Vehicle seat storing device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshiaki Nishimura, Kazunori Hashimoto, Naruaki Abe, Toru Iwamura
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Abstract
When a rear seat is moved forward, a front leg is swung forward around a roller arm. When the front leg of the rear seat is swung forward by a predetermined angle, a hook provided in the roller arm is detached from a round bar portion of a striker so that a roller is moved downward along a guide rail. Further, as the roller is moved downward along the guide rail, the front leg of the rear seat is swung forward around the roller arm. Therefore, a radius of rotation of the seat is reduced when the rear seat is moved to a position for storage on a vertical-front-side floor surface.
Claims32
A vehicle seat storing device for moving a seat from a position for use in a vehicle to a position for storage in a vehicle, said vehicle seat storing device comprising:
- a plurality of guide portions for moving said seat between said position for use and said position for storage, said guide portions comprising:
- a first guide portion swingably attached to a vehicle longitudinal front portion of said seat;
- a second guide portion attached to a vehicle body;
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- a moving portion provided at a location selected from the group consisting of:
- (1) a vehicle transverse side portion of said seat, such that said seat is moved from said position for use to said position for storage by said first guide portion being swung and said moving portion being slid on said second guide portion;
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- (2) said first guide portion, such that said seat is moved from said position for use to said position for storage by said first guide portion being swung and said first guide portion being slid on said second guide portion.
A vehicle seat storing device for moving a seat from a position for use in a vehicle to a position for storage in a vehicle wherein said seat is moved between said position for use and said position for storage by a composite movement using a plurality of guide portions;
- wherein the seat storing device has seat pan front lowering means for moving a front portion of a seat pan downward interlockingly with the folding of the seat back toward a front of the vehicle.
A vehicle seat storing device for moving a seat from a position for use in a vehicle to a position for storage in a vehicle, said vehicle seat storing device comprising:
- a plurality of guide portions for moving said seat between said position for use and said position for storage, said guide portions comprising:
- a front leg portion swingably attached to said seat;
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- a guide rail fixed to a vehicle body,
- wherein said seat is moved from said position for use to said position for storage by the front leg portion being swung and the front leg portion being slid on the guide rail.
A vehicle seat storing device for moving a seat from a position for use in a vehicle to a position for storage in a vehicle, said vehicle seat storing device comprising a plurality of guide portions for moving said seat between said position for use and said position for storage, said guide portions comprising:
- a first guide portion swingably attached to a vehicle longitudinal front portion of said seat;
- a second guide portion attached to a vehicle body;
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- a moving portion provided at one of said seat or said first guide portion,
- wherein said seat is moved from said position for use to said position for storage by said first guide portion being swung and said seat being slid on said second guide portion via said moving portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.