Seatback pocket

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10414343-B2
Application number	US-201815868337-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2018
Priority date	Jan 11, 2018
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A seatback pocket structure includes a back board forming a back side of a seatback and a pocket forming board attached to the back board to define a seatback pocket between the back board and the pocket forming board. The back board includes a main part defining a major plane of the back board, and a cantilever tab having a base end connected to the main part and adapted for elastic bending deformation. The pocket forming board is connected to a free end part of the cantilever tab.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seatback pocket structure, comprising:
a back board forming a back side of a seatback; and
a pocket forming board attached to the back board to define a seatback pocket between the back board and the pocket forming board;
wherein the back board includes a main part defining a major plane of the back board, and a cantilever tab having a base end connected to the main part and adapted for elastic bending deformation, the pocket forming board being connected to a free end part of the cantilever tab, and
wherein the cantilever tab is defined by a slit formed in the back board.

2. The seatback pocket structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cantilever tab extends vertically along the major plane of the back board, and the base end is located in a lower end of the cantilever tab, the free end part of the cantilever tab being connected to a lower part of the pocket forming board.

3. The seatback pocket structure according to claim 1 , wherein a connecting portion of the cantilever tab with the main part has a same thickness as the main part.

4. The seatback pocket structure according to claim 1 , wherein the back board is made of plastic material.

5. The seatback pocket structure according to claim 1 , wherein a terminal end of the slit is formed as a rounded opening.

6. The seatback pocket structure according to claim 1 , wherein the pocket forming board is provided with a projection, and the free end part of the cantilever tab is formed with a hole so that the pocket forming board is connected to the cantilever tab by fitting the projection into the hole.

7. The seatback pocket structure according to claim 6 , wherein the hole is defined by a tubular boss formed in the cantilever tab.

8. The seatback pocket structure according to claim 1 , wherein the main part is integrally formed with a flange that projects rearwardly along a lower edge of the main part.

9. The seatback pocket structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cantilever tab includes a pair of cantilever tabs provided in a lower part of the back board in a laterally spaced apart relationship, each cantilever tab having a lower end defining the base end and an upper end defining a free end, and
wherein the seatback pocket structure further comprises a pair of flexible sheet members each having one end connected to the back board and another end connected to the pocket forming board and extending along either side of the pocket forming board.

10. The seatback pocket structure according to claim 6 , wherein the pocket forming board includes a main body plate and a reinforcing plate joined to a surface of the main body plate facing the back board,
the hole formed in the cantilever tab is a through hole,
the projection of the pocket forming board is formed in the main body plate,
the reinforcing plate is provided with a vertically elongated hole, and
the projection of the main body plate is fitted into the through hole of the cantilever tab in a state of penetrating the elongated hole of the reinforcing plate.

11. The seatback pocket structure according to claim 10 , wherein the through hole is defined by a tubular boss formed in the cantilever tab.

12. The seatback pocket structure according to 9 , wherein the pocket forming board includes a main body plate and a reinforcing plate joined to a surface of the main body plate facing the back board,
the reinforcing plate is provided with a pair of first openings extending along either side of the reinforcing plate,
the main part of the back board is provided with a pair of second openings extending along either side of the main part of the back board,
each flexible sheet member penetrates a corresponding one of the first openings of the reinforcing member and engages a corresponding one of the second openings of the main part of the back board.

13. A seatback pocket structure, comprising:
a back board forming a back side of a seatback; and
a pocket forming board attached to the back board to define a seatback pocket between the back board and the pocket forming board;
wherein the back board includes a main part defining a major plane of the back board, and a cantilever tab having a base end connected to the main part and adapted for elastic bending deformation, the pocket forming board being connected to a free end part of the cantilever tab,
wherein the pocket forming board includes a main body plate and a reinforcing plate joined to a surface of the main body plate facing the back board, and
the reinforcing plate extends along an outer edge of the main body plate to define a hole in a central part thereof, the hole of the reinforcing plate being disposed so as to be sandwiched between the main body plate and the back board.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shrewsbury Kurt
• Villanueva Kristian
• DANANE Amit
• Narayanan Ganesh
• Okada Masakazu
• Cozzo Ronald C

Classifications

• B60R7/005 Primary

  Nets or elastic pockets tensioned against walls or backrests · CPC title

• B60R7/043

  mounted on or under a seat · CPC title