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US 11,597,328 B2Granted
Vehicle seats
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsOsamu Fukawatase, Nobuhiro Nakano
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Abstract
Vehicle seats that includes: a pair of seatbacks of front seats spaced apart in a vehicle width direction; and a pair of retaining portions provided at rear face sides of the pair of seatbacks, the pair of retaining portions configured to allow a rod-shaped member to span between the seatbacks, the rod-shaped member being grippable by a vehicle occupant sitting at a rear seat middle.
Claims12
Vehicle seats comprising:
- a pair of seatbacks of front seats spaced apart in a vehicle width direction;
- and
- a pair of retaining portions extending rearward from rear face sides of the pair of seatbacks, the pair of retaining portions configured to allow a rod-shaped member to span between the seatbacks, the rod-shaped member being grippable by a vehicle occupant sitting at a rear seat middle, each of the pair of retaining portions includes a cover portion pivotally coupled to the retaining portions for movement between an open position and a closed position.
Vehicle seats comprising:
- a pair of seatbacks of front seats spaced apart in a vehicle width direction;
- and
- a pair of retaining portions provided at rear face sides of the pair of seatbacks, the pair of retaining portions configured to allow a rod-shaped member to span between the seatbacks, the rod-shaped member being grippable by a vehicle occupant sitting at a rear seat middle, each of the pair of retaining portions includes:
- a rest portion on which the rod-shaped member is to be rested;
- a cover portion that is opposable with the rest portion, the cover portion being closed and impeding a fall of the rod-shaped member in a state in which the cover portion is disposed to oppose the rest portion;
- and
- a deployment and stowing mechanism provided at each of the pair of retaining portions, the deployment and stowing mechanism putting each retaining portion into either a deployed state in which use of the retaining portion is enabled or a stowed state in which use of the retaining portion is disabled.
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Vehicle seats comprising:
- a pair of seatbacks of front seats spaced apart in a vehicle width direction;
- and
- a pair of retaining portions provided at rear face sides of the pair of seatbacks, the pair of retaining portions configured to allow a rod-shaped member to span between the seatbacks, the rod-shaped member being grippable by a vehicle occupant sitting at a rear seat middle, each of the pair of retaining portions includes:
- a rest portion on which the rod-shaped member is to be rested;
- a cover portion that is opposable with the rest portion, the cover portion being closed and impeding a fall of the rod-shaped member in a state in which the cover portion is disposed to oppose the rest portion;
- and
- a closing mechanism that closes the cover portion to be opposable with the rest portion, the closing mechanism including:
- a pendulum member including one end portion, another end portion and a first axle portion that is provided along the vehicle width direction, the one end portion being pressed by the rod-shaped member and the pendulum member turning about the first axle portion in a case in which the rod-shaped member is rested on the rest portion;
- and
- a seesaw member including one end portion, another end portion and a second axle portion that is provided along the vehicle width direction, and in a case in which the rod-shaped member is rested on the rest portion and the pendulum member turns about the first axle portion,
- the other end portion of the pendulum member abutting against the one end portion of the seesaw member,
- the seesaw member turning about the second axle portion, and
- the other end portion of the seesaw member abutting against the cover portion and causing the cover portion to turn about a third axle portion in a direction to oppose the rest portion, the third axle portion being provided along the vehicle width direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.