Hanging type seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11491900-B2
Application number	US-202016898898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2020
Priority date	Jun 14, 2019
Publication date	Nov 8, 2022
Grant date	Nov 8, 2022

Abstract

A hanging type seat mounted in a vehicle comprises a seat main body for supporting an occupant from below; one or more front hanging tools which are passed across a front part of the seat main body, extended upward in the front-back direction, and attached to a structure in the vehicle; one or more rear hanging tools which are passed across a rear part of the seat main body, extended upward in the front-back direction, and attached to a structure in the vehicle; and two or more transverse hanging tools which are passed across both sides of the seat main body, extended laterally upward, and attached to a structure in the vehicle; wherein the seat main body is hung and held by the one or more front hanging tools, the one or more rear hanging tools, and the two or more transverse hanging tools.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hanging type seat mounted in a vehicle, comprising:
a seat main body for supporting an occupant from below;
one or more front hanging tools which are passed across a front part of the seat main body, extended upward in a front-back direction, and attached to a structure in the vehicle;
one or more rear hanging tools which are passed across a rear part of the seat main body, extended upward in the front-back direction and farther rearward in the front-back direction than a rear end of the seat main body, and attached to a structure in the vehicle; and
two or more transverse hanging tools which are passed across opposite side portions of the seat main body along a width of the vehicle, extended laterally upward, and attached to a structure in the vehicle;
wherein: the seat main body is hung and held by the one or more front hanging tools, the one or more rear hanging tools, and the two or more transverse hanging tools.

2. The hanging type seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat main body is at least divided into a first support member on which at least the back of the occupant is configured to be positioned and a second support member on which at least a buttocks of the occupant are configured to be positioned.

3. The hanging type seat according to claim 2 , wherein the first support member includes a net member which is configured by combining plural wires into a net form and on which at least the back of the occupant is configured to be positioned.

4. The hanging type seat according to claim 3 , wherein the transverse hanging tools are respectively extended from opposite side portions of the first support member but no transverse hanging tool is extended from the second support member.

5. The hanging type seat according to claim 3 , wherein the transverse hanging tools are respectively extended from opposite side portions of the first support member and opposite side portions of the second support member.

6. The hanging type seat according to claim 2 , wherein the second support member is only partly connected to the first support member.

7. The hanging type seat according to claim 2 , wherein the transverse hanging tools extending from opposite side portions of the first support member and the transverse hanging tools extending from opposite side portions of the second support member are spaced apart from each other in the front-back direction.

8. The hanging type seat according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a reference plate which is attached to the seat main body and has engaging portions with which starting points of the hanging tools are engageable, wherein:
each starting point of at least one of the one or more rear hanging tools and at least two of the two or more transverse hanging tools is engaged with the engaging portions of the reference plate.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Katoh Kohshi
• Nagai Tetsuya
• Motozawa Ken
• Asai Mitsuru
• Mori Takayuki

Classifications

• A45F3/22

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• A45F3/24

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• B60N3/008 Primary

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• B60N2/7011 Primary

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