Child seat anchor apparatus and partition trim

Abstract

A partition panel is disposed in the rear of a seat. A tether anchor is attached to the partition panel and adapted to be coupled to a tether of a child seat. A partition trim covers the partition panel from above and is formed with a opening disposed above the tether anchor. A cover is movable along a face of the partition trim to open and close the opening.

Description

Child seat anchors and bulkhead trims The entire contents of Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-309657 filed on November 15, 2006 including specification, drawings and claims are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. technical field The present invention relates to child seat anchorages and bulkhead trims. Background technique In a typical vehicle, a bulkhead is provided inside the vehicle to form the interior and trunk. Specifically, the partition is provided from the lower end of the rear window opening to the front side of the vehicle and blocks a portion between the peripheral region of the upper end portion of the rear seat back and the lower end portion of the rear window opening. Also, in a vehicle having a child seat installed on a rear seat, a tether anchor for locking a tether of the child seat is fixed on the upper surface of the partition by using screws at the front side of the vehicle. In addition, an opening for opening the upper portion of ...

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Problems solved by technology

However, in the structure of Patent Document 1, since the cover is moved around the horizontal axis to be opened or closed, there may be a problem that the structure is complicated and the connection operation is troublesome because the number of parts of the rotating mechanism increases

In addition, at the time of use of the tether anchor when the tether of the child seat is connected to the tether anchor, the rear view may be blocked due to the cover standing up from the upper surface of the bulkhead trim

Also, the cover can become deformed or slip out of the shelf trim when foreign objects become lodged in it

In the structure of Patent Document 2, since the box-shaped cover protrudes from the upper part of the partition trim, there may be a problem that the anchor when the tether of the child seat is not connected to the tether anchor Unattractive appearance outside of use as the lid and shelf trim do not appear to be one part

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