Vehicle seat
AssigneeHonda Giken Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoji Kamida, Kazuyuki Kaneko
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Abstract
A vehicle seat wherein left and right seat backs are attached to left and right seat cushions, respectively, in such a manner as to be folded up thereon. A support shaft is provided on the left and right seat cushions for allowing the left and right seat cushions and the left and right seat backs folded up on the left and right seat cushions to be rotated toward the rear of a vehicle individually. The seat cushions and the seat backs so rotated about the support shaft are stored in a recessed portion in a vehicle body floor. The support shaft is provided on the vehicle body floor so that the support shaft is supported in the vicinity of edge portions of the recessed portion.
Claims12
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- left and right seat cushions;
- left and right seat backs attached to said left and right seat cushions, respectively, in such a manner as to be folded up thereon,
- a support shaft provided on said left and right seat cushions for allowing said left and right seat cushions and said left and right seat backs folded up on said left and right seat cushions to be rotated toward the rear of a vehicle individually, wherein said seat cushions and said seat backs so rotated about said support shaft are storable in a recessed portion in a vehicle body floor,
- wherein said support shaft is provided in such a manner as to be situated within said recessed portion so that said support shaft is supported in the vicinity of edge portions of said recessed portion;
- wherein end portions of said support shaft are fixed to sides of a floor surface of said vehicle body or sides of said recessed portion;
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- wherein said end portions of said support shaft are fixed to side frames of said vehicle body.
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat cushion;
- a seat back folded up on said seat cushion, wherein said seat cushion and said seat back so folded up on said seat cushion are rotated toward the rear of a vehicle so that said seat cushion and said seat back so rotated are stored in a recessed portion provided in a vehicle body floor;
- a supporting member suspended from a lower surface of a front part of said seat cushion in such a manner as to freely swing back and forth;
- a bracket provided on said vehicle body floor for rotatably attaching a rear part of said seat cushion;
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- a connecting member connecting said bracket with said support member so that said support member is allowed to fall down into the lower surface of said seat cushion when said seat cushion is rotated rearward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.