Vehicle seat with ramp for facilitating ISO fix child seat installation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9676304-B2
Application number	US-201414552684-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2014
Priority date	Nov 25, 2014
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a seatback and a seat bottom having a seating surface. A child car seat anchoring system is provided behind the vehicle seat and extends between the seatback and seat bottom. A guide ramp on the seat bottom is aligned with an anchor point of the child car seat anchoring system to aid an individual in connecting a child car seat to the child car seat anchoring system.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A vehicle seat that facilitates connection of a child car seat to a child car seat anchor point of a child car seat anchoring system, comprising:
a seat back;
a seat bottom including a seating surface; and
a guide ramp on said seat bottom aligned with the anchor point of the child car seat anchoring system, wherein said guide ramp includes a bottom face, a snap bezel and a projecting mounting skirt, wherein said snap bezel includes an upper face and a central opening receiving said projecting mounting skirt and a mounting flange extending around at least a portion of a periphery of said central opening, wherein said projecting mounting skirt includes a plurality of openings and said mounting flange includes a plurality of snap tabs received in said plurality of openings and securing said guide ramp and said snap bezel together, and wherein said bottom face nesting on said upper face and said mounting skirt nesting in said mounting flange when said ramp is connected to said snap bezel.

2. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , further including a plurality of support gussets on said mounting skirt between said openings.

3. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , further including a plurality of projections on one of said upper face and said bottom face.

4. The vehicle seat of claim 3 , wherein said seat bottom includes a seat foam and a seat trim cover.

5. The vehicle seat of claim 4 , wherein said vehicle seat includes a plurality of guide ramps and said seat trim cover includes a plurality of trim cover slots wherein one of said guide ramps is received and held in each of said trim cover slots.

6. The vehicle seat of claim 5 , wherein a margin of said seat trim cover around each of said plurality of trim cover slots is engaged by said plurality of projections and captured between said guide ramp and said snap bezel.

7. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein said guide ramp includes an open top channel having a smooth low friction surface.

8. The vehicle seat of claim 7 , wherein said guide ramp is made from nylon.

9. The vehicle seat of claim 7 , wherein said guide ramp has a rounded entry end.

10. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , further including an indicia on said guide ramp to help an individual identify said guide ramp as a point of attachment for the child car seat to the child car seat anchoring system.

11. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , further including indicia on said seat back or said seat bottom adjacent said guide ramp to help an individual identify said guide ramp as a point of attachment for a child car seat to the child car seat anchoring system.

12. The vehicle seat of claim 1 , wherein said guide ramp extends under an anchor point of said child car seat anchoring system.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Del Puerto Camargo Raul Emilio
• Banales Cano David Eduardo
• Sangines Vazquez Daniel
• Nunez Steven Walter
• Curran Peter

Classifications

• B60N2/643

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

• B60N2/01 Primary

  Arrangement of seats relative to one another · CPC title

• B60N2/2887 Primary

  Fixation to a transversal anchorage bar, e.g. isofix · CPC title

• B60N2205/35

  Seat, bench or back-rests being split laterally in two or more parts · CPC title

• B60N2/26

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