Structure of footrest in vehicle seat
AssigneeTachi-S Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Akima, Tetsuo Ikeda
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Abstract
A structure of a footrest body in a vehicle seat, in which an air blower is provided under the seat to supply a hot or cold air toward a back side of the seat, and the footrest is equipped on the back wall of seat, with the free end of footrest body being contacted with a floor. In such type of footrest body structure, an opening is defined in the footrest body, though which opening the hot or cold air is permitted to be flowed from the blower toward the back side of seat, without hindrance of the footrest body body per se. It is further arranged that the footrest body can be lowered when it is set in the upright non-use position, to thereby improve the aesthetic appearance of the back wall of seat.
Claims7
A structure of a footrest and a vehicle seat comprising:
- an air blower fixed on a floor of a vehicle under the vehicle seat, said air blower being adapted to supply a hot or cold air toward a back side of said vehicle seat;
- a footrest body provided movably on a back wall of said vehicle seat;
- an opening perforated in said footrest body;
- a link means arranged between said footrest body and said back wall of said seat;
- said footrest body being displaceable via said link means between a user position where said footrest body bridges over a spacing between said back wall of said seat and said floor of said vehicle, with one free end of said footrest body being contacted with said floor, and a non-use position where said footrest body stands upright on said link means, extending along said seat back wall;
- wherein, when said footrest body is located at said use position, said opening permits said hot or cold air to flow therethrough from said air blower toward said back side of said seat.
A structure of footrest in a vehicle seat, in which an air blower is provided under said seat to supply a hot or cold air toward a backside of said seat, said blower being fixed on a floor, and said footrest body is equipped on a back wall of said seat such that a free end of said footrest body is contacted with said floor, said structure comprising:
- an opening means defined in said footrest body, through which opening means said hot or cold air is permitted to be flowed toward said backside of said seat;
- a link means arranged between said footrest body and said back wall of said seat, whereby said footrest body is displaceable between a user position where said free ed of said footrest body is contacted with said floor and a non-use position where said footrest body stands upright upon said link means, extending along said seat back wall;
- a means for lowering a level of said footrest body with respect to said back wall of said seat;
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- said link means including a lowering means for allowing said footrest body to be lowered with respect to said back wall of said seat when said footrest body is located at said non-use position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.