Seat for vehicle

• US 20090072595A1
• Filed: 09/09/2008
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Hirose, Toshikazu, Tsuda, Toshihiko, Tsukidate, Kanae
• Granted Patent: US 7,819,468 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/188.100
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3047 the cushion being hinged at the back-rest
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3065 in a longitudinal-vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/043 mounted on or under a seat

Abstract

This seat for a vehicle is provided a seat cushion which is rotatable toward a seat back in an upright condition around an axis provided on the seat back side, the seat for a vehicle comprising: a storage recessed portion which is provided in a bottom face of the seat cushion; and a lid which opens and closes the storage recessed portion, the lid being rotatably attached with a rear end portion of the storage recessed portion as a supporting axis.

Claims

1. A seat for a vehicle in which a seat cushion is rotatable toward a seat back in an upright condition around an axis provided on the seat back side, the seat for a vehicle comprising:

a storage recessed portion which is provided in a bottom face of the seat cushion; and

a lid which opens and closes the storage recessed portion, the lid being rotatably attached with a rear end portion of the storage recessed portion as a supporting axis.

2. The seat for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the depth of the storage recessed portion becomes shallower toward the rear of the seat cushion.

3. The seat for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

an approximately U-shaped stand leg portion that spans across the lid in a vehicle-width direction is provided on the bottom face of the seat cushion, and supports the seat cushion on a vehicle body floor.

4. The seat for a vehicle according to claim 3, wherein

the stand leg portion is rotatably provided on the bottom face of the seat cushion.

5. The seat for a vehicle according to claim 4, wherein

the seat cushion is disposed such that it can be pressed down to the vehicle body floor at front leg level;

a control member which opens and closes the lid is provided on the bottom face of the seat cushion; and

when the control member holds the lid in a closed condition and the seat cushion is pressed down to the vehicle body floor at front leg level, the control member contacts to the vehicle body floor.

6. The seat for a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein

an approximately U-shaped stand leg portion that spans across the lid in a vehicle-width direction is provided on the bottom face of the seat cushion, and supports the seat cushion on a vehicle body floor.

7. The seat for a vehicle according to claim 6, wherein

the stand leg portion is rotatably provided on the bottom face of the seat cushion.

8. The seat for a vehicle according to claim 7, wherein

the seat cushion is disposed such that it can be pressed down to the vehicle body floor at front leg level;

a control member which opens and closes the lid is provided on the bottom face of the seat cushion; and

when the control member holds the lid in a closed condition and the seat cushion is pressed down to the vehicle body floor at front leg level, the control member contacts to the vehicle body floor.