JPH10315826A - Child seat device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate getting on/out of a child by providing a slide means, which slides a child seat main body in the lateral direction toward a getting on/out port of a vehicle, between a child seat main body and a support base provided under the child seat main body, and providing a regulating means, which can be released, so as to regulate the sliding movement. SOLUTION: A slide means 13 is provided between a support base 11, which is provided in a seat part 3 freely to be removed, and a child seat main body 12. The slide means 13 is provided with guide holes 15 formed in a front and a rear part of the support base 11, a board 23 fitted to a lower surface of a frame 22 of the child seat main body 12 by welding, and plural rollers 24 fitted to the board 23. A regulating means 14 is provided in the frame 22 of the child seat main body 12 through a bracket 28, and slide of the child seat main body 12 is locked or unlocked by an operating lever 30 and a lock claw 31. At the time of getting on/out of' a child, the child seat main body 12 is pulled to the getting on/out port of a vehicle.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a child seat device for a vehicle for safely carrying an infant on a vehicle such as an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as the nuclear family has progressed, the opportunity to go out with an infant has been increasing, and it is often the case that only an infant alone sits in a seat and goes out by car. However, if the infant is left alone, there is a risk that the infant may fall off the seat when driving on a rough road or stepping on a sudden brake, causing an unexpected injury. Therefore, a child seat is conventionally used when an infant is allowed to sit alone and ride on it. This child seat is generally used by fixing it to a seat with a belt or the like, and is very effective in protecting the body of an infant.

[0003]

However, the conventional child seat has a structure fixed to the same position of the seat with a belt or the like. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult to put the infant on the child seat when the door is opened and the infant is put from outside the car. This is because the child seat is far from the entrance of the car. In addition, high vehicles such as RVs are widely used today. However, when the vehicle height is high, there is a problem that it is more difficult for women and other people with no power to get on and off the infant.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle child seat apparatus having a structure that makes it easy for a child to get on and off. Further, other objects will be clarified sequentially in the contents described below.

[0005]

According to the present invention, as shown in the drawings, a child seat body 12 for restraining and holding an infant is placed on a seat 3 of a seat 1 as shown in the drawings. In the vehicle child seat device 2 used in the vehicle, the support base 11 is disposed below the child seat body 12 and detachably attached to the seat 3.
Sliding means 23, 24, 15, 26, etc., provided between the support base 11 and the child seat main body 12, for sliding the child seat main body 12 laterally toward the entrance of the vehicle with respect to the support base 11. And a releasable restricting means 14 for keeping the sliding of the child seat body 12 from moving. When this structure is adopted, the infant can be placed in the child seat body 12.
When getting on and off the car, the child seat body 12 on which the infant sits can be moved in the direction of the doorway of the car. In other words, the infant can get on and off at the position closest to the entrance (usually the door) of the car,
The operation of lifting and getting on and off the infant becomes easier. In this structure, the restricting means 14 may use a seat belt for seat restraint provided in the seat 1 as a substitute, and restrict the lateral movement of the child seat body 12 with the seat belt.

The present invention is preferably embodied as follows. First, the support base 11 has a substantially U-shape, and a U-shaped intermediate main body 11a is arranged on the seat 3 with respect to the seat 3 of the seat 1, and both sides 11b, 11 of the U-shape are provided.
In this structure, c is arranged downward from each side of the seat 3. In this structure, the restraint or the position control of the support base 11 with respect to the seat 3 is simple and easy. Second, the child seat body 12 is supported by the support base 11.
Is slid along the guide hole 15 provided in the
This is a structure that rolls on the support base 11 via rollers 24 constituting the sliding means. For this structure,
The sliding range of the child seat body 12 in the lateral direction can be easily regulated, and the sliding operation is also improved by the interposition of the rollers 24.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the form described below is
Although the present invention is a preferred specific example of the present invention, various technically preferable limits are given. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise specified in the following description. It is not limited to.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the appearance of an automobile seat equipped with the child seat device according to the present invention.
In FIG. 2, a seat 1 installed on the vehicle is fixed to a vehicle body floor, and a seat 3 constituting the seat 1 is provided.
The child seat device 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention is detachably mounted on the above.

FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of the automobile seat and the child seat apparatus shown in FIG. The structure of the main part of the device will be further described with reference to FIG. The seat 1 has a seat 3 mounted on a vehicle body floor 5 via a pair of left and right seat slide members 4. The seat slide member 4 is for adjusting the movement of the seat 1 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and has an upper rail 7 and a lower rail 8 slidably connected via a ball bearing 6 therebetween. The upper rail 7 is fixed to the frame 9 of the seat 3 via mounting bolts (not shown), and the lower rail 8 is fixed on the vehicle body floor 5 via mounting bolts (not shown).

On the other hand, the child seat device 2 is
A support base 11 detachably attached to the seat portion 3, a chair-shaped child seat main body 12 for restraining and holding an infant, and a support base provided between the support base 11 and the child seat main body 12 for supporting the child seat main body 12. Sliding means 13 for sliding in the lateral direction (vehicle width direction) with respect to 11 to shift in the doorway direction (door direction);
The child seat body 12 is constituted by releasable regulating means 14 for locking the sliding of the child seat main body 12 and the like.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a main part of the child seat apparatus 2 with a core part taken out. Therefore, the structure of the main part of the child seat apparatus 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3. The support base 11 is a flat, substantially U-shaped resin molded body (may be made of metal or the like) and has a main body. 1
Both ends 11b and 11c of 1a are bent to the same lower side, respectively, to form a substantially U-shape. 11b at both ends
And a portion 11c (hereinafter, referred to as “side surface 11b, side surface 11c”) substantially corresponds to the dimension between the left and right side surfaces of the frame 9 of the seat portion 3. In addition, two slit-shaped guide holes 15 are formed in the main body 11a so as to be greatly extended in the left-right direction, and are separately formed in front and rear.
At a position near the side surface 11b, a hole 16 (see FIG. 3) for the regulating means 14 is provided. Further, a pair of mounting screws 1 is provided on the side surface 11b between the side surface 11b and the side surface 11c.
7 are provided, and a pair of locking claws 18 (see FIG. 1) are provided on the side surface 11c. The frame 9 of the seat 3
On the side, there is provided a mounting hole 19 in which the mounting screw 17 can be screwed, corresponding to the mounting screw 17, and the locking claw 18 corresponding to the locking claw 18. A latch hole 20 which can be inserted from the outside and latched is formed. And this support 11 is
As shown in FIG. 1, the locking claws 18 on the one side surface 11 c are inserted into the locking holes 20 of the frame 9 from the outside, and are locked, and the mounting screws 17 on the other side surface 11 b are made to correspond to the mounting holes 19. When this mounting screw 17 is screwed into the mounting hole 19, it can be fixed to the frame 9 and mounted. On the other hand, when removing, it can be removed by performing the reverse operation.

The child seat body 12 includes a seat cushion portion 12a, a seat back portion 12b, a front guard portion 12c, and the like.
A restraint belt 21 for a child seat is provided between the seat back 2a and the seat back portion 12b. The child seat body 12 has a seat back portion 12b.
After the infant is placed on the seat cushion portion 12a from between the seat cushion portion 12a and the restraint belt 2
By mounting 1, the infant can be safely held or restrained.

The slide means 13 is provided with the guide hole 1 described above.
In addition to the above, the vehicle seat 12 includes a substrate 23 attached to the lower surface of the frame 22 of the child seat body 12 by welding, and a plurality (five in this example) of rollers 24 attached to the substrate 23. Among them, the substrate 23 is formed in the guide hole 1 formed in the main body 11a of the support base 11.
5, two mounting holes 25 are provided, two on each side. The rivet pin 2 inserted from the lower side of the support base 11 through the guide hole 15
6 is attached, and the substrate 23 and the support base 11 are slidably connected in the left-right direction by the rivet connection. In addition, a large opening 27 is formed at the center of the substrate 23.
The front and rear portions of the opening 27 are cut and raised at right angles to form a roller support wall 23a, and the roller 24 is rotatably mounted so as to straddle the front and rear roller support walls 23a. Have been. The rollers 24 are in contact with the support 11 in a state where the substrate 23 and the support 11 are riveted to each other, and are in a state of supporting the substrate 23 on the support 11. Therefore, when the substrate 23 is pressed in the left-right direction, the rollers 24 roll on the support base 11 and the child seat body 1
2 can move together. The movement at this time is guided by the engagement between the guide hole 15 and the rivet pin 26. Therefore, the child seat body 12 can move only in the left-right direction, and the amount of movement is regulated by the rivet pin 26 hitting the end of the guide hole 15.

The restricting means 14 is provided for the child seat body 1.
A shaft member 29 rotatably attached to the second frame 22 via a bracket 28, an operation lever 30 and a lock claw 31 fixedly attached to the shaft member 29, and urging means (not shown). It consists of a certain spring. Of these, the lock claw 31 is the hole 1 of the support base 11.
6, the board 23 is inserted into the hole 16 when the board 23 is placed at the “set position” (the state shown in FIG. 1) in a state where the board 23 is correctly placed on the seat 1, and the board 23 is The shaft member 29 can be locked from moving in the left-right direction by the spring.
1 is urged to rotate in a direction in which it can engage with the hole 16. On the other hand, one end (operation portion) of the operation lever 30 is protruded upward. When the member 29 is rotated by holding the operation lever 30 by hand, the lock claw 31 is retracted from the hole 16 to temporarily lock the lock. Can be canceled. Then, in the state where the lock of the regulating means 14 is released, the substrate 23 can be moved in the left and right direction together with the child seat body 12.

Therefore, when the child seat device having such a configuration is used, the substrate 23 is arranged at the above-mentioned "set position" together with the child seat main body 12, and the locking claw 31 is engaged with the hole 16 to be locked. ing. In this locked state, the child seat body 12 and the substrate 23 do not move left and right, and are placed in a fixed state.

Next, when the infant is to get on and off the child seat body 12, the shaft member 29 is rotated by holding the operation lever 30, the lock claw 31 is pulled out of the hole 16, and the lock by the regulating means 14 is released. The child seat body 12 is pulled toward the doorway (usually, a door) of the vehicle while keeping it (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1). Then, the rivet pin 26 hits the corresponding end of the guide 15 with the rolling of the roller 24 and is regulated on the support base 11 as shown in FIG.
The board 23 moves to the doorway side together with the child seat body 12 until the board 23 is placed at the “getting on / off position” indicated by the two-dot chain line. Then, in the state after being moved to the “boarding / alighting position”, the child seat body 12 is largely shifted toward the entrance, so that even when the seat 1 is at a high position, the infant can be easily loaded and unloaded. . FIG. 2 shows a state in which the child seat main body 12 is disposed at the “boarding / alighting position”.

When the child has finished getting on and off, the operator pushes the operating lever 30 from the "getting on / off position" to the "set position" while rotating the operating lever 30 in the unlocked direction (arrow B in FIG. 1). direction). After returning to the "set position", once the operating lever 30 is pulled and released against the urging pressure of the spring, the locking claw 31 is inserted and engaged again in the hole 16 by the spring pressure to lock. State.

When the child seat device 2 is to be detached and the seat 1 is to be used, the mounting screw 17 of the support base 11 is loosened and removed from the mounting hole 19, and then the locking claw 18 is engaged with the locking hole 20. When the combination is released and the entirety including the support base 11 is removed from the seat frame 9, the entire child seat device 2 can be removed from the seat 1. Therefore, the child seat device 2 can be easily attached to and detached from the seat 1 only by attaching and detaching the support base 11 to and from the seat frame 9.

The present invention is not at all limited to the above-described embodiment.
The configuration 2 and the configuration of the restricting means 14 can be changed to another configuration as needed.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When an infant is to get on or off a child seat, the child seat body on which the infant sits can be moved in the direction of the doorway of the car, allowing the infant to get on or off at a position near the car entrance. Operation becomes easy. Thereby, the child seat device of the present invention is particularly suitable for an automobile having a high vehicle height, such as an RV vehicle, and can improve usability and commercial value for women and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of a device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an appearance including an automobile seat using the apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of the apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Seat 2 Child seat device 3 Seat part 11 Support base 11a Body part 11b, 11c Side surface 12 Child seat body 13 Sliding means 14 Restriction means 15 Guide hole 24 Roller

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A child seat device for a vehicle, wherein a child seat body for restraining and holding an infant is used in a state of being placed on a seat portion of a seat. A support that is removably attached to a seat; and a slide that is provided between the support and the child seat body and that slides the child seat body relative to the support base in a lateral direction toward an entrance of a vehicle. Means, and a releasable restricting means for keeping the sliding of the child seat main body from moving. 2. The support base has a substantially U-shape, a U-shaped intermediate main body portion is disposed on the seat portion with respect to the seat portion of the seat, and both sides of the U-shape are formed on each side of the seat portion. The child seat device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the child seat device is disposed downward from the vehicle. 3. The child seat body is slid along guide holes provided in the support table, and rolls on the support table via rollers constituting the slide means. 3. The vehicle child seat device according to 1 or 2.