the child seat is the arm jam. Therefore, the posture becomes extremely unreasonable.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and provides a child seat supporting device which facilitates the work of a parent or the like to sit or lower an infant in a child seat. The purpose is to do.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to provide a vehicle seat (1).
A child seat supporting device for supporting a child seat (5) with respect to a base member (10) mounted on a seat cushion of the seat (1) and horizontally rotatable on the base member (10). The attached rotating plate (20), a reclining mechanism (40) provided on the rotating plate (20) and supporting the child seat (5) with respect to the rotating plate (20) in a tiltable manner, and the rotating plate. It is swingably attached to the rotary plate (2).
0) at a predetermined angle position, the swing seat has a rotary operation lever (70) engageable with the base member (10).

[0006]

In the child seat supporting apparatus according to the present invention, the rotating plate (20) is rotated to engage the rotation operating lever (70) with the base member (10) to horizontally rotate the entire child seat (5) together with the reclining mechanism. You can change the angle. For this reason, the child seat (5) can be directed to the side next to the seat (1) where the relative or the like is present, and in this state, the infant can be seated on the child seat (5) or lowered from the child seat (5). It is not necessary to lift the infant sideways and the side portions of the child seat (5) are not obstructed, which makes the work extremely easy.
After sitting the infant, the child seat (5)
The child can be safely and comfortably seated as usual by returning the direction to the normal angle.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the child seat support device of the present embodiment includes a seat cushion 2 of a car seat 1.
A base member 10 placed on the base member 10 and the base member 10
A rotary plate 20 mounted on the rotary plate 20 so as to be horizontally rotatable, and a reclining mechanism 4 provided on the rotary plate 20 for supporting tilting of a child seat with respect to the rotary plate 20.
0 and the rotary plate 20 is swingably attached to the rotary plate 20.
The swing end 73 to hold the base member at a predetermined angle position.
And a rotary operation lever 70 that can be engaged with 0.

As shown in FIG. 1, the base member 10 is held on the seat by winding the seat belt 3 along the front surface and both side surfaces, and a hook 11 for locking the seat belt 3 on the front surface. Is formed, and seat belt holding portions 12 through which the seat belt 3 is inserted are formed on both side surfaces.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rotary plate 20 is pivotally attached to the upper surface of the base plate 21 by a pin 23 via an intermediate plate 22, and at least the surface of the intermediate plate 22 is the rotary plate 2.
The rotary plate 20 is processed by the molybdenum dioxide processing so as to reduce the coefficient of friction between the rotary plate 20 and the base plate 21.
In contrast, the pin 23 is configured to smoothly rotate horizontally. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the strip plate-shaped pressing members 24 and 25 are arranged so that the spacer pin 2 is placed at a height facing the upper surface of the peripheral portion of the rotary plate 20.
6 and 27, the floating plate is fixed by being floated, which prevents the peripheral edge of the rotary plate 20 from being lifted. This rotating plate 2
0 is arranged near the center of the upper surface of the base member 10 by fixing the base plate 21 to the upper surface of the base member 10 by bolting or the like.

In this case, the rotary plate 20 is formed in a substantially circular shape as a whole, but a substantially rectangular projecting portion 28 is formed at the rear portion, and only the outer diameter of the projecting portion 28 is formed. It is larger than the other parts, for example, this overhang 28
By contacting the side end of the spacer pin 26,
It is configured to prevent excessive horizontal rotation of the rotary plate 20. A locking member 29, to which one end of a tension spring ** described later is locked, is fixed near the center of the upper surface of the rotary plate 20, and both sides of the peripheral edge of the base plate 21 and the overhanging portion 28 are formed. In the three positions on the rear side,
As shown in FIG. 4, grooves 31, 32, and 33 that can be engaged with the swing end 73 of the rotary operation lever 70 are formed.

The reclining mechanism 40 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, a support bracket 41 fixed to the front side on the rotary plate 20 and having upper portions of both side walls extending obliquely upward.
And a central shaft 42 that is laterally provided at the tip of the support bracket 41 and serves as the tilt center of the child seat 5, and the central shaft 42 that is disposed inside the support bracket 41 and penetrates the upper part with respect to the support bracket 41. It is tiltable and engages notches 4 on the lower end surfaces of both side walls extending downward.
The tilting member 45 having the members 3 and 44 formed therein, and the tilting member 4
Child seat mounting plate 46 fixed to the upper end surface of No. 5
And a stopper 47 attached to the side wall of the tilting member 45.
And support arms 49, 49 having base ends pivotally attached to both sides of a support member 48 fixed to the upper surface of the rear part of the rotary plate 20 and having distal ends extending in the vicinity of the support bracket 41, and these support arms 49, 49. Central straight portion 5 at the tip of 49
The reclining lever 50 supported by the support arms 49, 49 by inserting 0a and the support arms 49, 4
A support bracket 41 and a tension spring 51 stretched between the tip of one of the support arms 49 are provided so as to urge the support bracket 49 in a direction to pull up 9.

Here, the child seat mounting plate 46
The frame 6 of the child seat 5 is fixed to the upper surface as shown in FIG. The stopper 47 has a tip extending at a right angle from the side surface of the tilting member 45 at the support bracket 4.
By abutting against No. 1, the counterclockwise tilting of the tilting member 45 is prevented at the normal position shown by the solid line in FIG.

Further, the reclining lever 50 is formed by bending a rod having a circular cross section, and spherical holding portions 50d, 5 are provided at both ends.
As shown in FIG. 2, stepped bent portions 50b and 50b are provided on both sides of the central straight portion 50a.
Is formed, and further, both sides thereof are extended laterally and bent so that the leading end thereof rises, whereby L-shaped portions 50c, 50c are formed. And this reclining lever 50
The central linear portion 50a of the tilting member 45 engages in the notch 43 when the tilting member 45 is in the normal position, and the tilting member 4
In the tilted position where the child seat mounting plate 46 and the child seat 5 are tilted clockwise from the normal position together with 5, the mounting positions to the support arms 49, 49 are set so as to engage with the notches 44.

The rotation operating lever 70 is disposed at a central position on both side walls of the supporting member 48, and is supported by a shaft 71 which is horizontally arranged so as to penetrate both side walls of the supporting member 48 and the rotation operating lever 70. The swing end 7 is swingably attached to the base plate 48, has a grip portion 72 formed on the base end side, and is engageable with the grooves 31, 32, 33 of the base plate 21 on the front end side.
It is 3. The swing end 73 of the rotation operation lever 70
As shown in FIG. 4, a stopper portion 74 is provided on the side surface on the side, and when the stopper portion 74 abuts on the support member 48, the swing end 70 engages with the grooves 31, 32, 33. This rotation operation lever 70 is prevented from swinging counterclockwise beyond the angle. Further, a tension spring 75 is stretched between the stopper portion 74 and the locking member 29, and biases the rotation operating lever 70 in the counterclockwise direction.

At the position where the swing end 73 of the rotary operation lever 70 on the rotary plate 20 swings, this swing end 73 is located.
An opening 76 (shown in FIG. 2) is formed to allow the swing end 70 to engage with the groove 31, 32, 33. In addition, the rotation operation lever 70 on the outer periphery of the shaft 71
Between the both sides of the support member 48 and the both side walls of the support member 48,
77 is inserted, and the swinging end 73 is configured to hold the rotary operation lever 70 at a fixed position corresponding to the opening 76.

Next, the operation will be described. In the child seat supporting device described above, the rotary plate 20 is rotated to rotate the rotary operation lever 70 indirectly via the base plate 21.
By engaging with the reclining mechanism 40, the entire child seat 5 can be horizontally rotated and its angle can be changed.

That is, the swing end 7 of the rotary operation lever 70.
By engaging 3 with the groove 33 of the base plate 21, the rotary plate 2
0 and the child seat 5 are maintained at the normal angle shown in FIG. 1, but by pushing down the grip portion 72 of the rotation operation lever 70 against the tension spring 75, the rotation operation lever 70 of the rotation operation lever 70 is moved as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. If the swinging end 73 is removed upward from the groove 76 of the base plate 21, the child seat 5
1 together with the rotary plate 20 and the reclining mechanism 40.
It can be rotated horizontally as indicated by the arrow. Then, for example, by engaging the swing end 73 of the rotation operation lever 70 with the groove 32 of the base plate 21, the front of the child seat 5 can be held toward the side adjacent to the seat 1, and the rotation operation lever can be held. It is possible to easily return to the original normal angle by operating 70 and rotating it in the opposite direction.

Therefore, the child seat 5 can be directed to the side next to the seat where the relatives are present. In this state, if the infant is allowed to sit on the child seat 5 or be lowered from the child seat 5, it is necessary to lift the infant sideways. In addition, the side portions of the child seat 5 are not obstructed, which makes the work extremely easy. Then, after sitting the infant, the child seat 5
The child can be safely and comfortably seated as usual by returning the direction to the normal angle.

Moreover, in the child seat supporting device, the tilting position of the child seat 5 can be changed by the operation of the reclining mechanism 40. That is,
The child seat 5 is maintained in the normal position by engaging the central linear portion 50a of the reclining lever 50 into the notch 43 of the tilting member 45, but the L-shaped portions 50c, 50c of the reclining lever 50 are pulled by a spring. 51
3 by pulling it counterclockwise in FIG. 3 to disengage the linear portion 50a from the notch 43, the child seat 5 moves counterclockwise in FIG. Can be tilted. Then, by engaging the linear portion 50a with the notch 44 of the tilting member 45, the child seat 5 can be maintained in the tilting position where the tilting member 45 is tilted as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but may have various modes. For example, the rotary plate 20 may be directly attached to the base member 10 so as to be horizontally rotatable, and the swing end 73 of the rotary operation lever 70 may be engaged with a groove formed in the base member 10.

Further, in the above embodiment, the tilting member 45 is used.
Although two engaging notches are provided, it is also possible to provide three or more similar engaging notches so that the tilting position of the child seat can be adjusted in multiple stages.

[0022]

According to the child seat supporting apparatus of the present invention, by rotating the rotary plate and engaging the rotary operation lever with the base member, the reclining mechanism and the entire child seat are horizontally rotated to change the angle thereof. be able to. For this reason, the child seat can be directed to the side next to the seat where the relatives are present, and if the infant is allowed to sit on the child seat or unload from the child seat in this state, there is no need to lift the child sideways, and the child seat The work is extremely easy because the sides are not obstructed. Then, after the infant is seated, the child seat can be returned to the normal angle so that the infant can be safely and comfortably seated as usual.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an overall configuration and installation state of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a configuration of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a main configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Seat 2 ... Seat cushion 5 ... Child seat 10 ... Base member 20 ... Rotating plate 40 ... Reclining mechanism 70 ... Rotating operation lever

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A child seat support device for supporting a child seat with respect to a seat of an automobile, comprising: a base member mounted on a seat cushion of the seat; and a rotation member mounted on the base member so as to be horizontally rotatable. A plate, a reclining mechanism which is provided on the rotary plate and supports the child seat so that the child seat can be tilt-adjusted with respect to the rotary plate, and is swingably attached to the rotary plate to hold the rotary plate at a predetermined angle position. A child seat support device comprising a rotation operation lever having a swing end engageable with the base member.