Chairs and seats – Back reversible as to bottom; e.g. – walkover type
Patent
1997-11-25
2000-04-25
Nelson, Jr., Milton
Chairs and seats
Back reversible as to bottom; e.g., walkover type
297238, 2972833, 2973441, 297383, B60N 202
Patent
active
060535695
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a vehicle seat and more precisely a seat in which several user functions/possibilities are integrated in one and the same seat.
The vehicle seat according to the invention, in addition to the normal user function as a passenger seat, discloses a possibility for use as a child seat, facing forwards or backwards, and a possibility of use as a backward-facing reclining chair for an adult.
STATE OF THE ART
U.S. Pat. No. 4,655,503 relates to a vehicle seat in which the back rest is displaceable relative to the seat part and fixable in a normal position and a front end position, respectively. The back of the back rest has an arrangement for creating a backward-facing child seat when the back rest is positioned in the front end position.
Swedish published specification 448,219 discloses another example of how the rear of the back rest, due to its specific design and adjustability to a front end position along the seat part, may be used for providing a child seat with the back of the child facing in the driving direction.
Swedish published specification 443,335 relates to a vehicle seat in which the rear of the back rest has a box which can be folded out to form a backward-facing child seat. The back is settable to a forward inclination, but is not displaceable along the seat part.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
One object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle seat which combines passenger comfort and safety, for a child as well as an adult.
A further object of the vehicle seat is to offer resting comfort also for an adult.
Another object is to basically maintain exteriorly the traditional vehicle seat design, which implies that the vehicle seat will be useful in existing as well as newly manufactured vehicles.
Still a further object of the invention is to extend the field of use of existing, so-called integrated vehicle seats.
THE INVENTION
The invention provides a vehicle seat, comprising a seat part and a back rest, means interconnecting the back rest and the seat part, means for allowing displacement in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle of the back rest relative to the seat part, and means on the rear of the back rest for forming at least part of a child seat.
The vehicle seat is characterized in that said means for interconnecting the back rest and the seat part comprise a frame arrangement having a locking member, which is releasable for rotation of the back rest 180.degree. around a rotation axis extending in the height direction of the back rest.
In a preferred embodiment said means for allowing displacement of the back rest along the seat part in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle comprises a guide arrangement and means for fixing the back rest to the seat part in an arbitrary position along the seat part.
In another preferred embodiment the seat part is provided with means for height adjustment of the front and back edges thereof.
In a suitable embodiment the back rest has a flap arrangement which is outwardly pivotable from the rear of the back rest and comprises elements forming side supports of a child seat.
To prevent a child from sliding under the safety belt, primarily when the child seat is in a position facing forwards, the seat part is preferably rotatable or dividable along a horizontal axis, such that an underside designed to prevent sliding will be facing upwards.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will now be described with reference to embodiments disclosed on the accompanying drawings where:
FIG. 1 shows a vehicle seat according to the invention having a box-like arrangement on the rear of the back rest of the seat and provided for forming a backward-facing child seat,
FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of arrangements for forming a backward-facing child seat on the back rest of the vehicle seat, and shows with broken lines how the seat part may be rotated around a horizontal axis or divided in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle,
FIG. 3 shows in broken lines the back rest in one embodiment rot
REFERENCES:
patent: 128029 (1872-06-01), Ewald
patent: 363211 (1887-05-01), Cowing
patent: 433125 (1890-07-01), Haulenbeek
patent: 769876 (1904-09-01), Schuster
patent: 1429368 (1922-09-01), Owler et al.
patent: 1685770 (1928-10-01), Bowen
patent: 1695101 (1928-12-01), Hoffman
patent: 1770826 (1930-07-01), Allgeyer
patent: 2822858 (1958-02-01), Mussler
patent: 3944277 (1976-03-01), Cyphert
patent: 4541654 (1985-09-01), Jonasson
patent: 4655503 (1987-04-01), Kamijo et al.
patent: 4712824 (1987-12-01), Naert
patent: 4822093 (1989-04-01), Kawai et al.
patent: 4834333 (1989-05-01), Saito et al.
patent: 5067187 (1991-11-01), Messina
patent: 5378040 (1995-01-01), Chaney et al.
AB Volvo
Jr. Milton Nelson
LandOfFree
Integrated car child protection does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Integrated car child protection, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Integrated car child protection will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-987892