Sitting arrangement for automotive vehicles

• US 7,896,433 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2004
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Grammer AG (Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co.,Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Grammer AG (Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co.,Ltd.)
• Inventors: Thiele, Ingo, Mayer, Hannes
• Primary Examiner(s): MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM
• Application Number:
  US10/900,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20050110310A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,408 Days
• Field of Search: 297/188.04, 297/188.06, 297/440.2, 297/391, 297/217.3, 297/397
• US Class Current: 297/188.06
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/686 Panel like structures
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7005 detachable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/829 characterised by their adjusting mechanisms, e.g. electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/882 detachable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/102 storable or foldable in a non-use position
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/00 Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/02 Internal Trim mouldings ; Internal Ledges; Wall liners for passenger compartments; Roof liners B60R13/01 takes precedence ; padded linings for the vehicle interior B60R21/04; arrangements or adaptations of floor mats or carpets in vehicles B60N3/04; internal lining for trains B61D17/18
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0015 Back-rests
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/005 Connection with the vehicle part
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0059 using clips, clamps, straps or the like

Abstract

A seating arrangement for a motor vehicle having at least one front vehicle seat and at least one rear vehicle seat in which the front vehicle seat has a backrest provided at a backrest frame as a unit which can be attached at least indirectly on the backside of the seat back and receives the headrest. A display screen or monitor can be mounted in that frame in a field or space specifically provided for that unit.

Claims

1. A seating arrangement for a motor vehicle, the seating arrangement comprising:

a front seat having a back rest provided with a back-rest support structure having a pair of transversely spaced and generally vertical columns each having a rearwardly directed back side;

a rear seat facing the back sides of the columns of the front seat;

a head rest;

a support element separate from the back-rest support structure, fittable between the columns, and formed with;

a holder for at least one support bar of the head rest,

a built-in field for receiving at least one functional unit to be mounted on a back of the front seat, and

a force-transmitting transverse beam made of metal, extending transversely between the columns, and bearing forwardly against the back sides; and

means for fixing the support element against the back sides of the columns.

2. The seating arrangement defined in claim 1 wherein the support element is a frame extending substantially a full width of the back rest and substantially a full height of the back rest, the transverse beam having ends extending transversely past the frame and bearing axially forward on the back sides.

3. The seating arrangement defined in claim 1 wherein the bar of the headrest is releasably held in the frame.

4. The seating arrangement defined in claim 3, wherein the support element is provided with a control element cooperating with the head rest for adjusting same.

5. The seating arrangement defined in claim 4 wherein control element is an electrical height adjuster for the head rest.

6. The seating arrangement defined in claim 1 wherein the support element forms a rear surface of the front seat when it is mounted on the support structure.

7. The seating arrangement defined in claim 1 wherein the columns are pivotable about a horizontal axis transverse to a vehicle travel direction and can be locked in a plurality of angularly offset use positions.

8. The seating arrangement defined in claim 1 wherein the support element is a frame bridging between the columns.

9. The seating arrangement defined in claim 1 wherein the transverse beam is juxtaposed with the head rest for transmitting force impinging the head rest in case of a crash to the columns.