Auxiliary chair mounted in vehicle

• US 4,913,490 A
• Filed: 10/26/1988
• Issued: 04/03/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Combi Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Combi Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Watanabe, Takashi, Saito, Hideo, Takahashi, Takehiko, Kaneko, Tomihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US07/262,907
• Time in Patent Office: 524 Days
• Field of Search: 297/250, 297/468, 297/482, 297/130, 297/325, 280/801
• US Class Current: 297/256.14
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2821 having a seat and a base part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/286 forward facing B60N2/2866 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2875 inclinable, as a whole or partially

Abstract

An auxiliary chair is to be removably mounted on an automotive seat. The chair comprises a seat portion having a front edge and a rear edge, a backrest extending from said rear edge of the seat portion, and an adjuster a slant angle of the seat portion. The adjuster includes a pair of adjusting bars each of which pivotally attached at its proximal end to a lower portion of the seat portion, so that the adjusting bar may take a forward portion and a rearward position. A fixing mechanism includes a pair of engaging levers each of which is pivotally attached at its proximal end portion to a side surface of the seat portion so that its distal end portion may freely be angularly moved. The fixing mechanism further includes associated engagement mechanisms each of which is provided at the side of the seat portion and is engagable with the proximal end portion of the engaging lever.

Claims

1. An auxiliary chair adapted to be removably mounted on an automotive seat and retained on said automotive seat by a seat belt associated with said automotive seat, comprising:

a seat portion having a front edge, and a rear edge;

a backrest extending from said rear edge of said seat portion;

means for adjusting a slant angle of said seat portion, said adjusting means including a pair of adjusting bars each of which is pivotally attached at its proximal end to a lower portion of said seat portion, so that said adjusting bars may take a forward position and a rearward position; and

means for fixing said auxiliary chair to said automotive seat, said fixing means including a pair of seat belt engaging levers for retaining said auxiliary chair to said automotive seat by engaging said seat belt, each of said engaging levers being pivotally attached at its proximal end portion to a respective side surface of said seat portion so that its distal end portion may freely be angularly moved, said fixing means further including associated engagement mechanisms each of which is provided at the side of said seat portion and is engageable with said distal end portion of a respective engaging lever to maintain engagement of said engaging levers with said seat belt.

2. An auxiliary chair according to claim 1, further including engaging means provided in a forward portion and a rearward portion of said distal end portion of each of said levers for engaging said engagement mechanisms.

3. An auxiliary chair according to claim 2, wherein notches for engaging said seat belt are provided in said engaging levers at side edges thereof.

4. An auxiliary chair according to claim 3, wherein said engaging levers are provided with engaging projections at said distal end portion of said levers, and engaging holes, in which said projections are fitted, are provided in appropriate positions in side surfaces of said seat portion.

5. An auxiliary chair according to claim 1, wherein said pair of adjusting bars are comprised of a pair of said bars, each side bar being pivotally coupled at one end thereof to a center of the bottom of said seat portion so that said pair of side bars can be displaced in a forward direction and in a backward direction;

a transverse bar extends between the other ends of said side bars, said transverse bar being supportable against a lower rearward portion of said chair when the side bars are displaced in the backward direction such that the lower surface of said transverse bar is flush with a lower surface of said chair.

6. An auxiliary chair according to claim 5, wherein said side bars form a U-shaped member together with the transverse bar.

7. An auxiliary chair according to claim 6, further including a setup rod pivotally coupled at its ends to side portions of respective adjusting bars so that said rod can be set up and down, and the setup height of said adjusting bars can be increased by setting up said rod.