Back rest of a vehicle seat having a pocket

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10596972-B2
Application number	US-201816215192-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2018
Priority date	Jun 9, 2016
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

A backrest of a vehicle seat, which includes a pocket. It is provided that the rotation axis, which is formed in the area of the lower edge of the cover and around which the cover is pivoted when an object is stored in the pocket, is variable with respect to its distance from the vehicle seat or the backrest. This takes place, for example, in that the cover is connected to a double joint in the area of its lower edge, and the double joint, in turn, is connected to the vehicle seat.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A backrest of a motor vehicle seat, the backrest comprising
a pocket formed by the backrest and a cover; and
a rotation axis of the cover arranged in an area of a lower edge of the cover, the cover being pivoted around the rotation axis when the pocket is opened or closed,
wherein the rotation axis is displaceable with respect to a distance of the rotation axis from the backrest so that a compensation of a distance between the cover and the backrest takes place when an object is stored in the pocket,
wherein the cover interacts with a plurality of spring elements, including at least one first spring element and at least one additional spring element, that are disposed between the cover and the vehicle seat,
wherein the at least one first spring element is assigned to the cover and extends along the cover in an area between the lower edge of the cover and an upper edge of the cover and is fastened to the cover,
wherein the at least one additional spring element is assigned to the vehicle seat and extends along the vehicle seat in an area between the lower edge of the cover and an upper edge of the vehicle seat,
wherein the at least one additional spring element penetrates a backrest panel of the vehicle seat, such that the at least one additional spring element extends through an opening in the backrest panel and is fastened in an interior of the backrest,
wherein the at least one first spring element is connected to the at least one additional spring element in the area of the lower edge of the cover between the backrest panel and the cover so that during an opening operation when an object to be stored in the pocket is introduced into the pocket, the cover is first lifted away from the vehicle seat against a spring action of the at least one first spring element and the cover is pivoted around the rotation axis situated in the area of the lower edge of the cover, so that the cover is supported on the vehicle seat in the area of the lower edge of the cover, and wherein the cover is additionally lifted away from the vehicle seat against a spring action of the at least one additional spring element during a further course of the opening operation, so that the rotation axis of the cover is displaced and the distance of the rotation axis of the cover from the backrest is changed.

2. The backrest according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one additional spring element is provided with an offset design, so that it penetrates the backrest panel.

3. The backrest according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first spring element and the at least one additional spring element are each a bending spring extended in a straight line.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Lindhorst Volker

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

• B60R2011/0015

  Back-rests · CPC title