Seatbelt assist device and vehicle seat
First Claim
1. A seatbelt assist device configured to attach to a seat back that is a backrest of a vehicle seat, and configured to move at least a portion of a seatbelt placed on the seat back to a position reachable by a seated passenger, comprising:
- a rotary member that is attached to the seat back via a rotary shaft, and is configured to move between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member protrudes forward of the seat back to push out the portion of the seatbelt;
wherein the rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at an upper end of the seat back or at a periphery of the upper end of the seat back, andwherein an outer surface of the rotary member is disposed substantially integrally and continuously with an outer surface of the seat back when the rotary member is located at the housing position;
wherein;
the rotary member is attached to a lateral portion of the seat back in a right-to-left direction,the rotary member is, via the rotary shaft, attached to a recessed housing portion provided at the lateral portion, the rotary member being configured to be housed in the recessed housing portion,the rotary shaft is supported to extend in the right-to-left direction in the recessed housing portion,a support plate that is configured to rotatably support the rotary member is attached between the rotary member and the recessed housing portion, andthe rotary shaft is attached to an upper end portion or a lower end portion of the rotary member, and is pivotally supported by the support plate.
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Abstract
Provided is a belt assist device having a compact configuration and being configured to move a seatbelt to an easily reachable position. A vehicle seat includes a belt assist device attached to a lateral portion of a seat back and configured to move a portion of a seatbelt placed on the lateral portion to the easily reachable position. The belt assist device includes a rotary member attached to a recessed housing portion of the lateral portion via a rotary shaft and configured to rotate up and down between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member rotates to protrude forward of the seat back to push out a portion of the seatbelt. The rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at the periphery of an upper end of the seat back.
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Citations
17 Claims
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1. A seatbelt assist device configured to attach to a seat back that is a backrest of a vehicle seat, and configured to move at least a portion of a seatbelt placed on the seat back to a position reachable by a seated passenger, comprising:
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a rotary member that is attached to the seat back via a rotary shaft, and is configured to move between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member protrudes forward of the seat back to push out the portion of the seatbelt; wherein the rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at an upper end of the seat back or at a periphery of the upper end of the seat back, and wherein an outer surface of the rotary member is disposed substantially integrally and continuously with an outer surface of the seat back when the rotary member is located at the housing position; wherein; the rotary member is attached to a lateral portion of the seat back in a right-to-left direction, the rotary member is, via the rotary shaft, attached to a recessed housing portion provided at the lateral portion, the rotary member being configured to be housed in the recessed housing portion, the rotary shaft is supported to extend in the right-to-left direction in the recessed housing portion, a support plate that is configured to rotatably support the rotary member is attached between the rotary member and the recessed housing portion, and the rotary shaft is attached to an upper end portion or a lower end portion of the rotary member, and is pivotally supported by the support plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A seatbelt assist device configured to attach to a seat back that is a backrest of a vehicle seat, and configured to move at least a portion of a seatbelt placed on the seat back to a position reachable by a seated passenger, comprising:
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a rotary member that is attached to the seat back via a rotary shaft, and is configured to move between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member protrudes forward of the seat back to push out the portion of the seatbelt, wherein the rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at an upper end of the seat back or at a periphery of the upper end of the seat back, and wherein an indicator section that is configured to indicate that the rotary member is located at the protruding position; wherein the indicator section includes a light emission device attached to the rotary member of a periphery of the rotary member, and the indicator section is configured to cause the light emission device to emit light when the rotary member is located at the protruding position. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle seat comprising:
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a seatbelt assist device; a seat back, wherein; the seatbelt assist device is configured to attach to the seat back, and configured to move at least a portion of a seatbelt placed on the seat back to a position reachable by a seated passenger, the seatbelt assist device includes a rotary member that is attached to the seat back via a rotary shaft, and is configured to move between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member protrudes forward of the seat back to push out the portion of the seatbelt, the rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at an upper end of the seat back or at a periphery of the upper end of the seat back, the seat back includes a support portion that is configured to support a back of a seated passenger from behind of the back of the seated passenger, and a lateral portion positioned at a side of the support portion, at least one of front surfaces of the support portion and the lateral portion has an opposing region that opposes a belt portion of the seatbelt when the seatbelt is at a standby position in an unlocked state, at least a portion of the opposing region is provided with a space formation portion formed by a recessed portion or a raised portion, and when the seatbelt is at the standby position in the unlocked state, the space formation portion forms a space between the opposing region and the belt portion, the rotary member is attached to a lateral portion of the seat back in a right-to-left direction, the rotary member is, via the rotary shaft, attached to a recessed housing portion provided at the lateral portion, the rotary member being configured to be housed in the recessed housing portion, the rotary shaft is supported to extend in the right-to-left direction in the recessed housing portion, a support plate that is configured to rotatably support the rotary member is attached between the rotary member and the recessed housing portion, and the rotary shaft is attached to an upper end portion or a lower end portion of the rotary member, and is pivotally supported by the support plate. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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