Seating arrangement for a vehicle and vehicle with the seating arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9783085-B2
Application number	US-201514927028-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2015
Priority date	Oct 29, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A seating arrangement for a vehicle includes abuse cushion and a top cushion. The top cushion is situated on the base cushion and divides the base cushion into a seat cushion section and a coupling cushion section. The seat cushion section is situated in front of the top cushion in the seat direction. The coupling cushion section is situated in back of the top cushion in the seat direction and includes a cover. The seating arrangement includes a coupling device which is configured to cooperate with a child seat having at least one coupling arm for coupling with the coupling device arranged on the seat cushion section. The seating arrangement further includes a guiding device fastened to the cover of the coupling cushion section for the coupling arm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seating arrangement for a vehicle comprising:
a seating device including a base cushion and a top cushion situated on the base cushion and dividing the base cushion into a seat cushion section and a coupling cushion section having a cover, wherein the seat cushion section is situated in front of the top cushion in a seat direction and the coupling cushion section is situated in back of the top cushion in the seat direction;
a coupling device arranged in a coupling area and configured to couple with at least one coupling arm of a child seat; and
a guiding device fastened to the cover of the coupling cushion section and configured to guide the coupling arm of the child seat, the guiding device including a first end and a second end, which in a top view includes a U-shaped design having first and second legs extending out in the lengthwise extension of the guiding device and a recess situated between the first and second legs.

2. The seating arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the guiding device is sewn to the cover of the coupling cushion section.

3. The seating arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the guiding device comprises a ramp for the coupling arm that leads to the coupling device.

4. The seating arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second legs include a fastening element to be positively joined with the coupling device.

5. The seating arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the fastening element is selected from the group consisting of a clip and a hook.

6. The seating arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the guiding device is fastened onto the coupling device with the first and second legs, wherein the recess produces a window for coupling the coupling arm with the coupling device.

7. The seating arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the top cushion comprises at least one opening configured to allow the coupling arm to pass through the opening, and a covering element configured to cover the opening and movable from a covering position in which it covers the opening, into a revealing position in which it exposes the opening.

8. The seating arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the covering device is designed as a flap with an upper end fixed to the seating device, and a lower end that can be inwardly positioned to move the covering device from the covering position into the revealing position.

9. The seating arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the covering device comprises a flexible textile surface material.

10. The seating arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the seating device comprises at least one hook strip and at least one loop strip for attaching the covering device in at least one of the covering position and the revealing position.

11. The seating arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the seating device comprises at least one pushbutton for attaching the covering device in at least one of the covering position and the revealing position.

12. A vehicle with the seating arrangement according to claim 1 .

13. A seating arrangement for a vehicle comprising:
a seating device including a base cushion and a top cushion situated on the base cushion and dividing the base cushion into a seat cushion section and a coupling cushion section having a cover, wherein the seat cushion section is situated in front of the top cushion in a seat direction and the coupling cushion section is situated in back of the top cushion in the seat direction;
a coupling device arranged on the coupling cushion section and configured to couple with at least one coupling arm of a child seat;
a guiding device fastened to the cover of the coupling cushion section and configured to guide the coupling arm of the child seat; and
a protection device against abrasion to the guiding device.

14. The seating arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein the protection device comprises a surface element selected from the group consisting of a woven fabric, a knitted fabric and a nonwoven fabric.

15. The seating arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein the protection device is sewn onto the guiding device.

16. The seating arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein the protection device is sewn along with the guiding device onto the cover of the coupling cushion section.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Nilius Jürgen

Classifications

• B60N2/28 Primary

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

• B60N2/2887 Primary

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

• B60N2/64

  Back-rests {or cushions (B60N2/2222 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/5825 Primary

  by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like · CPC title

• B60N2/5833

  by hook-and-loop type fasteners · CPC title