Adjustable vehicle seat attachment system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12344130-B2
Application number	US-202217730568-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2022
Priority date	Apr 27, 2022
Publication date	Jul 1, 2025
Grant date	Jul 1, 2025

Abstract

An adjustable vehicle seat attachment system is provided. Rather than having child seats placed in fixed adult seats of a vehicle, child seats may be connected directly to the vehicle. Moreover, the anchors that the child seats connect to may be moved around an interior space of the vehicle so that the child seat may be placed in different locations throughout the vehicle interior. The child seats may be anchored to different spots along a floor of a vehicle. The child seats maybe anchored to different spots along an interior ceiling of a vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adjustable vehicle seat attachment system for a vehicle, comprising:
an anchor frame positioned on a floor of the vehicle and between adult seats of the vehicle, the anchor frame including:
a first track attachable to the vehicle and having a first channel, and
a second track attachable to the vehicle and having a second channel;

a first movable anchor movably attached to the first track and configured to slide along the first channel, the first movable anchor having a first rod;
a second movable anchor movably attached to the second track and configured to slide along the second channel, the second movable anchor having a second rod; and
a child vehicle seat positioned along the floor in a space between the adult seats and not on an adult seat of the vehicle, the child vehicle seat having one or more anchor clips configured to selectably connect to and disconnect from the first rod and the second rod to removably attach the child vehicle seat to the anchor frame.

2. The adjustable vehicle seat attachment system according to claim 1 , wherein the first track of the anchor frame is attachable to the vehicle with body anchors.

3. The adjustable vehicle seat attachment system according to claim 1 , wherein the first track of the anchor frame is attachable to the vehicle with body anchors and wherein the second track of the anchor frame is attachable to the vehicle with the body anchors.

4. The adjustable vehicle seat attachment system according to claim 1 , wherein the first track is positioned parallel to the second track on an interior surface of the vehicle.

5. A vehicle having an adjustable vehicle seat attachment system comprising:
a plurality of adult seats;
an anchor frame comprising a first track and a second track each attached to the vehicle along an interior surface of the vehicle and positioned between at least two adult seats of the plurality of adult seats;
a first movable anchor movably attached to the first track and having a first rod;
a second movable anchor movably attached to the second track and having a second rod; and
a child vehicle seat positioned in a space between the at least two adult seats and not on an adult seat of the plurality of adult seats, the child vehicle seat having a plurality of anchor clips configured to selectably connect to and disconnect from the first rod and the second rod to removably attach the child vehicle seat to the anchor frame,
wherein the first movable anchor is configured to be movable along a length of the first track and the second movable anchor is configured to be movable along a length of the second track to reposition the child vehicle seat at different locations along the anchor frame.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the interior surface of the vehicle is an interior floor surface.

7. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the first track and the second track are attached to the vehicle by body anchors extending through the interior surface of the vehicle.

8. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the first track includes a channel that is configured to retain a portion of the first movable anchor slidably therein.

9. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the first track is positioned parallel to the second track on the interior surface of the vehicle.

10. An adjustable vehicle seat attachment system for a vehicle, comprising:
an anchor frame positioned between adult seats of the vehicle, the anchor frame including:
a first track having a channel and attached to the vehicle by body anchors, and
a second track having a channel and attached to the vehicle by the body anchors;

a first movable anchor movably attached to the first track and slidable along a length of the first track by sliding in the channel of the first track, the first movable anchor having a first rod;
a second movable anchor movably attached to the second track and slidable along a length of the second track by sliding in the channel of the second track, the second movable anchor having a second rod; and
a child vehicle seat positioned in a space between the adult seats and not on an adult seat of the vehicle, the child vehicle seat having one or more anchor clips configured to selectably connect to and disconnect from the first rod and the second rod to removably attach the child vehicle seat to the anchor frame,
wherein the first track and the second track are parallel so that the first movable anchor and the second movable anchor move together to reposition the child vehicle seat at different locations along the parallel first and second tracks.

11. The adjustable vehicle seat attachment system according to claim 10 , wherein the first track extends along an interior floor of the vehicle and wherein the second track extends along the interior floor of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Toyota Eng & Mfg North America
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Abro Lauren M
• Gidcumb Yuko N
• Vargo Michelle R
• Babian Lindsay A
• Dhamrat Hamshivraj Singh

Classifications

• B60R22/24 Primary

  secured to the side, door, or roof of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60N2/26

  for children (B60N2/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/04

  the whole seat being movable · CPC title

• B60N2/283

  suspended · CPC title

• B60N2/28

  Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats {or other parts} of the vehicle · CPC title