Vehicle seats

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11597328-B2
Application number	US-202117485994-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2021
Priority date	Sep 30, 2020
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

Vehicle seats that includes: a pair of seatbacks of front seats spaced apart in a vehicle width direction; and a pair of retaining portions provided at rear face sides of the pair of seatbacks, the pair of retaining portions configured to allow a rod-shaped member to span between the seatbacks, the rod-shaped member being grippable by a vehicle occupant sitting at a rear seat middle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. Vehicle seats comprising:
a pair of seatbacks of front seats spaced apart in a vehicle width direction; and
a pair of retaining portions extending rearward from rear face sides of the pair of seatbacks, the pair of retaining portions configured to allow a rod-shaped member to span between the seatbacks, the rod-shaped member being grippable by a vehicle occupant sitting at a rear seat middle, each of the pair of retaining portions includes a cover portion pivotally coupled to the retaining portions for movement between an open position and a closed position.

2. The vehicle seats according to claim 1 , wherein the rod-shaped member is retained at the retaining portions in a state in which gaps in a seat vertical direction and a seat front-rear direction are present between the rod-shaped member and the retaining portions.

3. The vehicle seats according to claim 1 , wherein each retaining portion includes a rest portion on which the rod-shaped member is to be rested; and
wherein each of the cover portions are opposable with the rest portion, in the closed position the cover portion is disposed to oppose the rest portion to impede a fall of the rod-shaped member.

4. The vehicle seats according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of retaining portions include:
an accommodating member structuring one of the retaining portions, the accommodating member being provided at one of the pair of seatbacks and accommodating the rod-shaped member, such that the rod-shaped member protrudes from the accommodating member in a seat width direction; and
a support member structuring another of the retaining portions, the support member being provided at another of the pair of seatbacks and supporting a distal end portion of the rod-shaped member protruding from the accommodating member.

5. The vehicle seats according to claim 3 , wherein a deployment and stowing mechanism is provided at each retaining portion, the deployment and stowing mechanism putting each retaining portion into either a deployed state in which use of the retaining portion is enabled or a stowed state in which use of the retaining portion is disabled.

6. The vehicle seats according to claim 3 , wherein each retaining portion further includes a closing mechanism that closes the cover portion to be opposable with the rest portion, the closing mechanism including:
a pendulum member including one end portion, another end portion and a first axle portion that is provided along the vehicle width direction, the one end portion being pressed by the rod-shaped member and the pendulum member turning about the first axle portion in a case in which the rod-shaped member is rested on the rest portion; and
a seesaw member including one end portion, another end portion and a second axle portion that is provided along the vehicle width direction, and in a case in which the rod-shaped member is rested on the rest portion and the pendulum member turns about the first axle portion,
the other end portion of the pendulum member abutting against the one end portion of the seesaw member,
the seesaw member turning about the second axle portion, and
the other end portion of the seesaw member abutting against the cover portion and causing the cover portion to turn about a third axle portion in a direction to oppose the rest portion, the third axle portion being provided along the vehicle width direction.

7. Vehicle seats comprising:
a pair of seatbacks of front seats spaced apart in a vehicle width direction; and
a pair of retaining portions provided at rear face sides of the pair of seatbacks, the pair of retaining portions configured to allow a rod-shaped member to span between the seatbacks, the rod-shaped member being grippable by a vehicle occupant sitting at a rear seat middle, each of the pair of retaining portions includes:
a rest portion on which the rod-shaped member is to be rested;
a cover portion that is opposable with the rest portion, the cover portion being closed and impeding a fall of the rod-shaped member in a state in which the cover portion is disposed to oppose the rest portion; and

a deployment and stowing mechanism provided at each of the pair of retaining portions, the deployment and stowing mechanism putting each retaining portion into either a deployed state in which use of the retaining portion is enabled or a stowed state in which use of the retaining portion is disabled.

8. The vehicle seats according to claim 7 , wherein the rod-shaped member is retained at the retaining portions in a state in which gaps in a seat vertical direction and a seat front-rear direction are present between the rod-shaped member and the retaining portions.

9. The vehicle seats according to claim 7 , wherein the pair of retaining portions include:
an accommodating member structuring one of the retaining portions, the accommodating member being provided at one of the pair of seatbacks and accommodating the rod-shaped member, such that the rod-shaped member protrudes from the accommodating member in a seat width direction; and
a support member structuring another of the retaining portions, the support member being provided at another of the pair of seatbacks and supporting a distal end portion of the rod-shaped member protruding from the accommodating member.

10. Vehicle seats comprising:
a pair of seatbacks of front seats spaced apart in a vehicle width direction; and
a pair of retaining portions provided at rear face sides of the pair of seatbacks, the pair of retaining portions configured to allow a rod-shaped member to span between the seatbacks, the rod-shaped member being grippable by a vehicle occupant sitting at a rear seat middle, each of the pair of retaining portions includes:
a rest portion on which the rod-shaped member is to be rested;
a cover portion that is opposable with the rest portion, the cover portion being closed and impeding a fall of the rod-shaped member in a state in which the cover portion is disposed to oppose the rest portion; and
a closing mechanism that closes the cover portion to be opposable with the rest portion, the closing mechanism including:
a pendulum member including one end portion, another end portion and a first axle portion that is provided along the vehicle width direction, the one end portion being pressed by the rod-shaped member and the pendulum member turning about the first axle portion in a case in which the rod-shaped member is rested on the rest portion; and
a seesaw member including one end portion, another end portion and a second axle portion that is provided along the vehicle width direction, and in a case in which the rod-shaped member is rested on the rest portion and the pendulum member turns about the first axle portion,
the other end portion of the pendulum member abutting against the one end portion of the seesaw member,
the seesaw member turning about the second axle portion, and
the other end portion of the seesaw member abutting against the cover portion and causing the cover portion to turn about a third axle portion in a direction to oppose the rest portion, the third axle portion being provided along the vehicle width direction.

11. The vehicle seats according to claim 10 , wherein the rod-shaped member is retained at the retaining portions in a state in which gaps in a seat vertical direction and a seat front-rear direction are present between the rod-shaped member and the retaining portions.

12. The vehicle seats according to claim 10 , wherein the pair of retaining portions include:
an accommodating member structuring one of the retaining portions, the accommodating member being provided at one of the pair of seatbacks and accom

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fukawatase Osamu
• Nakano Nobuhiro

Classifications

• B60N3/023 Primary

  movable · CPC title

• B60R7/08 Primary

  Disposition of racks, clips {, holders, containers} or the like {for supporting specific articles (B60R7/005 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2002/905

  the head-rest or seat used as an anchorage point, for an object not covered by groups in B60N, e.g. for a canvas · CPC title

• B60N2/4249

  fixed structures, i.e. where neither the seat nor a part thereof are displaced during a crash · CPC title

• B60N2/91

  Panels between front seats · CPC title