KR101767388B1 - Foot rest for vehicle - Google Patents

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KR101767388B1
KR101767388B1 KR1020150185807A KR20150185807A KR101767388B1 KR 101767388 B1 KR101767388 B1 KR 101767388B1 KR 1020150185807 A KR1020150185807 A KR 1020150185807A KR 20150185807 A KR20150185807 A KR 20150185807A KR 101767388 B1 KR101767388 B1 KR 101767388B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N3/00—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for
    • B60N3/06—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of footrests
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/50—Supports for the feet or the legs coupled to fixed parts of the chair
    • A47C7/506—Supports for the feet or the legs coupled to fixed parts of the chair of adjustable type
    • B60N2/4495—
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N3/00—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for
    • B60N3/06—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of footrests
    • B60N3/063—Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of footrests with adjustment systems

Abstract

A footrest for a vehicle that does not require a separate vehicle design or parts for installation and is easy to carry and store. The footrest for a vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a body portion to be in contact with a soles of a passenger; Hooks disposed on both sides of the body in the horizontal direction; And a protrusion protruding from a lower surface of one side of the body portion and supporting the heel portion.

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[0001] FOOT REST FOR VEHICLE [0002]

The present invention relates to a footrest, and more particularly, to a footrest for a vehicle which requires no separate vehicle design or parts for installation and is easy to carry and store.

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a car seat is provided in front and rear of a car so that a passenger can sit comfortably and feel comfortable. [0002] A seat of a car is generally provided on a floor panel of a vehicle body, and is provided with a seat cushion for supporting the passenger's hips from below in order to securely and comfortably support the passenger within a limited space and weight range, A seat adjuster positioned below the seat frame for connecting the seat cushion to the vehicle body and moving the entire seat back and forth, and a seat back supporting the back of the passenger.

A driver or a seated person sitting on the front seat of a car has an instrument panel, ie, a space below the dashboard where the instrument panel is installed, so that it is possible to sit comfortably while stretching one's leg, The sitting seats had the inconvenience that the legs could not be extended because the front seat of the car was blocked. Particularly, in the case of a luxury passenger car on which a VIP or the like is to be mounted on a rear seat, studies have been conducted to secure a space for a passenger so that the occupant of the rear seat can comfortably sit on the seat.

There has conventionally been proposed a structure in which the rear passenger through the seat back of the front seat has a through-hole penetrating the seat back to utilize the seat back of the front seat as a leg rest, or a separate footrest is additionally provided on the floor of the vehicle .

However, in the conventional methods, it is necessary to separately design the seat so as to have leg-through, or to design and design the vehicle so as to secure a space for installing the footrest inside the vehicle, and additional installation structures are required. May occur. Also, considering the design and design of the vehicle itself, even if a leg-thru or footrest is installed, the occupant can not utilize the vehicle if he / she does not want it, so that the result of the research and development can not be effectively utilized.

It should be understood that the foregoing description of the background art is merely for the purpose of promoting an understanding of the background of the present invention and is not to be construed as an admission that the prior art is known to those skilled in the art.

JP 2007-160044A KR 10-2002-0028274 A JP 2006-290210 A

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a footrest for a vehicle, which does not require any separate vehicle design or parts for installation, and is easy to carry and store.

According to an aspect of the present invention,

A body portion contacting the soles of a passenger;

Hooks disposed on both sides of the body in the horizontal direction; And

A protrusion protruding from a lower surface of one side of the body and supporting the heel;

And a footrest for a vehicle.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the body portion may include first and second panels hingedly connected to the connection portion and the connection portion, respectively.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the hook portion may be disposed at the other side of each of the first panel and the second panel.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first and second panels have the same length, and when the first and second panels are folded in the same direction with respect to the connecting portion, the first panel and the second panel The hook portions disposed on the side ends of the hook portions can be mutually abutted.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when the first and second panels have different lengths and the first and second panels are folded in the same direction with respect to the connecting portion, the first panel and the second panel The hook portions disposed at the side ends of the hook portions may not abut each other.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the hook portions can be fastened to the side ends of the rear map pocket of the front seat of the vehicle, respectively.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the hook portion may have a structure of sliding in the horizontal direction of the body portion.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the body portion may have a single panel structure.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the projecting portion can be manufactured integrally with the body portion.

According to the vehicular footrest as described above, there is no need to add or change the design of the vehicle itself to implement or install the footrest, and no separate structure or the like for the footrest installation is required. Therefore, There is an advantage that the increase in the unit price and the addition of the manufacturing process do not occur.

In addition, according to the footrest for a vehicle, it is very easy to accommodate by applying a folding structure, and a hook structure for fastening a footrest to other structures is applied in a sliding manner, thereby reducing a structural constraint upon the installation of a footrest, As shown in FIG.

1 is a perspective view showing a footrest for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view showing a folded state of the footrest for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.
Figs. 3 and 4 are views showing an example of installation of a footrest for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig.
5 is a view showing an example of using a footrest for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 to 8 are views showing the footrest of a vehicle according to various embodiments of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a footrest for a vehicle according to various embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a footrest for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a folding state of a footrest for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

1, a footrest 1 for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a body portion 10 that is in contact with a sole portion of an occupant, a hook portion (not shown) disposed on both sides of the body portion 10 20 and a protrusion 30 protruding from a lower surface of one side of the body 10 to support the heel.

The body 10 is the main structure of the footrest 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention and is an element that comes into contact with the sole portion of the vehicle occupant using the footrest 1. [ The body 10 may be formed as a flat plate having a width in a vertical direction and a length in a horizontal direction, and may be formed to have a curvature on its surface as required.

One side of the body 10 can contact the foot of the occupant and the other side of the body 10 can be in contact with a face existing at the position where the footrest 1 is installed. When the face existing at the position where the footrest 1 is installed is not a simple flat face but a curved face formed with a character line or the like for the sake of being beautiful in design, A curved shape corresponding to the curved surface may be formed to improve the adhesion with the curved surface.

On the other hand, the body portion 10 can be made to have a visual sense of unity with the character line existing at the installed position by forming the curvature of the body portion 10 formed on the other surface of the body portion 10, It is not necessary to form a bend on one surface of the body portion 10 in order to solve the problem.

1, the body 10 may include a first panel 11 and a second panel 12 hingedly coupled to both sides of the connection portion 15 and the connection portion 15, respectively. That is, one end of the first panel 11 is hinged to one end of the connecting part 15 and one end of the second panel 13 is hinged to the other end of the connecting part 15.

The first panel 11 and the second panel 13 can be pivoted on the basis of the connection portion 15 through the connection structure. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the first panel 11 and the second panel 13 can be folded to face each other, thereby reducing the lengthwise size of the footrest 1, .

The hook portion 20 may be provided at a side end portion of the body portion 10 in the longitudinal direction thereof to form a fastening with a structure in which the footrest 1 is installed. For example, the hook portion 20 can be fastened to the side of the map pocket provided on the rear surface of the vehicle front seat.

Figs. 3 and 4 are views showing an example of installation of a footrest for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a map pocket for accommodating a map, a book, and the like is provided on the rear surface of the rear seat occupant on the rear surface of the front seat 100 of the vehicle. In particular, a hard type map pocket 110 capable of providing a sense of unity with the rear surface of the front seat 100 is applied to recently released vehicles. The footrest 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention can be particularly easily applied to such a hard type map pocket 110. Fig.

The footrest 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is constructed such that the hook portion 20 is fastened to both sides of the horizontal direction of the map pocket 110 so that the hook portion 20 is engaged, And can be installed by sliding.

The hard type map pocket 110 forms a storage space by fixing the position of the lower end portion of the hard type map pocket 110 and separating the upper end portion from the rear surface of the seat portion with the lower end portion as an axis. Accordingly, as the distance between the map pocket 110 and the rear surface of the seat becomes narrower toward the lower end of the map pocket 110, the hook portion 20 can act as a latching jaw for preventing the hook portion 20 from sliding further downward.

The hook portion 20 may be slid in a lateral direction of the body portion 10. Even if the width of the map pocket on which the footrest 1 is installed or other structure capable of fastening the hook 20 is not constant through the sliding structure of the hook 20, So that the footrest 1 can be installed.

The protruding portion 30 protrudes from the lower surface of one side of the body portion 10 and is provided to support the heel portion. The protrusion 30 may be formed as a separate structure attached to the body 10, but may be integrally formed with the body 10 as shown in FIG. It is preferable that the protruding portion 30 is integrally formed with the body portion 10 in consideration of a manufacturing process such as injection molding.

Since the protrusion 30 is for supporting the heel of the passenger, it is possible to form the connecting portion between the protrusion 30 and the body 10 so that the heel can be more comfortably seated, The length or the angle of the surface can be appropriately determined.

5 is a view showing an example of using a footrest for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 4, after the hook portion 20 is fastened to the rim of the rear map pocket 110 of the vehicle front seat 100 and the footrest 1 is installed by sliding it to a proper position, When the seat back of the front seat 100 is folded forward at a predetermined angle, it is possible to seat the foot on the footrest 1 in a state in which the rear seat occupant 200 is fully extended without giving any strain to the ankle.

At this time, the occupant 200 slides the front seat 100 forward and backward, and appropriately adjusts the folding angle of the seat back of the front seat 100, so that the footrest 1 ).

The occupant 200 is allowed to support the heel portion on the protruding portion 30 in a state in which the foot portion of the occupant 200 is in contact with the body portion 10, So that the legs can be extended and a comfortable riding attitude can be ensured.

6 to 8 are views showing the footrest of a vehicle according to various embodiments of the present invention.

6 does not have a structure that can be folded with a separate connection part of the body part 10 but an example in which the body part 10 is realized as a single structure, to be. Since the folding can not be performed, the length of the body 10 must be maintained at a constant level, so that the space utilization during storage may be relatively decreased. However, since the body 10 And the projecting portion 30 can be completed, which is advantageous in terms of processing. In particular, the manufacturing cost can be reduced as compared with a structure in which a plurality of panels and a hinge connection structure are formed.

7 and 8 show a footrest in which a folding structure can be formed by providing a connecting portion 15, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a footrest in which first and second The panels 11 and 13 have the same length, and Fig. 8 shows an example having different lengths.

7, when the first and second panels 11 and 13 fastened to both sides of the connecting portion 15 constituting the body 10 have the same length, When the first and second panels 11 and 13 are folded with each other, the hook portions 20 provided at the respective side ends are bent in the direction facing each other and abut against each other. As a result, the size in the folding direction increases, which may adversely affect storage according to the shape of the storage space.

8, when the first and second panels 11 and 13 fastened to both sides of the connecting portion 15 constituting the body 10 have different lengths (that is, the connecting portion 15) Even when the hook portions 20 are bent in the direction opposite to each other, they do not come into contact with each other, so that the size in the folding direction . However, when the entire length of the body portion 10 is the same, the embodiment of Fig. 8 may increase in size in the longitudinal direction at the time of folding.

Therefore, when the footrest 1 is manufactured by appropriately selecting one of the embodiments of Figs. 7 and 8 in consideration of the shape of the storage space, it is possible to appropriately reduce the restriction on the size and shape of the storage space do.

As described above, the footrest for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention does not need to add or change the design of the vehicle itself for implementation or installation, and does not require a separate structure or the like for footrest installation, It is possible to prevent the increase of the production cost of the vehicle according to the increase of the manufacturing cost and to prevent the addition of the manufacturing process.

In addition, the footrest for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention can be easily accommodated by applying a folding structure, and the hook structure for fastening the footrest to other structures is applied in a sliding manner, And can be applied to various vehicles in general.

Although the present invention has been shown and described with respect to specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art.

1: Foot rest of a vehicle 10: Body part
11: first panel 13: second panel
15: connecting portion 20: hook portion
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A body portion contacting the soles of a passenger;
Hooks disposed on both sides of the body in the horizontal direction; And
And a protrusion protruding from a lower surface of the one side of the body portion and supporting the heel portion,
The body portion includes first and second panels hinged to one end of the connecting portion and the connecting portion, respectively,
The first panel and the second panel may have different lengths. When the first panel and the second panel are folded in the same direction with respect to the connecting portion, And the footrest is not in contact with the footrest. delete The method according to claim 1,
And the hook portion is disposed at the other end of each of the first panel and the second panel. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
And the hook portions are fastened to the side ends of the rear map pocket of the front seat of the vehicle, respectively. A body portion contacting the soles of a passenger;
Hooks disposed on both sides of the body in the horizontal direction; And
And a protrusion protruding from a lower surface of the one side of the body portion and supporting the heel portion,
Wherein the hook portion has a structure that slides in the horizontal direction of the body portion. delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the protruding portion is integrally formed with the body portion.
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