JPH0719890Y2 - Rear footrest - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a footrest for a rear seat.

[Prior Art] As a rear seat footrest, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 59-165236 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-14010, a rear seat footrest should be provided so that it can be pulled out toward the rear seat side and stored. Therefore, there are some that are not in the way when not in use.

The former technique has a structure in which a roll-up retractor is installed under the front seat, and a foot plate as a footrest is connected to the tip of a seat member pulled out from the retractor. Therefore, after the foot plate is pulled out to the rear seat side against the biasing force of the spring member that winds up the seat member built in the retractor, the foot plate is attached to the engaging member provided on the rear seat or the lower portion of the front seat rear surface. It is held in use by locking the foot plate side.

In the latter technique, the footrest is placed in a state in which it is biased in the pull-out direction by spring means against a guide member provided under the front seat, and the footrest is pushed in against the biasing force of the spring means and is retracted. The lock lever structure is adopted to hold and release the hold. This lock lever is a lock claw that is spring-biased and locked in the lock hole provided on the footrest side, and a lock hole of the footrest that protrudes rearward when the lock claw is released against the spring bias. It is a hand operated lever or a footbed structure with a stopper that is hooked on.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] Since the above-mentioned footrest for the rear seat must be pulled out or stored in a limited space, the superiority or inferiority of its operability immediately affects the product value.

However, in the former footrest, the storage operation is good because it is rolled up by the spring member built into the retractor, while the withdrawal operation requires that the body be bent, and the footplate picked by hand is spring-loaded. It must be pulled out with a force greater than the biasing force of the member.

With the latter footrest, the withdrawal operation is good because the footrest is automatically withdrawn by the urging force of the spring means by operating the hand lever or foot betar to unlock it. Since the lock of the lock hole and the lock claw was released by pushing the footbed, the footrest had to be pushed in with the foot in this state, and the hand and the foot or both feet had to be moved at the same time, so the operability was poor.

Therefore, any of the above conventional structures has a problem in operability, and there is a strong demand for further improvement in usability and an increase in product value.

In view of the above background, the present invention is a structure for storing a rear seat footrest that has a structure in which it is stored in a position where it does not get in the way when not in use, and can be quickly and simply operated with only one foot for both drawer and storage operations. The purpose is to provide.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a footrest for a rear seat, which is installed at a lower portion of a front seat and which can be pulled out toward the rear seat and stowed, and is fixed to a bottom surface of the front seat. A housing having a rear opening, a footrest main body that is housed in the housing so as to be drawn out, and is held in a state of being inclined with respect to the floor surface when drawn out, and a spring that biases the footrest main body in the drawing direction. Means, a lock claw provided on one of the housing and the footrest body, and a lock claw provided on the other of the housing and the footrest body, and the footrest body is housed by being pushed into the housing against the biasing force of the spring means. Occasionally, the lock engagement / disengagement handle engages with the lock pawl and releases the engagement when the footrest body is further pushed. The point is that it has a step.

[Operation] According to the above configuration, when the footrest body is not used, it is housed in the housing under the front seat,
It doesn't get in the way.

In addition, when the footrest body in the housing is pushed with the tip of a foot or the like during use, the engagement of the lock claw with the lock engaging / disengaging means is released and the footrest body automatically protrudes by the urging force of the spring means, It is arranged at a predetermined angle with the floor surface.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show a rear seat footrest according to the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a flat rectangular housing fixed to the bottom surface of the front seat 2. A pair of hooks 3 and brackets 4 are provided on the outer peripheral portion of the housing 1, respectively. The hooks 3 and the brackets 4 are fixed to a frame provided on the bottom surface of the front seat 2 directly or via screws, so that the housing 3 1 is stored in a narrow space between the front seat 2 and the floor surface F of the vehicle body.

A slide plate 5 is slidably arranged inside the housing 1.

Guide claws 6 are provided on both sides of the slide plate 5, and the guide claws 6 are fitted into guide grooves 7 formed on both sides of the housing 1, and slide plates 5 are formed along the guide grooves 7. Guide to slide back and forth.

A footrest body 8 is rotatably connected to the tip end side of the slide plate 5 with a pair of pivot pins 9 as base points. The footrest body 8 is housed in the housing 1 with a part of its tip protruding from the rear opening of the housing 1 in a state where the slide plate 5 is retracted inward.

The footrest main body 8 is a plate-shaped body in which a carpet or the like is attached to the outer periphery of a hollow shell made of a plastic molding or the like.

Further, the footrest body 8 is pulled out from the inside of the housing 1 in a state where the slide plate 5 is advanced as shown in FIG. 1 (b), and at the most advanced position of the slide plate 5, the pivot pin 9 is used as a base point due to its own weight. Is rotated, and with the tip thereof abutting against the floor surface F, it is set at a predetermined angle with the floor surface F.

One end of a pantograph 10 is slidably connected to the slide plate 5.

The other end of the pantograph 10 has a slide groove 12 formed in a pair of left and right fixed links 11 provided in the inner portion of the housing 1.
It is connected to pin via 13 and can be slid to the left and right.

One end side of the pantograph 10 is connected to a pair of left and right slide grooves 14 formed on the upper surface of the slide plate 5 via slide pins 15, and a tension coil spring 16 is provided between the pins 15. Both ends are joined and a force is constantly applied to urge the X-shaped shape of the pantograph 10 to shrink in the front-rear direction, whereby the slide plate 5 is always attached in a direction protruding from the opening of the housing 1. It is energized.

In addition, a fulcrum pin 17 that constitutes the midpoint of the pantograph 10
A tip of a piston rod 19 of an air damper 18 is connected to the.

The air damper 18 is for preventing the footrest body 18 from jumping out rapidly by the urging force of the coil spring 16, and the rear end of the cylinder 20 is pivoted on a bracket portion 21 formed at one end of the housing 1 at the back. It is pivotally connected via a support pin 22.

Further, a lock claw 23 is provided at the rear end of the slide plate 5.
And a lock engaging / disengaging means 24 for receiving the lock claw 23 is provided in the inner part of the housing. Although not shown, the lock engaging / disengaging means 24 has a heart cam lock forming a lock / unlock mechanism incorporated in a case.

This heart cam lock operates to lock and unlock by the history of the heart cam (heart cam groove), and engages with the lock claw 23 with one push to lock,
With the push-push, the lock claw 23 is disengaged and the lock is turned off. Incidentally, by attaching an impact sensor or the like to such a heart cam lock, it is possible to prevent the lock-off action at the time of a collision.

With the above configuration, when the footrest body 8 is housed inside the housing 1, the X shape of the pantograph 10 is flat in the left-right direction, and the coil spring 16 is in a fully extended state.

In this state, the heart cam lock of the lock engaging / disengaging means 24 is locked by the lock claw 23 by pressing the tip of the footrest main body 8 which is seen through the opening of the housing 1 with the tip of a foot or the like.
As a result, the slide plate 5 becomes a coil spring.
The pantograph 10 is contracted in the front-rear direction by the urging force of 16 to move forward and push out the footrest body 8. And
In the final state, the footrest body 8 rotates about its pivot pin 9 by its own weight so that its tip comes into contact with the floor surface F and is set at a predetermined angular position.

In this pushing out process, the cushioning action of the air damper 18 prevents sudden jumping out, and the footrest body 8
Since it slowly protrudes, a high-class feeling can be obtained.

In order to store the footrest main body 8 in the housing 1 from this use state, the footrest main body 8 and the slide plate 5 are provided with the coil springs 16 by pushing the footrest main body 8 into the housing 1 with a foot (or hand). It is housed inside the housing 1 against the influence of force and has a locking claw.
When 23 is engaged with the heart cam lock of the lock engaging / disengaging means 24, the housed state is maintained.

In addition, although the air damper 18 is provided in the embodiment, since this provides a high-class feeling in the operating state,
It is not always necessary for practical use.

[Advantages of the Invention] As described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, the rear seat footrest according to the present invention has the following advantages over the conventional structure.

First, when using the footrest body, if the footrest body contained in the housing is pushed with the tip of the foot, the engagement between the lock claw and the lock engaging / disengaging means is released, and the footrest body is automatically moved by the spring means. It can be operated with one touch because it protrudes.

Secondly, when the footrest main body is pushed into the housing with the tip of the foot, the lock claw and the lock engaging / disengaging means engage with each other when the footrest is stored in the housing. Can be operated.

In this way, the footrest main body can be used and stored only by pushing and moving one foot, so that the usability can be further improved.

Thirdly, since the footrest body is held in a state of being inclined with respect to the floor surface when it is pulled out from the inside of the housing, the foot of the occupant can be held in a relaxed state.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a rear seat footrest according to the present invention,
(A) is a stored state, (b) is a transverse cross-sectional view showing a drawn state, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG. 1, (a) is a stored state, (b) is a drawn state FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing each state, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a positional relationship with the front seat when the footrest body is in a drawn-out state. 1 …… Housing 2 …… Front seat F …… Floor surface 5 …… Slide plate 8 …… Footrest body 10 …… Pantograph 16 …… Coil spring (spring means) 23 …… Lock claw 24 …… Lock engagement / disengagement means

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A footrest for a rear seat, which is installed at a lower portion of a front seat and can be drawn out and stored in a rear seat side, and a housing having a rear opening fixed to a bottom surface of the front seat, and can be drawn out into the housing. Housed in
And a footrest main body that is held in a state of being inclined with respect to the floor surface when pulled out, spring means that urges the footrest main body in the pullout direction, a lock claw provided on one of the housing and the footrest main body, and It is provided on the other of the housing and the footrest body, and engages with the lock claw when the footrest body is pushed into the housing against the biasing force of the spring means and is housed,
A footrest for a rear seat, further comprising a lock engaging / disengaging means for releasing the engagement when the footrest body is further pushed.