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US 5,788,326 AGranted
Multi-functional seat for vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTateo Kawade, Osamu Shirose, Hiroshi Tokuyama
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AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTateo Kawade, Osamu Shirose, Hiroshi Tokuyama
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A seat cushion is bisected into a front seat cushion and a rear seat cushion. The front seat cushion is liftably and lowerably supported through a lifting mechanism which includes a front link and a rear link. When the seat back is reclined rearwards, a locking pin of a locking bar is separated from a locking claw and slid forwards by a biasing force provided by the front link intended to be tilted down rearwards by a resilient force of a spring. As a result, the front seat cushion is moved rearwards in a manner to follow the reclining of the seat back. The lifted seat cushion does not hinder the reclining of the seat back, and no gap is created between the seat cushion and the seat back. The front seat cushion is lifted to constitute a child seat, and a front seat back and a rear seat back of a seat back are opened longitudinally to constitute a baby basket. Thus, a central seat can be utilized for a baby, a child and an adult.
A multi-functional seat arrangement for a vehicle said seat arrangement having a seat, said seat comprising a seat cushion bisected into a front seat cushion and a rear seat cushion, and a seat back pivotally supported at a rear end of said seat cushion for reclining movement about a fulcrum, said front cushion being liftably and lowerably supported by a lifting mechanism, wherein said lifting mechanism comprises a forward and rearward movement permitting means for forward end rearward movements of the front seat cushion which is in a lifted position, and a biasing means associated with the front seat cushion for biasing the rear end of the front seat cushion into abutment against a front surface of the seat back at its lower portion, wherein the biasing means allows the front seat cushion to be moveable forwards and rearwards so as to follow a variation in reclining angle of the seat back.
A multi-functional seat arrangement for a vehicle, comprising a seat adapted to be disposed substantially centrally in the vehicle and used for multiple purposes, said seat including a seat cushion divided into a front seat cushion and a rear seat cushion, a seat back divided into a front seat back and a rear seat back, and a means for lifting and lowering said front seat cushion with respect to said rear seat cushion and said front seat cushion including a body portion and a lid which is turnable forwards about a fulcrum provided at a front end of said body portion, said front seat back being turnable about a fulcrum provided at a lower end of said body portion to a position in which the front seat back is superposed on an upper surface of said body portion of said front seat cushion which is in a lifted position, said rear seat back being turnable about said fulcrum, wherein a baby basket for supporting a baby in a sleeping attitude comprises the lid turned forwards, the front seat back turned forwards and the rear seat back turned rearwards, and a child seat being formed by lifting said front seat cushion.
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