Vehicle occupant restraint device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsuyoshi Ohno, Hiroyuki Tomita
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Abstract
A vehicle occupant restraint device includes: a seat cushion on which an occupant is seated; a seat back that is provided on a seat rear side of the seat cushion so as to be pivotable in a seat front-rear direction and that supports a back of the occupant; an ottoman provided on a seat front side of the seat cushion so as to be pivotable in a seat up-down direction; and a fabric restraint member that is extended in a width direction of the ottoman to restrain a lower limb including a knee of the occupant when at least the ottoman is set in a raised position and the seat back takes a comfortable posture.
Claims18
A vehicle occupant restraint device comprising:
- a seat cushion;
- a seat back that is provided on a seat rear side of the seat cushion so as to be pivotable in a seat front-rear direction;
- an ottoman provided on a seat front side of the seat cushion so as to be pivotable in a seat up-down direction;
- and
- a fabric restraint member that is extended in a width direction of the ottoman to restrain a lower limb including a knee of the occupant when at least the ottoman is set in a raised position and the seat back takes a comfortable posture,
- wherein the fabric restraint member is fixed with a plurality of fixtures provided on at least opposite side portions of the ottoman in the width direction, the fixtures being spaced apart from each other in the seat front-rear direction.
A vehicle occupant restraint device comprising:
- a seat cushion;
- a seat back that is provided on a seat rear side of the seat cushion so as to be pivotable in a seat front-rear direction;
- an ottoman provided on a seat front side of the seat cushion so as to be pivotable in a seat up-down direction;
- and
- a fabric restraint member that is extended in a width direction of at least the ottoman to restrain a lower limb including a knee of the occupant when at least the ottoman is set in a raised position and the seat back takes a comfortable posture,
- wherein the fabric restraint member is fixed with a plurality of fixtures provided on a floor portion of a vehicle cabin that is located on both sides of the ottoman and the seat cushion in the width direction in a plan view, the fixtures being spaced apart from each other in the seat front-rear direction.
A vehicle occupant restraint device comprising:
- a seat cushion;
- a seat back that is provided on a seat rear side of the seat cushion so as to be pivotable in a seat front-rear direction;
- an ottoman provided on a seat front side of the seat cushion so as to be pivotable in a seat up-down direction;
- a fabric restraint member that is extended in a width direction of the ottoman to restrain a lower limb including a knee of the occupant when at least the ottoman is set in a raised position and the seat back takes a comfortable posture;
- and
- a toe restraint member that projects from a seat front side of the ottoman to a seat upper side when at least the ottoman is set in the raised position and the seat back takes a comfortable posture, the toe restraint member is configured such that a length of the toe restraint member is electrically adjustable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.