JPH08399A - Vehicular bed - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a vehicular bed having the seat back of an assistant's seat common to a part of a bed. CONSTITUTION:A bed body 3 is provided at the back of and at a higher position than a driver's seat 1 and an assistant's seat 2 installed on board, and a glove compartment 7 is kept under the body 3. In addition, the upper section of the seat back 2b of the seat 2 is screwed to the front end of the body 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle bed in which a seat back of an assistant seat (passenger seat) also serves as a part of the bed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, RV (Recreational Vehicle)
With the spread of, the number of vehicles equipped with a bed inside the vehicle is being sold.

As a vehicle bed of this type, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 50-136153 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 58-11.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 1637, the seats of front seats and rear seats provided inside the vehicle are tilted so that the entire seat becomes a flat surface and can be used as a bed. Sho 59
It is already known that the rear seat also serves as a bed as in Japanese Patent No. 78139, or the rear seat serves as a bed seat.

[0004]

However, in the vehicle seat of the above publication, when used as a bed, the lower side of the bed cannot be used as a small case, so whether the luggage inside the vehicle is placed on a part of the bed or not. , There is a problem that the bed needs to be stored in another place, the bed becomes narrow due to luggage, and the storage place must be secured.

In order to solve such a problem, as shown in FIG. 6, there is a vehicle bed a which is raised one step so that a small item b or the like can be accommodated under the bed a.
In this case, since the front seat c cannot be flattened, the bed a becomes narrow.

[0006] The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and provides a vehicle bed in which the seat back of the assistant seat also serves as a part of the bed so that it can be flattened with the front seat. The purpose is.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a bed main body at a position higher than these seats behind a driver's seat and an assistant seat installed in a vehicle, and puts an accessory case below. The upper part of the seat back of the assistant seat is hinged to the front end of the bed body while securing the same.

[0008]

With the above structure, when the bed is used, the seat back of the assistant seat is pivoted upward about the hinged part so as to be flush with the bed body, so that the seat back covers a part of the bed. Because it doubles, the bed can be used widely. Moreover, since the accessory case is secured under the bed body, it is possible to store luggage.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a use state of an assistant seat, FIG. 2 is a side view of the same, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a bed use state, FIG. 4 is a side view of the same, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the bed. .

In these figures, 1 is a driver seat,
Reference numeral 2 is an assistant seat, and 3 is a bed body provided behind these seats 1 and 2.

The driver seat 1 is composed of a seat cushion 1a and a seat back 1b, and an assistant seat 2 is installed on the side of the driver seat 1. The assistant seat 2 also includes a seat cushion 2a and a seat back 2b, and an upper portion of the seat back 2b is hinged to a front end of the bed body 3 by a hinge 4 and a connecting member 5.

The bed body 3 is located at substantially the same height as the upper ends of the seat backs 1b and 2b of the driver seat 1 and the assistant seat 2 in order to secure the accessory case 7 on the lower side, and the rear side and both ends are the vehicle body 6. It is supported substantially horizontally from below by a projecting support portion 6a protruding from the inner surface of the.

The seat back 2b of the assistant seat 2 and the bed body 3 are constructed as shown in FIG. That is, the skeletons of both the seat back 2b and the bed body 3 are formed by the pipes 2c and 3c, and the wires 2d and 3d are stretched in a lattice shape inside the pipes 2c and 3c.

A hinge 4 and a connecting member 5 hinge between the pipes 2c and 3d. The hinge 4 is composed of a plate body 4a fixed to each of the pipes 2c and 3c, and a pin 4c pivotally connecting the plate bodies 4a via a bush 4b.

The connecting member 5 is a bracket 5a fixed to each of the pipes 2c and 3c, and a connecting body 5c and a connecting body 5c for connecting the brackets 5a via a pin 5b.
The seat back 2b can be held at an arbitrary angle, in a state of standing upright behind the seat cushion 2a, in a state of being flush with the bed body 3, and at a desired angle.

On the other hand, the seat back 2b and the bed body 3
The pads 2e and 3e are placed on the pipes 2c and 3c and the wires 2c and 3c, and the pads 2e and 3e are also placed.
Is covered with trims 2f and 3f.

Next, the operation of the vehicle bed constructed as described above will be explained. When the assistant seat 2 is used,
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the seat back 2b of the assistant seat 2 is held so that its lower end is connected to the rear end of the seat cushion 2a.
This allows the assistant seat 2 to be used like a conventional seat.

When used as a bed, the seat back 2b of the assistant seat 2 is pivoted upward around the hinge 4 and the connecting member 5 so as to be flush with the bed main body 1 as shown in FIGS. Hold on. As a result, the seat back 2b of the assistant seat 2 can be used as a part of the bed, so that the bed becomes wider and
Since the accessory case 7 is secured under the bed body 3, the accessory 8 such as luggage can be accommodated.

[0020]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the bed body is provided one step higher than the assistant seat, and the seat back upper portion of the assistant seat is screwed to the front end of the bed body. When used, the seat back can be used as in the conventional case.

When the bed is used as a bed, a wide bed space can be obtained and an accessory compartment can be secured below the bed body by making the assistant sheet back flush with the bed body.

As a result, since it is not necessary to put small articles such as luggage on the bed, the bed can be widely used and
Since it is not necessary to secure a storage space for small items, usability is further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle bed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a vehicle bed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a use state of the vehicle bed according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a use state of the vehicle bed according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a vehicle bed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a conventional vehicle bed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 driver-seat 3 bed body 2 assistant seat 7 accessory case 2b seat back

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bed main body is provided at a position higher than the driver seat and the assistant seat installed in the vehicle at a position higher than these seats to secure a small compartment under the seat, and at the front end of the bed main body, the assistant seat A vehicle seat characterized in that the upper part of the seat back is hinged.