JPH0733961Y2 - Seat protector - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] This invention is installed in a mounting hole of a seat cushion,
The present invention relates to a seat protector that prevents deterioration of the appearance quality of a seat and prevents damage to a seat pad due to contact with a seat belt.

[Conventional technology]

Seat belts that prevent occupants from jumping out are widely used in automobile seats. The seat belt includes a pair of belts having a buckle or a tongue fixed to a terminal. After the seated person is seated, the tongue at the tip of the seat belt is inserted into and fitted into the corresponding buckle to use the seat belt.

Here, as the structure of the seat belt, using a retractor that pulls the tongue-side seat belt,
It is known not to use a retractor. In the retractor configuration, the occupant pulls out the tongue-side seat belt from the retractor, inserts and fits the tongue into the corresponding buckle, and the retractor automatically adjusts the seat belt length. Seat belts are used. When the tongue is disengaged from the buckle when getting off the vehicle, the seat belt on the tongue side is automatically pulled into the retractor by the biasing force of the spring built into the retractor, and is retracted. To be done.

Also, in a configuration that does not use a retractor, after the seated person inserts and fits the tongue into the corresponding buckle, the seatbelt is used by manually adjusting the length of the seatbelt, and the tongue is used when getting off the vehicle. When released from the buckle,
The seated person is released from the seat belt.

For example, in a two-seater bench seat, one of the buckle and the tongue is attached to the vehicle floor on the side of the seat and the other is attached to the vehicle floor below the center of the seat. Here, incorporate the seat belt attached below the center of the seat into the seat cushion,
In order to extend onto the seat cushion, an insertion hole through which the seat belt can be inserted is formed in the seat cushion. However, when the mounting holes are provided in the seat cushion, the skin of the seat cushion and the seat pad can be seen through the mounting holes, and the appearance quality of the seat deteriorates. Further, when the seat belt reciprocates in the built-in hole, contact with the seat belt damages the seat pad of the seat cushion. Therefore, a hollow sheet protector is attached to the mounting hole for treating the mounting hole.

The seat protector is generally made of synthetic resin or the like, and has, for example, an outer flange at an upper end thereof and a through hole through which a buckle of a seat belt and a tongue can be inserted. Then, the buckle and tongue of the seat belt are inserted from below the seat protector mounted in the mounting hole of the seat cushion, the seat belt is incorporated into the seat cushion, and the seat cushion is extended.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

In the known seat protector, the lateral width of the through hole is formed to be at least larger than the thickness of the buckle and tongue so that the buckle and tongue of the seat belt can be easily inserted upward. As a result, the buckle and tongue of the seat belt extended onto the seat cushion may fall downward from the through hole of the seat protector and fall off. In particular, in a configuration using a retractor, the seat belt may easily come off.

Here, for example, the both ends of the rubber belt are attached to the flat lower end of the sheet protector by stitching,
Measures have been taken to prevent the seat belt from falling off by inserting the seat belt into the belt. According to such a configuration, a large frictional resistance is generated between the seat belt and the rubber belt, the seat belt is held, and the buckle of the seat belt or the tongue is prevented from completely falling off the vehicle floor. However, a structure in which a separate member such as a rubber belt is attached to the seat protector is not preferable because the work efficiency is reduced and the cost is increased.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a seat protector having a function of preventing the buckle and tongue of the seat belt from falling downward in addition to the original function of the seat protector.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve this object, according to the present invention, a pair of upper and lower slits into which the seat belt can be inserted,
It is formed on a flat plate-like wall portion extending downward from the outer flange at the upper end.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a seat protector 10 according to the present invention includes a buckle 14 of a seat belt 12 and a tongue.
It is molded with 16 through-holes 18 each having a long hole shape that can be inserted. The seat protector 10 is formed of, for example, a synthetic resin having elasticity and is provided with an outer peripheral flange 20 at the upper end.

Also, the wall portions (lower end portions) 22a, 22b of the seat protector
Extends downward in a flat plate shape, has slits 24 on both sides so as to be able to open, and has a locking hole 26 formed at the end of the lower end. A pair of slits 28a, 28b, which are vertically separated from each other, are formed in the lower ends 22a, 22b of the seat protector so that the seat belt 12 can be inserted therethrough.
The slits 28a and 28b are formed to have a width smaller than the thickness of the buckle 14 and the tongue 16 of the seat belt, for example.

Such a seat protector 10 is, for example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a bench seat 32 for two persons.
The seat pad 36 of the seat cushion 34 and the mounting hole 40 formed in the skin 38 are mounted. As can be seen from FIG. 2, the seat protector 10 mounted in the seat cushion mounting hole 40 is inserted through the wire 42 arranged in the seat pad 36 into the locking holes 26 at the ends of the lower ends 22a and 22b. The seat protector 10 is fixed by connecting the hog rings 44 thus formed. At this time, the edge 38a of the skin that covers the seat pad 36 is covered by the outer flange 20 of the seat protector.

According to this structure, the seat cushion mounting hole
The outer skin edge portion 38a around 40 is covered with the outer flange 20 of the sheet protector, is shielded, and is not visually recognized. The seat pad 36 is also shielded by the seat protector 10. Therefore, good appearance quality can be obtained despite the presence of the incorporation holes 40.

As can be seen from FIG. 2, the seat belt 12 attached to the vehicle floor via the floor anchor 46 is inserted into the through hole 18 through the slits 28a, 28b of the lower end portions 22a, 22b of the seat protector. Has been done. Here, the seat belt 12 is generally a lower end portion 22a, 22b of the seat protector.
Before being connected to the wire 42 by the hog ring 44. For example, the seat belt 12 has the buckle 14 or the tongue 16 at the top and the through hole 18 of the seat protector.
It is inserted from the side to the outside of the lower end portions 22a and 22b through the slit 28a on the lower side. Here, the slit 28a is formed with a width smaller than the thickness of the buckle 14 and the tongue 16 of the seat belt. However, since the seat protector 10 is molded from an elastic synthetic resin or the like, if the buckle 14 and the tongue 16 of the seat belt are forcibly pushed in, the slits are formed.
28a has been expanded and the thickness of the buckle and tongue has exceeded the limit.
The buckle and tongue can be inserted.

Then, when the buckle 14 of the seat belt and the tongue 16 pass through the slit 28a and extend to the outside of the lower end portions 22a, 22b,
The slit 28a returns to the initial width by the elastic force of the lower end. Further, the buckle 14 and the tongue 16 of the seat belt extending outside the lower ends 22a and 22b of the seat protector.
Are returned to the inside of the through hole 18 through the slit 28b. At this time, similarly to the slit 28a, the slit 28b is opened at the same time as the buckle 14 and the tongue 16 of the seat belt are pushed in, and the buckle and the tongue can be inserted. Then, the seat belt 12 passes through the slits 28a and 28b, and the through hole 18
Is inserted inside.

In this way, the seat belt 12 inserted into the through hole 18 of the seat protector via the slits 28a and 28b is
The lower end portions 22a and 22b of the seat protector come into contact with each other, a large frictional resistance is generated between the lower end portion and the seat belt, and the seat belt is held. Therefore, the buckle of the seat belt
It prevents the tongue 16 and the tongue 16 from completely falling off the vehicle floor. Therefore, unlike the known configuration, the slits 28a, 28b separated from each other vertically without attaching another member such as a rubber belt.
Since it is sufficient to form the lower end portions 22a and 22b, workability can be improved and cost can be reduced.

In the embodiment, the slits 28a, 28b are formed in the lower end portions 22a, 22b on both sides of the seat protector, and the seat belt on the buckle 14 side and the seat belt on the tongue 16 side are individually inserted. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the slits 28a and 28b may be provided on either one of the lower ends 22a and 22b, and the seat belt on the buckle 14 side and the seat belt on the tongue 16 side may be inserted into the same slit.

In addition, in the embodiment, the seat protector 10 is mounted, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, in a mounting hole 40 formed in a seat cushion of a bench seat. However, the seat is not limited to the bench seat as long as the seat has the built-in hole through which the buckle 14 and the tongue 16 of the seat belt are inserted, and the seat may be attached to various other seats. Needless to say, the seat is not limited to a seat for two people, and can be attached to a seat for three people. in this case,
Since two seatbelt mounting holes are provided, two seat protectors 10 are also required.

The above-described embodiments are for explaining the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention in any way, and all modifications and alterations within the technical scope of the present invention are also included in the present invention. Needless to say.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the seat protector of the present invention, the pair of vertically separable slits into which the seat belt can be inserted are formed in the flat plate-shaped wall portion extending downward from the outer flange at the upper end, The seat belt is inserted through the slit into the through hole of the seat protector. Then, the seat belt inserted into the through hole of the seat protector through the slit comes into contact with the wall portion of the seat protector, a large frictional resistance is generated between the seat belt and the wall portion, and the seat belt is held. It Therefore, the buckle and tongue of the seat belt are prevented from completely falling off the vehicle floor. Therefore, unlike the known configuration, it is sufficient to form the slits vertically separated from each other in the wall portion without attaching another member such as a rubber belt, so that workability is improved and cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a seat protector according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an end view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 is a schematic of a bench seat with a seat protector attached. It is a perspective view. 10: Seat protector, 12: Seat belt, 14, 16: Seat belt buckle, tongue, 18: Through hole, 20: Outer flange, 22a, 22b: Wall (lower end), 28a, 28b: Slit, 3
4: Seat cushion, 36: Seat pad, 38: Skin, 40:
Built-in hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A seat having an outer flange provided at an upper end and a wall portion extending downward from the outer flange, the outer flange being attached to an edge portion of an assembling hole formed in a seat cushion. In the seat protector that prevents the deterioration of the appearance quality, the wall part is inserted into the built-in hole to isolate the seat pad from the seat belt, and the seat pad is prevented from being damaged due to contact with the seat belt, the wall part has a flat plate shape. A seat protector, characterized in that a pair of vertically spaced slits that are formed so that the seat belt can communicate with each other are formed in the flat wall portion.