JP2021109521A - Child seat fixed structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a child seat fixing structure capable of suppressing a narrowing of an operating space when an infant is placed on a child seat or when an infant is removed from the child seat. A vehicle 14 to which a child seat fixing structure is applied includes a vehicle seat 12 and a child seat installation portion 28 in which a child seat 34 is installed. The vehicle seat 12 includes a seat cushion 20 in which the buttocks of a seated occupant are supported. The child seat installation portion 28 is provided on the floor 24 of the vehicle 14 on the lower side of the seat cushion 20 in a state where the buttocks of the seated occupant can be supported. [Selection diagram] Fig. 3

Description

The present invention relates to a child seat fixing structure.

The following Patent Document 1 discloses a child seat fixing structure for fixing a child seat to the floor of a vehicle. In the child seat fixing structure described in this document, the child seat is placed on the seat cushion of the vehicle seat, and the child seat locking device is engaged with the striker of the anchorage fixed to the floor of the vehicle. It is designed to be fixed to the floor of the vehicle.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-071799

However, in the configuration in which the child seat is fixed to the floor of the vehicle while being placed on the seat cushion of the vehicle seat as in the configuration described in Patent Document 1, the child seat is above the seat surface and the door opening. It is conceivable that the distance from the rim will be reduced, and the operating space when the infant is placed on the child seat and when the infant is removed from the child seat will be narrowed.

In consideration of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to obtain a child seat fixing structure capable of suppressing a narrowing of the operating space when the infant is placed on the child seat or when the infant is removed from the child seat.

The child seat fixing structure according to claim 1 constitutes a part of a vehicle seat and supports a seat cushion that supports the buttock of an occupant seated on the vehicle seat and a buttock of an occupant seated on the vehicle seat. It is provided on the floor of the vehicle below the seat cushion in a possible state, and includes a child seat installation portion on which the child seat is installed.

According to the child seat fixing structure according to claim 1, when the seat cushion is moved, the child seat installation portion provided on the floor of the vehicle below the seat cushion is exposed. In this state, the child seat is installed in the child seat installation section. In this way, by installing the child seat in the child seat installation portion on the floor of the vehicle, it is possible to prevent the seat surface of the child seat from becoming close to the upper edge of the door opening of the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to prevent the operation space from being narrowed when the infant is placed on the child seat or when the infant is removed from the child seat.

The child seat fixing structure according to the present invention has an excellent effect that it is possible to suppress a narrowing of the operating space when the infant is placed on the child seat or when the infant is removed from the child seat.

It is a side view which shows typically the vehicle to which the child seat fixing structure of 1st Embodiment is applied. It is a side view corresponding to FIG. 1 which shows typically the vehicle to which the child seat fixing structure of 1st Embodiment was applied, and shows the state which the seat cushion was removed. It is a side view which shows typically the rear seat of the vehicle to which the child seat fixing structure of 1st Embodiment is applied, and shows the state which the child seat is installed in the child seat installation part. It is a side view corresponding to FIG. 2 which schematically shows the vehicle to which the child seat fixing structure of 1st Embodiment is applied, and shows the state which the child seat is installed in the child seat installation part with the seat cushion removed. There is. It is a side view which shows typically the rear seat of the vehicle to which the child seat fixing structure of 2nd Embodiment is applied, and shows the state which the child seat is installed in the child seat installation part. It is a side view which shows typically the rear seat of the vehicle to which the child seat fixing structure of 3rd Embodiment is applied, and shows the state which the child seat is installed in the child seat installation part. It is a side view which shows typically the rear seat of the vehicle to which the child seat fixing structure of 4th Embodiment is applied, and shows the state which the child seat is installed in the child seat installation part.

The child seat fixing structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the child seat fixing structure of the present embodiment is arranged on the vehicle seat 10 used as a front seat such as a driver's seat or a passenger seat and on the vehicle rear side of the vehicle seat 10. It is applied to a vehicle 14 provided with a vehicle seat 12 which is used as a rear seat. In the following description, when the front-rear, left-right, and up-down directions are shown, the seat front-rear direction, the seat left-right direction (seat width direction), and the seat up-down direction as seen from the occupant seated on the vehicle seat 12 are shown. Shall be. Further, the arrow FR appropriately shown in each figure indicates the front direction of the seat, and the arrow UP indicates the upward direction of the seat. In addition, the front-rear, left-right, up-down directions of the seat coincide with the front-rear, left-right, up-down directions of the vehicle.

Front side door openings 16 and rear side door openings 18 as door openings are formed on both left and right sides of the vehicle 14. Then, the occupant of the vehicle can get on the vehicle 14 through the front side door opening 16 and sit on the vehicle seat 10. Further, the occupant of the vehicle can get on the vehicle 14 through the rear side door opening 18 and sit on the vehicle seat 12. The front side door opening 16 and the rear side door opening 18 can be opened and closed by a front side door and a rear side door (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle seat 12 used as the rear seat has a seat cushion 20 that supports the buttocks of the seated occupant and a seat cushion 20 that supports the back of the seated occupant and is in the front-rear direction of the seat with respect to the seat cushion 20. It is equipped with a seat back 22 that can be reclined (tilted).

The seat cushion 20 is fixed to the seat cushion fixing portion 26 in a state of being arranged along the seat cushion fixing portion 26 provided on the floor 24 of the vehicle 14. Here, the seat cushion 20 of the present embodiment can be easily removed from the seat cushion fixing portion 26 by operating an operation portion (not shown). Then, the removed seat cushion 20 can be supported by the vehicle seat 10 in a state of leaning against the vehicle seat 10 used as the front seat.

As shown in FIG. 3, a part of the floor 24 on the lower side of the seat cushion 20 in a state where the buttocks of the occupant seated on the vehicle seat 12 can be supported, that is, most of the seat cushion fixing part 26 is. It is a child seat installation unit 28 in which the child seat 34 is installed. In the present embodiment, the front side of the child seat installation portion 28 on the floor 24 is a foot rest portion 30 arranged below the child seat installation portion 28. The legs of the occupant seated on the vehicle seat 12 are arranged in the space above the footrest portion 30.

On the rear side of the child seat installation portion 28 on the floor 24, an anchorage 32 with which the connector portion 42 of the child seat 34, which will be described later, is engaged is fixed by welding, a fastening member, or the like.

The child seat 34 is for a young occupant such as an infant to get on and sit on the vehicle 14. The child seat 34 may also be referred to as a baby seat or a junior seat.

The child seat 34 includes a seat cushion 36 that supports the buttocks of the seated occupant and a seat back 38 that supports the back of the seated occupant. Further, the child seat 34 includes a support leg 40 projecting downward from the front end portion of the seat cushion 36, and a connector portion 42 projecting downward from the rear end portion of the seat cushion 36. Then, the child seat 34 is fixed to the floor 24 of the vehicle 14 in a state where the child seat 34 is installed on the child seat installation portion 28 on the floor 24 and the connector portion 42 is engaged with the anchorage 32. There is.

(Action and effect of this embodiment)
Next, the operation and effect of this embodiment will be described.

When the occupant of the vehicle 14 installs the child seat 34 (see FIG. 3), first, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the seat cushion 20 is removed from the seat cushion fixing portion 26 by operating an operation unit (not shown). .. The removed seat cushion 20 may be supported by the vehicle seat 10 in a state of leaning against the vehicle seat 10 used as the front seat, or the rear seat and the vehicle seat 12 used. It may be moved to the luggage compartment on the rear side.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the connector portion 42 of the child seat 34 is engaged with the anchorage 32. As a result, the child seat 34 is fixed to the floor 24 of the vehicle 14 in a state of being installed on the child seat installation portion 28 on the floor 24.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the seat cushion 20 is removed from the seat cushion fixing portion 26 and the child seat 34 is installed in the child seat installation portion 28 on the floor 24, that is, the child seat 34 is mounted on the seat cushion 20. By not installing it on the vehicle, it is possible to prevent the child seat 34 from having a seat surface (the surface on which the occupant sits on the seat cushion 36) and the upper edge 18A of the rear side door opening 18 becoming close to each other in the side view of the vehicle. be able to. In FIG. 3, when the child seat 34 is installed on the seat cushion 20 without removing the seat cushion 20 from the seat cushion fixing portion 26, the seat cushion 36 and the seat back 38 of the child seat 34 are alternate-dashed lines. It is shown by. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, it is possible to prevent the operation space (the area indicated by the hatching S shown in FIG. 4) from being narrowed when the infant is placed on the child seat 34 or when the infant is removed from the child seat 34. can do. As a result, when the infant is placed on the child seat 34 or when the infant is removed from the child seat 34, it is prevented or suppressed that the occupant holding the infant takes an unreasonable posture and the infant comes into contact with the edge of the rear side door opening 18. can do.

Further, in a configuration in which the child seat 34 is installed not on the seat cushion 20 (the seat cushion 20 is removed from the seat cushion fixing portion 26) but on the child seat installation portion 28 on the floor 24, the child seat 34 is affected by the bending deformation of the seat cushion 20. I will not receive it. As a result, it is possible to suppress wobbling in the installed state of the child seat 34, and it is possible to quickly restrain the occupant seated in the child seat 34 in the event of a collision of the vehicle 14. In this configuration, the support leg 40 for suppressing wobbling in the installed state of the child seat 34 may be omitted.

Further, in the configuration in which the child seat 34 is installed not on the seat cushion 20 (the seat cushion 20 is removed from the seat cushion fixing portion 26) but on the child seat installation portion 28 on the floor 24, the installation position of the child seat 34 is suppressed from being raised. be able to. As a result, the moment acting on the occupant (infant) seated in the child seat 34 at the time of the collision of the vehicle 14 can be reduced.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a configuration including a child seat fixing structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the child seat fixing structure according to the second embodiment, the members and parts having the same structure as the child seat fixing structure according to the first embodiment described above are designated by the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment. It may be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the child seat fixing structure of the present embodiment, a recess 22A having an open front side is formed at the front end portion on the lower side of the seat back 22, and the closing member 44 is fitted into the recess 22A. There is. Further, the closing member 44 is configured to be able to come out of the recess 22A by moving forward from the state of being fitted in the recess 22A toward the upward side. Then, in a state where the closing member 44 has come out of the recess 22A, a part of the seat back 38 of the child seat 34 can be arranged in the recess 22A.

In the configuration of the present embodiment, when the occupant of the vehicle 14 installs the child seat 34, first, an operation unit (not shown) is operated to remove the seat cushion 20 from the seat cushion fixing portion 26. Further, the seat back 22 is reclined to the rear side (reclining from the position of the alternate long and short dash line shown in FIG. 5 to the position of the solid line). Further, the closing member 44 is moved in the direction of exiting the recess 22A.

Next, the connector portion 42 of the child seat 34 is engaged with the anchorage 32. As a result, the child seat 34 is fixed to the floor 24 of the vehicle 14 in a state where the child seat 34 is installed in the child seat installation portion 28 on the floor 24 and a part of the seat back 38 of the child seat 34 is arranged in the recess 22A.

In the present embodiment described above, the space on the front side of the child seat 34 is increased by configuring the seat back 38 of the child seat 34 to be fixed to the floor 24 of the vehicle 14 in a state of being arranged in the recess 22A. It can be expanded more than the first embodiment described above. As a result, it is possible to further suppress the narrowing of the operating space when the infant is placed on the child seat 34 and when the infant is removed from the child seat 34.

Further, by adopting a configuration in which a part of the seat back 38 of the child seat 34 is fixed to the floor 24 of the vehicle 14 in a state of being arranged in the recess 22A, wobbling in the installed state of the child seat 34 can be further suppressed. Can be done.

(Third and Fourth Embodiments)
Next, a configuration including the child seat fixing structure according to the third embodiment of the present invention and the child seat fixing structure according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. The child seat fixing structure according to the third embodiment and the child seat fixing structure according to the fourth embodiment are configured in the same manner as the child seat fixing structure according to the first embodiment and the child seat fixing structure according to the second embodiment. The members and parts may be designated by the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment and the like, and the description thereof may be omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in the child seat fixing structure of the third embodiment and the child seat fixing structure of the fourth embodiment, the child seat installation portion 28 on the floor 24 and the rear side of the seat back 22 are welded. The college 32 and the anchorage 46 are fixed by welding, fastening members, or the like, respectively.

In the configurations of these embodiments described above, the child seat 34 can be installed even when the seat cushion 20 is attached to the seat cushion fixing portion 26 in addition to the state where the seat cushion 20 is removed from the seat cushion fixing portion 26. can.

When the child seat 34 is installed with the seat cushion 20 attached to the seat cushion fixing portion 26, the occupant of the vehicle engages the connector portion 42 of the child seat 34 with the anchorage 46. As a result, the child seat 34 is fixed to the floor 24 of the vehicle 14 in a state of being installed on the seat cushion 20. As described above, in these embodiments, the child seat 34 can be installed in two states, that is, the seat cushion 20 is removed from the seat cushion fixing portion 26 and the seat cushion 20 is attached to the seat cushion fixing portion 26. ..

Further, in the configurations of these embodiments, in order to make the configurations of the anchorage 32 and the anchorage 46 the same, that is, in order to allow the anchorages 32 and 46 having the same configuration to be diverted, the floor 24 The shape of the seat surface 48 of the portion where the anchorage 32 is fixed and the angle with respect to the vehicle front-rear, left-right, up-down direction, and the shape of the seat surface 50 of the portion where the anchorage 46 is fixed on the floor 24 and the vehicle front-rear, left-right, up-down direction. The angle etc. are set.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above, and can be modified in various ways other than the above within a range not deviating from the gist thereof. Of course.

12 Vehicle seat 14 Vehicle 20 Seat cushion 24 Floor 28 Child seat installation part 34 Child seat

Claims (1)

A seat cushion that forms part of the vehicle seat and supports the buttocks of the occupant seated on the vehicle seat.
A child seat installation portion provided on the floor of the vehicle below the seat cushion in a state where the buttocks of an occupant seated on the vehicle seat can be supported, and a child seat installation portion on which the child seat is installed.
Child seat fixing structure with.

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