JPS6210866B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vehicle structure having a convertible seat suitable for both passengers carrying large baggage, such as airport access passengers, and general passengers.

Conventionally, passengers with large baggage, such as airport access passengers, usually ride bicycles directly to the airport. Alternatively, it was common to check in at a downtown terminal by limousine bus, store all large baggage in the trunk of the airline's limousine bus, and go to the airport. However, in recent years, as exemplified by Narita Airport, there are many cases where airports are located far from the city center, and not only does it cost a considerable amount of money to get directly to the city center by car, but there is also a gap between the city center and the airport. It is becoming clear that there are limits to accessing the airport by road, as the roads between the two are often congested. As a way to solve this problem, various plans have been made to use transportation systems with dedicated tracks, such as conventional railways, monorails, and magnetic levitation railways, to allow passengers accessing the airport to use them, and to operate them at low cost and on time. This means of transportation is intended only for airport access passengers, so the demand for it is negligible, and residents along the transit route are not able to understand it due to the lack of land, noise, and pollution caused by track construction. For this reason, it is necessary to construct a transportation facility that handles not only airport access passengers but also general passengers who will be used by local residents to commute to work.

In this way, when airport access passengers and general commuters are to be run on the same route, it is impossible to mix passengers with completely different characteristics and baggage amounts in the same vehicle. In this case, the airport access passenger cars and general commuter cars would be separated, and the airport access passenger cars would have reserved seats and the general commuter cars would have unreserved seats.
It is necessary to provide a place to store baggage for handling the baggage of passengers accessing the airport, and the vehicle needs to be different from a general commuter passenger car. However, from the viewpoint of vehicle operation, it is preferable that both passenger cars be identical.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to configure an airport access passenger car and a commuter passenger car with the same structure, and to easily provide a seat cushion that allows passengers to sit normally when they are designated as airport access passenger seats for operational purposes. To provide a convertible vehicle structure that can be moved with easy operation to configure a space that can be used as a baggage storage area.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

1a and 1b are the back bones of the seat, 2a and 2b are the cushions of the backrest, 3a and 3b are the armrests, and 4
Reference characters a and 4b indicate seat cushions, 5a and 5b indicate support plates, and 6a and 6b indicate side plates. Anti-slip rubber or moquette-shaped sheets that can protect baggage are attached to the back sides of the recessed boards 5a and 5b, and pedestals 7a and 7b are located near the floor below the seat cushions 4a and 4b. , and the same protective sheet as the back side of the recessed plates 5a and 5b is attached to this upper surface. Seat cushion 4a, 4
The rear ends of b are rotatably pivoted by hinges 10 of metal fittings 11 attached to the back ribs 1a and 1b, and the front ends are supported by hinges 12 from the floor 17 so as to be able to stand up and fall down. Supported from below. These recessed boards 5a and 5b have legs 15
is attached so that it can be releasably locked while being sandwiched between the stoppers 13 and 14 on the lower side of the seat cushions 4a and 4b. Above back bone 1
a, 1b and the backrest cushions 2a, 2b are fixedly attached to the side structure 9 of the window 8;
A, 5b are kept as small as possible with respect to the side structure 9, but are not connected.

A flange 16 is provided at the edge of the back side of the recessed plates 5a, 5b on the side of the central passage.

Next, the function of the vehicle structure having the above-mentioned structure will be explained. When the recessed plates 5a and 5b are vertically erected and the seat cushions 4a and 4b are supported horizontally, they are mutually disposed as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. The floor surface 17 of the vehicle is exposed between the opposing seats, resulting in the same structure as a normal seat, and can be used as a general seat for commuters. Next, when you use the front part of this seat as a baggage storage area, you can lift the seat cushions 4a, 4b a little and insert the seat cushions 5a, 5b.
are removed from the stoppers 13 and 14. At this point, the push-up boards 5a and 5b are each tipped forward. At this time, the legs 15 attached to the upper end of the support board are made of a cushioning material such as rubber, so that they do not make a loud noise when it falls down. Next, seat cushion 4
Tilt a and 4b downward. In this case stopper 13
Since a shock absorbing material 13a such as rubber is attached to the tip of the frame, it is fixed against the back ribs 1a and 1b with a shock absorbing effect. This creates a large space in the front for luggage storage. In this case, the recessed plates 5a, 5
With the protective sheet affixed to the back surface of pedestals 7a and 7b and the upper surfaces of pedestals 7a and 7b, the tips of recessed plates 5a and 5b are very close to each other and form one plane. For this purpose, a flat luggage storage area is constructed as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. In this case, the sheets affixed to the back of the luggage board and the pedestals 7a and 7b protect the surface of the luggage, and at the same time, the side plates 6a and 6b and the flange 16 prevent the luggage from rolling outward and sticking out. The armrests 3a and 3b are useful for the passenger to place one hand on the baggage when placing it in the baggage storage area. In this way, ordinary seats can be converted into baggage storage areas with simple operations.

Seats that can be converted into baggage storage areas are needed in proportion to the number of passengers, so a portion of the seats near the entrance/exit are configured to be convertible.
If the rest is configured with the same built-in seats as conventional ones, it is possible to configure a vehicle that can be used for both commuting passengers and airport access passengers.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of this invention,
In this case, the recessed plates 5c and 5d are connected by a hinge 18, and a leg 21 that can be folded by a hinge 23 and a leg 22 fixed to the recessed plate 5d are provided, and the hinge 1
By tilting 2a forward and at the same time converting 5d once, a flat and spacious luggage storage area is created.
The pedestal 7c is made rotatable around the hinge 12b so that the pedestal 7c does not become distorted when the seat cushion 4b is dropped around the hinge 10, and has legs 20 that can be folded by the hinge 19. The cushion 4b is dropped downward and the rear legs 20 are erected to form a flat luggage storage area. In this way, it is possible to prevent the length of the recess plate 5b shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 from being insufficient and to create a gap between the facing plates, and also when the seat cushion 4b is dropped downward. It becomes possible to prevent the pedestal 7b from being hit.

In this way, by raising the floor of the baggage storage area above the general floor level using a raised board or a seat board, it is made easier for passengers to place their baggage.At the same time, the back of the raised board, the sheet affixed to the seat board, and the hanging seat. It becomes possible for the cushion to protect the baggage.

As described above, the present invention comprises a seat including a backrest cushion, an armrest, a seat cushion supported on the backbone on the floor of a vehicle, and a recess plate disposed on the lower side of the front end of the seat cushion. The rear end of the cushion is pivoted to a metal fitting protruding from the backbone, so that it can be rotated vertically, and the lower end of the cushion plate is pivoted on the floor, making it possible to stand up and fall down. In the case of a general passenger, the seat cushion is rotated upward and a recessed plate is erected below it, so that the seat cushion is held in a state in which it projects approximately horizontally forward and can be seated, allowing large baggage to be carried. In the case of an airport access passenger, the above-mentioned carry-on baggage can be folded horizontally onto the floor, and then the seat cushion is allowed to hang downward, thereby creating flat baggage with the upper side of the carry-on board surrounded by the backrest and armrests. Since the structure is designed so that it can be used as a storage area, general passengers can sit on the seats like regular general vehicle chairs, and airport access passengers who bring large baggage can use the recess board on the floor as described above. By simply flipping the board horizontally and letting the seat cushion hang downward, the space above the board can be used as a large baggage storage area, making it convenient for both general passengers and airport access passengers with large baggage. It will be possible to satisfy both demands. Furthermore, the space that serves as the luggage storage area is a flat board that is placed horizontally on the floor, which is more hygienic as it is less dirty than placing luggage directly on the floor of the vehicle. Since the periphery of the space is surrounded by the backrest and armrests, large baggage such as trunks with casters, which are used by many airport access passengers, will not be moved due to vibrations when the vehicle is running, and the baggage will be This provides a very convenient shared vehicle for airport access passengers and general passengers, such as safety protection.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side view showing one embodiment of the present invention when the seat is used as a general seat, Fig. 2 is a side view when the seat is used as a baggage storage area, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the seat in the state shown in Fig. 1. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing one seat in the state shown in FIG. 2, FIG. It is an explanatory view showing another example. 1a, 1b... Back bone, 2a, 2b... Backrest cushion, 3a, 3b... Armrest, 4a, 4
b...Seat cushion, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d
...Kekomi board, 6a, 6b...Side board, 7a, 7
b, 7c...Pedestal, 8...Window, 9...Side structure, 1
0, 12, 18, 12a, 12b, 23, 19...
... Hinge, 11... Metal fitting, 13, 14... Stopper, 15, 20, 21, 22... Leg, 16...
Flange, 17...Floor surface.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a vehicle intended for transporting airport access passengers and general passengers carrying large baggage, a backrest cushion, an armrest, a seat cushion supported on the back frame on the floor, and a seat cushion for the seat cushion. The seat is constituted by a recess plate arranged on the lower side of the front end, and the seat cushion of the seat is rotatable in the vertical direction by pivoting the rear end to a metal fitting protruding from the backbone. The lower end of the plate is pivoted on the floor surface so that it can stand up and fall down.For general passengers, the seat cushion can be raised by rotating the seat cushion upward and raising a recessed plate below it. In the case of airport access passengers who are carrying large baggage, the seat cushion should be allowed to hang down after the board is horizontally laid down on the floor. A vehicle structure having a convertible seat, characterized in that the upper side of the recess plate can be used as a flat baggage storage area surrounded by the backrest and armrests. 2. A vehicle structure having a convertible seat according to claim 1, wherein the push-up board has a cushioning material seal on the surface that becomes an upper side when it falls horizontally onto the floor surface.