JPH09175244A - Folding table for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a folding table usable as a simplified table or a simplfied bed. SOLUTION: A pair of front legs 6, 6 of a folding table are fixed or slidably fitted to sliders 4, 4 fixed to the floor of an automobile, and a pair of rear legs 8, 8 are slidably fitted to the sliders 4, 4. At least two plate members 10, 12 are fitted in a foldable state between the front legs 6, 6 and the rear legs 8, 8, and first lock mechanism 22, 24 are provided to lock at least the rear legs 8, 8 to the sliders 4, 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a folding table for an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, RV vehicles (multipurpose vehicles for leisure use) that can be used for various purposes have been attracting attention, and various efforts have been made to make effective use of the interior of the RV vehicle.

For example, it has been proposed to provide a space for installing a table in a vehicle or use the seat back as a table by folding it. In addition, in a campsite or the like, there is also proposed a seat which has a fully flat seat so as to secure a sleeping space so that the seat can be used as a cot.

[0004]

However, even if a space for installing a table is provided in the vehicle, a cumbersome work such as preparing a separate table and carrying it into the vehicle is required. Also, if the seat back is folded and used as a table, at least two rows of rear seats are required,
Even when the seat is fully flat and used as a cot, it is preferable to provide two rows of rear seats, and one rear seat
In the case of rows, there was a problem that sufficient space could not be secured.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and is stored in a vehicle using a long slider having a rear seat slidably mounted,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a folding table for an automobile that can be used as a simple table or a simple bed as needed.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is an automobile having a pair of sliders fixed to both sides of a floor, and a pair of folding tables. Of the front legs are fixedly or slidably attached to the slider, a pair of rear legs are slidably attached to the slider, and at least two flat plate-like members are foldably attached between the front legs and the rear legs. A folding table for an automobile, comprising at least a first locking mechanism for locking the rear leg to the slider.

According to a second aspect of the invention, a link in which the first lock mechanism is attached to at least one of the pair of rear legs so as to be vertically movable, and a first operating member for interlocking the link. It is characterized in that the rear leg is locked on or off by operating the first operating member to engage and disengage the link with the corresponding slider.

Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, the flat plate member is provided with a second lock mechanism, and when the table is set or folded, the second operating member provided in the second lock mechanism is operated. The flat plate members are locked on or off with each other.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are R
1 shows a V-car, in which a rear seat S and a folding table 2 according to the present invention are housed. A pair of long sliders 4 are fixed to both sides of the floor of the RV vehicle. The rear seat S is slidably attached to the long slider 4, while the pair of front legs 6 and 6 of the folding table 2 are attached to the long slider 4. The pair of rear legs 8, 8 are fixed and slidably attached to the long slider 4.

The folding table 2 is normally stored in a folded state as shown in FIG. 1, and can be used not only as a simple table as shown in FIG. 2 but also as shown in FIG. As shown by the broken line, the seat back of the rear seat S can be tilted backward to be used as a cot.

As shown in FIG. 3, the front legs 6 and 6 and the rear legs 8 and 8 are integrally formed in an inverted U-shaped member, and the front legs 6 and 6 and the rear legs 8 and 8 are formed. Two flat plate-shaped members 10 and 12 are foldably attached between them.

As shown in FIG. 4, plates 14 and 14 having openings are fixed to the lowermost ends of the front legs 6 and 6, and the heads 16a and 16a of the T-shaped bolts 16 and 16 are attached to the long slider 4. , 4 and the threaded portions 16b, 16b are formed in the slits 4a, 4a formed in the central portions of the upper walls of the long sliders 4, 4 and the plate 1
The front legs 6 and 6 are fixed to the long sliders 4 and 4 by being inserted through the openings of the Nos. 4 and 14 and fixed by the nuts 18 and 18. Spacers 20 and 20 are interposed between the plates 14 and 14 and the upper walls of the long sliders 4 and 4. However, if the front legs 6 and 6 are made to have appropriate lengths, the spacers 20 and 20 is not always necessary.

FIG. 5 shows a lock mechanism for the rear legs 8 and 8, in which the rear legs 8 and 8 are locked on or off by operating the handle 22 to move the links 24 and 24 up and down. Is.

As shown in FIG. 5, the handle 22 is
The rear legs 8 and 8 are made to extend along a horizontal portion 26 of an inverted U-shaped member integrally formed with each other, and a U-shaped operation portion 22a at the center of the handle 22 is formed on the horizontal portion 26. It is arranged below the cutout 26a. Both ends of the handle 22 are fixed to one ends of the levers 28, 28 via L-shaped brackets 27, 27 joined to the upper portions of the rear legs 8, 8 and the other ends of the levers 28, 28 are connected to the rear legs 8. , 8 are rotatably connected to slidable links 24, 24 via pins 30, 30. The intermediate portions of the links 24, 24 are loosely inserted in the ribs 32, 32 joined to the rear legs 8, 8 to prevent the links 24, 24 from moving in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction. The brackets 27, 27
Springs 34, 34 are attached to the end of the handle 22 between the lever and the levers 28, 28.
One end of 4, 34 is locked to the brackets 27, 27, and the other end is locked to the levers 28, 28, thereby biasing the handle 22 in the direction of arrow A.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the rear legs 8, 8
Rearwardly bent brackets 36, 36 are integrally formed at the lower end of the roller, and rollers 38, 38 slidably attached to the long sliders 4, 4 are attached to the bolts 40,
It is fixed to the brackets 36, 36 by 40. Each roller 38 includes two pairs of wheels 42, 42 on the front and rear sides, and a pair of wheels 4
Plates 44, 44 for rotatably supporting 2, 42,
The connecting member 46 integrally connects the plates 44, 44, and a rectangular opening 46a into which the lower end of the corresponding link 24 is loosely inserted is formed at the center of the horizontal portion of the connecting member 46.

On the other hand, the front end of the flat plate-shaped member 10 is rotatably connected to the upper ends of the front legs 6 and 6 via pins 48, 48 as shown in FIG. Similarly, the rear end is also rotatably connected to the upper ends of the rear legs 8 and 8 via pins 50 and 50. Flat plate members 10 and 12
As shown in FIG. 6, L-shaped brackets 52, 52 are joined to two places on the lower surface of the central portion of the bracket, which are separated from each other by a predetermined distance. It is installed. One of the holes formed in the connecting member 54 and through which the pins 56, 56 are inserted is an elongated hole 54a.

Further, FIG. 6B shows a state where the table is set, and FIG. 6C shows a state where the table is folded. In the state where the table is set, the connecting member 54 is
Is located below the table surface, and when the table is folded, the connecting member 54 is a flat plate-shaped member 10, 12.
It is housed in the rectangular openings 10a, 12a formed in the.

FIG. 7 shows a lock mechanism for the table surface. As shown in FIG. 7, elongated holes 12b and 12b are formed in the front side surface of the flat plate-shaped member 12, and knobs 58a and 58a attached to the centers of the lock members 58 and 58 are provided.
Is inserted. With the table folded,
The knobs 58a, 58a are held by holding portions 12c, 12c formed at the rear portions of the long holes 12b, 12b, and
As shown in FIG. 8, the lock members 58, 5 are inserted into the notches 8a, 8a formed in the front edges of the rear legs 8, 8.
8 is housed in brackets 60, 60 attached to the inner surface of the flat plate-shaped member 12. Further, when the table is set, the knobs 58a, 58a are provided with the long holes 12
The lock members 58 and 58 are held by the holding portions 12d and 12d formed on the front portions of the b and 12b, and the lock members 58 and 58 are mounted on the inner surfaces of the flat members 10 and the brackets 60 and 60. It is housed in.

The operation of the folding table according to the present invention having the above structure will be described below. As shown in FIG. 1, when the table is folded, the handle 22
Is the arrow A in FIG. 5 due to the elastic force of the springs 34, 34.
The links 24, 24 are descended via the levers 28, 28. At this time, links 24 and 2
The lower end of 4 is fitted into openings 4b and 4b (FIG. 8) formed in the bottom walls of the long sliders 4 and 4, and the table is locked in a folded state.

In this state, the knobs 58a, 58a of the lock members 58, 58 are held by the holding portions 12c, 12c of the long holes 12b, 12b formed in the front side surface of the flat plate-shaped member 12, and at the same time, rearward. While being inserted into the notches 8a, 8a formed in the front edges of the legs 8, 8, the two flat plate-shaped members 1
The connecting members 54, 54 for connecting 0 and 12 are housed in the rectangular openings 10a, 12a formed in the flat plate members 10, 12 (FIG. 8).

As shown in FIG. 2, when the folding table according to the present invention is used as a simple table or a simple bed, when the operating portion 22a of the handle 22 is pulled rearward, the springs 34, 34 are urged. On the contrary, the handle 22 rotates integrally with the levers 28, 28 in the direction opposite to the arrow A in FIG. 5, and the links 24, 24 are lifted. As a result, the lower ends of the links 24, 24 are disengaged from the openings 4b, 4b of the long sliders 4, 4 and the table lock is released. By pulling the operating portion 22a of the handle 22 further rearward, the rear legs 8, The rollers 38, 38 attached to the lower end of 8 are the long sliders 4, 4
Slide along the bottom surface of the two flat plate-shaped members 10, 1
The rear legs 8, 8 move rearward until 2 is substantially flat.

When the rear legs 8, 8 reach the rearmost position, when the hands are released from the operating portion 22a of the handle 22, the spring 3
The links 24, 24 are lowered by the urging force of the rods 4, 34, and the lower ends thereof have the openings 4b, 4b of the long sliders 4, 4.
The table is locked in that position by being fitted into an opening (not shown) further rearwardly separated by a predetermined distance.

At this time, the knobs 58a, 58a of the lock members 58, 58 attached to the side surface of the flat plate-like member 12 are
When the rear holding portions 12c, 12c of the long holes 12b, 12b are slid to the front holding portions 12d, 12d, both ends of the lock members 58, 58 are attached to the brackets 62, 62 and the flat plate member 12 attached to the flat plate member 10. Since it is held by both the attached brackets 60, 60, the upper surfaces of the two flat plate-shaped members 10, 12 are held as flat table surfaces.

After using as a simple table or a simple bed, the table can be refolded by performing the reverse operation to the above operation.

The pins 56, 56 inserted into the long holes 54a, 54a of the connecting members 54, 54 for connecting the flat plate members 10, 12 are shown in FIGS. 6B and 6C when the table is folded. As shown in FIG.
Slide along 4a.

Further, although the rear leg locking mechanism of the table is provided on both sides of the table in the above embodiment, it may be provided on only one side.

Further, in FIGS. 1 and 2, the rear seat S
Although only one row is shown, two rows may be provided.

Although the folding table and the rear seat S according to the present invention are mounted on the pair of left and right long sliders, the folding table and the rear seat are mounted on separate front and rear sliders. You can also do it.

In the above embodiment, the front legs 6 and 6 of the table are fixed to the long sliders 4 and 4, but the same rollers as the rollers 38 and 38 attached to the rear legs 8 and 8 are attached to the front legs. You can also In this case, the folding table can be set at an arbitrary position by forming more locking openings in the bottom walls of the long sliders 4, 4.

Further, although two flat plate-like members forming the table surface are provided, the number is not necessarily limited to two.

[0031]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the pair of front legs of the folding table are fixedly or slidably attached to the slider, and the pair of rear legs are slidably attached to the slider, while the front leg and the rear leg are attached. Since at least two flat plate-like members are foldably attached between the legs and the first locking mechanism for locking at least the rear legs to the slider, the first locking mechanism locks the rear legs on or off. Not only can it be used as a simple table or a simple bed as required, but it can also be compactly stored in the vehicle.

According to a second aspect of the invention, a link in which the first locking mechanism is attached to at least one of a pair of rear legs so as to be vertically movable, and a first operating member for interlocking the link. Since the rear leg is locked on or off by operating the first operating member to engage or disengage the link with the corresponding slider, setting or folding of the table can be performed easily. It can be carried out.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention,
A second lock mechanism is provided on the flat plate member, and when the table is set or folded, the flat plate members are locked on or off with each other by operating the second operation member provided on the second lock mechanism. Therefore, it is easy to set the table surface.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of an RV vehicle accommodating a folding table according to the present invention, showing a state in which the table is folded.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the RV vehicle shown in FIG. 1 when the folding table according to the present invention is used as a simple table or a simple bed.

FIG. 3 is a partially exploded perspective view of the folding table shown in FIG. 1 or 2.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the lower part of the front leg of the folding table fixed to the long slider.

FIG. 5 is a partial exploded perspective view of the rear leg lock mechanism of the folding table when viewed rearward.

6A and 6B show a connecting member of two flat plate-like members that are foldably attached, and a bracket that attaches the connecting member to the flat plate-like member, FIG. 6A is an exploded perspective view thereof, and FIG. The state when the table is set is shown, and (c) shows the state where the table is folded.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a lock mechanism for a table surface.

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view showing a state in which the table is folded.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Folding table 4 Long slider 6 Front leg 8 Rear leg 10, 12 Flat plate member 16 T-shaped bolt 18 Nut 22 Handle 22a Operating part 24 Link 28 Lever 38 Roller 54 Connecting member 58 Locking member

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automobile having a pair of sliders fixed to both sides of a floor, wherein a pair of front legs of a folding table are fixed or slidably attached to the sliders, and a pair of rear legs are slidably attached to the sliders. On the other hand, a folding table for an automobile, characterized in that at least two flat plate-like members are foldably attached between the front leg and the rear leg while being attached, and a first lock mechanism for locking at least the rear leg to the slider is provided. . 2. The first lock mechanism comprises a link mounted on at least one of the pair of rear legs so as to be vertically movable, and a first operating member for interlocking the link. The folding table for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the rear leg is locked on or off by engaging and disengaging the link with the corresponding slider by operating. 3. A flat plate member is provided with a second lock mechanism, and when the table is set or folded, the flat plate member is locked on each other by operating a second operation member provided on the second lock mechanism. Alternatively, the folding table for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the folding table is locked off.