Posture support device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12583372-B2
Application number	US-202318465985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2023
Priority date	Sep 16, 2022
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

It has at least one fixing plate arranged on the seat back and at least one support member arranged on the fixing plate, and the support member can be arranged at an arbitrary angle at an arbitrary position on the front surface of the fixing plate. Therefore, the position of the support member can be adjusted not only in the vertical direction but also in the horizontal direction with respect to the seat back, but also in the angle. Therefore, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in the position and the angle of the support member as compared with the related art.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A posture support device for supporting a posture of a person seated in a seat, the posture support device comprising:
at least one fixing plate configured to be disposed on a front surface of a seat back of the seat or inside the seat back; and at least one support member disposed on the fixing plate, wherein the at least one support member is adjustably fixable onto a front surface of the fixing plate, the at least one support member includes a first support member, the first support member has, when the first support member is disposed on the fixing plate,
a first portion, which has a flat surface portion and protrudes away from the fixing plate, and
a second portion, which has a U-shaped cross section in a horizontal plane and protrudes away from the fixing plate more than the first portion.

2 . The posture support device according to claim 1 , wherein
the fixing plate is configured to resist movement in at least one of an upward direction, a downward direction, a leftward direction, a rightward direction, a forward direction, and a rearward direction with respect to the seat back in a state in which the posture support device is used.

3 . The posture support device according to claim 2 , wherein the fixing plate is configured to resist movement in at least the downward direction with respect to the seat back in a state in which the posture support device is used.

4 . The posture support device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second portion includes a protruding surface portion in at least a part of a central portion in a width direction of the first support member when the first support member is disposed on the fixing plate.

5 . The posture support device according to claim 4 , wherein:
the first support member includes, when the first support member is disposed on the fixing plate, a lower portion, and an upper portion above the lower portion; and the lower portion has a larger protrusion amount to a side where the person is seated in the seat than the upper portion.

6 . The posture support device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first portion and the second portion of the first support member are detachably attachable to the fixing plate as a single piece.

7 . The posture support device according to claim 6 , wherein the fixing plate has a pattern regularly arranged at least on the front surface of the fixing plate.

8 . The posture support device according to claim 7 , wherein the pattern of the fixing plate has at least one of a pattern regularly arranged such that a pattern element provided on a horizontal line extending in a right-left direction has a plurality of rows in an up-down direction, and a pattern regularly arranged such that a pattern element provided on a vertical line extending in the up-down direction has a plurality of rows in the right-left direction, in a front view of the fixing plate.

9 . The posture support device according to claim 8 , wherein
the first portion of the first support member has inclined surfaces extending toward each other in a direction toward the second portion of the first support member.

10 . The posture support device according to claim 9 , wherein
the first portion of the first support member has inclined surfaces extending away from each other in a direction toward the second portion of the first support member.

11 . The posture support device according to claim 10 , wherein
the at least one support member further includes a second support member, the second support member has, when the second support member is disposed on the fixing plate,
a first portion, which has a flat surface portion and protrudes away from the fixing plate, and
a second portion, which has a semicircular cross-sectional shape in the horizontal plane and protrudes away from the fixing plate more than the first portion of the second support member,
the second portion of the second support member is provided in at least a part of a central portion in a width direction of the second support member, and the first and second portions of the second support member are detachably attachable to the fixing plate as a single piece.

12 . The posture support device according to claim 11 , wherein
the at least one support member further includes a third support member, the third support member has, when the third support member is disposed on the fixing plate,
a first portion, which is tapered and protrudes away from the fixing plate, and
a second portion, which has a flat surface and protrudes away from the fixing plate more than the first portion of the third support member,
the second portion of the third support member is provided in at least a part of a central portion in a width direction of the third support member, and the first and second portions of the third support member are detachably attachable to the fixing plate as a single piece.

13 . The posture support device according to claim 12 , wherein
the at least one support member further includes a fourth support member, the fourth support member has, when the fourth support member is disposed on the fixing plate,
an upper portion protruding away from the fixing plate, and
a lower portion protruding away from the fixing plate more than the upper portion, and
the first and second portions of the fourth support member are detachably attachable to the fixing plate as a single piece.

14 . The posture support device according to claim 13 , wherein the lower portion of the fourth support member has a U-shaped cross section in the horizontal plane when the fourth support member is disposed on the fixing plate.

15 . The posture support device according to claim 13 , wherein the lower portion of the fourth support member has a semicircular cross-sectional shape in the horizontal plane when the fourth support member is disposed on the fixing plate.

16 . The posture support device according to claim 13 , wherein
the upper portion of the fourth support member has a sloped protruding surface portion and two inclined surfaces extending toward each other in a direction toward the protruding surface portion, and the lower portion of the fourth support member has a flat protruding surface portion continuous with the sloped protruding surface portion.

17 . The posture support device according to claim 13 , wherein
the upper portion of the fourth support member has a constant protrusion amount, and the lower portion of the fourth support member has a flat protruding surface portion and two inclined surfaces extending toward each other in a direction toward the flat protruding surface portion.

18 . The posture support device according to claim 13 , wherein the fourth support member further includes a protrusion portion protruding from the lower portion away from the fixing plate when the fourth support member is disposed on the fixing plate.

19 . The posture support device according to claim 18 , wherein the protrusion portion of the fourth support member protrudes from the lower portion by a protruding amount that decreases toward a bottom of the lower portion.

20 . The posture support device according to claim 18 , wherein the protrusion portion of the fourth support member protrudes from the lower portion by a protruding amount that increases toward a bottom of the lower portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawamura Yoshiyuki
• Omura Makoto
• Ito Keita

Classifications

• A47C7/425

  Supplementary back-rests to be positioned on a back-rest or the like · CPC title

• B60N2/7005

  detachable · CPC title

• B60N2/643 Primary

  shape of the back-rests (B60N2/66 takes precedence) · CPC title