Adjustable vehicle seat attachment system
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsLauren M. Abro, Yuko N. Gidcumb, Michelle R. Vargo, Lindsay A. Babian, Hamshivraj Singh Dhamrat
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Abstract
An adjustable vehicle seat attachment system is provided. Rather than having child seats placed in fixed adult seats of a vehicle, child seats may be connected directly to the vehicle. Moreover, the anchors that the child seats connect to may be moved around an interior space of the vehicle so that the child seat may be placed in different locations throughout the vehicle interior. The child seats may be anchored to different spots along a floor of a vehicle. The child seats maybe anchored to different spots along an interior ceiling of a vehicle.
Claims11
An adjustable vehicle seat attachment system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an anchor frame positioned on a floor of the vehicle and between adult seats of the vehicle, the anchor frame including:
- a first track attachable to the vehicle and having a first channel, and
- a second track attachable to the vehicle and having a second channel;
- a first movable anchor movably attached to the first track and configured to slide along the first channel, the first movable anchor having a first rod;
- a second movable anchor movably attached to the second track and configured to slide along the second channel, the second movable anchor having a second rod;
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- a child vehicle seat positioned along the floor in a space between the adult seats and not on an adult seat of the vehicle, the child vehicle seat having one or more anchor clips configured to selectably connect to and disconnect from the first rod and the second rod to removably attach the child vehicle seat to the anchor frame.
A vehicle having an adjustable vehicle seat attachment system comprising:
- a plurality of adult seats;
- an anchor frame comprising a first track and a second track each attached to the vehicle along an interior surface of the vehicle and positioned between at least two adult seats of the plurality of adult seats;
- a first movable anchor movably attached to the first track and having a first rod;
- a second movable anchor movably attached to the second track and having a second rod;
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- a child vehicle seat positioned in a space between the at least two adult seats and not on an adult seat of the plurality of adult seats, the child vehicle seat having a plurality of anchor clips configured to selectably connect to and disconnect from the first rod and the second rod to removably attach the child vehicle seat to the anchor frame,
- wherein the first movable anchor is configured to be movable along a length of the first track and the second movable anchor is configured to be movable along a length of the second track to reposition the child vehicle seat at different locations along the anchor frame.
An adjustable vehicle seat attachment system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an anchor frame positioned between adult seats of the vehicle, the anchor frame including:
- a first track having a channel and attached to the vehicle by body anchors, and
- a second track having a channel and attached to the vehicle by the body anchors;
- a first movable anchor movably attached to the first track and slidable along a length of the first track by sliding in the channel of the first track, the first movable anchor having a first rod;
- a second movable anchor movably attached to the second track and slidable along a length of the second track by sliding in the channel of the second track, the second movable anchor having a second rod;
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- a child vehicle seat positioned in a space between the adult seats and not on an adult seat of the vehicle, the child vehicle seat having one or more anchor clips configured to selectably connect to and disconnect from the first rod and the second rod to removably attach the child vehicle seat to the anchor frame,
- wherein the first track and the second track are parallel so that the first movable anchor and the second movable anchor move together to reposition the child vehicle seat at different locations along the parallel first and second tracks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.