Child car seat

• US 8,419,129 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Combi Corporation (Matsuura Family)
• Original Assignee: Combi Corporation (Matsuura Family)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Isao, Tamanouchi, Takeshi, Inoue, Hirotaka
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US13/002,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20110109138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,386 Days
• Field of Search: 297/256.1, 297/256.12, 297/256.13, 297/256.16, 297/256.11
• US Class Current: 297/256.13
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2806 for securing the child seat to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2824 part of the base being supported by the vehicle frame B60N2/289 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/286 forward facing B60N2/2866 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2869 rotatable about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2875 inclinable, as a whole or partially

Abstract

There is provided a child car seat capable of preventing a seat body from being unintentionally moved to a turning position. The child car seat includes a pedestal and a seat body that can be slid with respect to the pedestal. A plurality of reclining positions and a turning position are included in a range within which the seat body can be slid. The seat body includes a retractable projecting member projecting toward the pedestal, and an operation member connected to the projecting member. The seat body can be held in the respective positions when the projecting member is engaged with the pedestal. An operation amount of the operation member, which is required for sliding the seat body between the reclining positions, is smaller than an operation amount of the operation member, which is required for sliding the seat body from the reclining position to the turning position.

Claims

1. A child car seat comprising:

a pedestal to be mounted on a seat of a vehicle; and

a seat body supported on the pedestal so as to be slidable with respect to the pedestal;

wherein;

a plurality of reclining positions at which the seat body is supported at different inclination angles, and a turning position at which the seat body can be turned on the pedestal, are included in a range within which the seat body can be slid;

the seat body includes;

a retractable projecting member projecting toward the pedestal; and

an operation member connected to the projecting member, the operation member being capable of, when operated, adjusting a projecting amount of the projecting member; and

the projecting member is configured to be engaged with the pedestal such that the projecting member can be held in the respective plurality of reclining positions and the turning position; and

a first operation amount of the operation member, which is required for disengaging the engagement between the projecting member and the pedestal and for sliding the seat body between the plurality of reclining positions, is smaller than a second operation amount of the operation member, which is required for disengaging the engagement between the projecting member and the pedestal and for sliding the seat body from one of the plurality of reclining positions to the turning position.

2. The child car seat according to claim 1, wherein:

formed in the pedestal are;

a plurality of locking holes for receiving the projecting member, the locking holes being capable of holding the seat body at the respective plurality of reclining positions by receiving the projecting member; and

a turning-position locking hole for receiving the projecting member, the turning-position locking hole being capable of holding the seat body at the turning position by receiving the projecting member; and

a step is formed between a surface of the pedestal in which the plurality of locking holes are formed and a surface of the pedestal in which the turning-position locking hole is formed.

3. The child car seat according to claim 2, wherein

the plurality of locking holes are formed in a bottom surface of a recessed part formed in a surface of the pedestal in which the turning-position locking hole is formed.

4. The child car seat according to claim 1, wherein

the seat body further includes an operation-amount adjusting mechanism having:

a contacting and regulating member capable of being moved between;

a first position at which the contacting and regulating member is in contact with the operation member so as to regulate the movement of the operation member, such that an operation amount of the operation member is not less than the first operation amount but less than the second operation amount; and

a second position at which an operation amount of the operation member is allowed to be not less than the second operation amount; and

a deregulating member connected to the contacting and regulating member, the deregulating member allowing, when operated, the movement of the contacting and regulating member from the first position to the second position.

5. The child car seat according to claim 4, wherein:

the operation member is structured as an operation lever that can be swung about an axis in parallel with a movement path of the contacting and regulating member between the first position and the second position;

the operation member has a wall part located on a position opposed to the movement path, the wall part being capable of moving toward and moving away from the movement path in accordance with a swinging motion of the operation lever; and

a portion of the wall part opposed to the first position more projects toward the movement path than a portion of the wall part opposed to the second position.

6. The child car seat according to claim 5, wherein

the deregulating member is structured as a deregulating lever that can be swung about an axis perpendicular to the swinging axis of the operation member.

7. The child car seat according to claim 4, wherein:

the deregulating member is positioned in the vicinity of the operation member.

8. The child car seat according to claim 4, wherein:

the operation-amount adjusting mechanism further includes a swingable holding lever that extends on the movement path of the contacting and regulating member between the first position and the second position; and

the holding lever is configured to allow the movement of the contacting and regulating member from the first position to the second position, and to hold the contacting and regulating member on the second position until the holding lever is subjected to an external force so as to be swung to a position outside the movement path.

9. The child car seat according to claim 8, wherein:

the operation member includes a disengaging part that is brought into contact with the holding lever, when the operation member is moved from a position at which the projecting member is located after having moved, by the first operation amount, from an initial position at which the projecting member is engaged with the pedestal so that the seat body is held on one of the plurality of reclining positions, to a position at which the projecting member is located after having moved from the initial position by the second operation amount; and

the holding lever is pressed by the disengaging part of the operation member so as to release the contacting and regulating member held on the second position.

10. The child car seat according to claim 9, wherein:

when the projecting member is engaged with the pedestal so that the seat body is fixed on the turning position, the operation member is located at an intermediate position that is located in the course of the movement path along which the operation member is returned to the initial position; and

the operation member further includes a stopper that is located, when the operation member is located at the intermediate position, on a position of the movement path of the contacting and regulating member between the first position and the second position so as to regulate the movement of the contacting and regulating member toward the first position.

11. The child car seat according to claim 10, wherein:

formed in the pedestal are;

a plurality of locking holes for receiving the projecting member, the locking holes being capable of holding the seat body at the respective plurality of reclining positions by receiving the projecting member; and

a turning-position locking hole for receiving the projecting member, the turning-position locking hole being capable of holding the seat body at the turning position by receiving the projecting member; and

the turning-position locking hole is formed as a bottomed hole having a bottom with which the projecting member is brought into contact.

12. The child car seat according to claim 4, wherein

a plane including an operation direction of the operation member and a plane including an operation direction of the deregulating member are perpendicular to each other.

13. The child car seat according to claim 1, wherein:

the operation member is connected to the projecting member via a link mechanism; and

a retracting amount of the projecting member is dependent on an operation amount of the projecting member.

14. A child car seat comprising;

a child car seat body to be mounted on a seat of a vehicle; and

a support leg detachably attached to the child car seat body;

wherein;

the support leg includes a fitting part capable of being fitted in the child car seat body, and a leg part fixed to the fitting part at a constant angle with respect to the fitting part;

the leg part includes;

a first tubular member;

a second tubular member at least a portion of which can be disposed in the first tubular member, the second tubular member being capable of being slid with respect to the first tubular member; and

a positioning mechanism provided on the first tubular member, the positioning mechanism being configured to fix the second tubular member relative to the first tubular member;

formed in the second tubular member are plural pairs of holes which are located in positions opposed to each other with intervals therebetween in a sliding direction of the second tubular member;

each of the holes is formed as an elongated hole extending in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the second tubular member; and

the positioning mechanism includes;

a housing fixed on the first tubular member; and

a slider that can be slid with respect to the housing, the slider having a through-pin capable of passing through one pair of the plural pairs of holes so as to penetrate through the second tubular member.

15. The child car seat according to claim 14, wherein:

the child car seat body includes a bottom plate, and an accommodating member fixed on the bottom plate so as to accommodate the fitting part;

the fitting part includes a fitting projection that is urged so as to project outward, the fitting projection being positioned in an area to be inserted into the accommodating member; and

the accommodating member has a through-hole for receiving the fitting projection of the fitting part, and the bottom plate has a fitting releasing part disposed on a position opposed to the through-hole, the fitting releasing part being capable of, when operated, pushing the fitting projection projecting into the through-hole into the accommodating member.

16. The child car seat according to claim 15, wherein:

the fitting releasing part is connected to the bottom plate at a portion of an outer profile of the fitting releasing part, and is disconnected from the bottom plate at a portion other than the portion of the outer profile, and the fitting releasing part is warped with respect to the bottom plate so that the fitting releasing part can be brought into contact with the fitting projection.

17. The child car seat according to claim 14, wherein

the slider and the housing are engaged with each other such that the slider and the housing are disengaged from each other by applying an external force in a sliding direction of the slider, and the through-pin is held so as to penetrate through the second tubular member.

18. The child car seat according to claim 17, wherein:

a projection is formed on one of the slider and the housing, and an engagement part engageable with the projection is formed on the other of the slider and the housing; and

when the projection and the engagement part are engaged with each other, the through-pin is held to penetrate through the second tubular member.

19. The child car seat according to claim 14, wherein:

one end of the first tubular member is fixed to the fitting part, and the housing of the positioning mechanism is fixed on the other end of the first tubular member; and

by adjusting a length of the leg part by means of the positioning mechanism, an end of the second tubular member can be in contact with a floor surface of the vehicle.

20. The child car seat according to claim 14, wherein

the leg part is fixed to the fitting part by welding.

21. A support leg to be attached to a child car seat body to be mounted on a seat of a vehicle so as to support the child car seat body, the support leg comprising:

a fitting part capable of being fitted in the child car seat body; and

a leg part fixed to the fitting part at a constant angle with respect to the fitting part;

wherein the leg part includes;

a first tubular member;

a second tubular member at least a portion of which can be disposed in the first tubular member, the second tubular member being capable of being slid with respect to the first tubular member; and

a positioning mechanism disposed on the first tubular member, the positioning mechanism being configured to fix the second tubular member relative to the first tubular member;

formed in the second tubular member are plural pairs of holes which are located in positions opposed to each other with intervals therebetween in a sliding direction of the second tubular member;

each of the holes is formed as an elongated hole extending in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the second tubular member; and

the positioning mechanism includes;

a housing fixed on the first tubular member; and

a slider that can be slid with respect to the housing, the slider having a through-pin capable of passing through one pair of the plural pairs of holes so as to penetrate through the second tubular member.