In-vehicle table apparatus

Abstract

To increase the degree of freedom in designing the height of a table for making the whole placing surface close to one large placing surface.SOLUTION: The in-vehicle table device 20 includes a pair of accommodation portions 28 facing each other in the left-right direction. A table 51 drawably stored in a storage part 28 includes a body part 52 having a placing surface 53, and a support part 57 for supporting the body part 52 in a standing state. An intermediate portion of the main body portion 52 and an upper end portion of the support portion 57 are connected by a shaft 59. The support portion 57 moves up and down between a support portion accommodation position and a support portion pull-out position. The main body portion 52 moves up and down between the main body portion housing position and the main body portion pulled-out position, and rotates about the shaft 59 between the main body portion pulled-out position and the use position. At the main body portion pull-out position, the main body portion 52 is in an upright state, and a portion connected to the support portion 57 by the shaft 59 is positioned above the accommodation portion 28. At the use position, the main body portion 52 extends in a direction along the floor, and the placement surface 53 faces upward.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a table device for use in a vehicle. [Background technology]

[0002] The in-vehicle table device described in Patent Document 1 includes a pair of storage compartments and a pair of tables each having a placement surface. Both storage compartments are provided in the console on both sides in the vehicle width direction. The member constituting the top of the console has an item placement surface on its upper surface. This placement surface will hereinafter be simply referred to as the console placement surface. The storage compartments face each other and are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction. Each table is stored in the corresponding storage compartment so that it can be pulled out upward.

[0003] When using the in-vehicle table device, each table is pulled upward from its storage compartment. Each table is rotated outward in the vehicle width direction around an axis provided at its lower end. When each table is rotated to a horizontal position, an item can be placed on the table's support surface. In addition, the height of the axis of the in-vehicle table device can be changed.

[0004] When each table is placed in a horizontal position at a position higher than the console, the support surfaces of the tables are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction and above the support surface of the console. Furthermore, when each table is placed horizontally on both sides of the console's mounting surface in the vehicle width direction, the mounting surfaces of the pair of tables are adjacent to both sides of the console's mounting surface in the same direction. The overall mounting surface of the in-vehicle table device approximates a single wide mounting surface, with the console's mounting surface and the mounting surfaces of each table connected in the vehicle width direction. This makes it possible to place items larger than can be placed on the console's mounting surface or the table's mounting surface on the wide mounting surface. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 9-118166 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] However, in the above-described conventional in-vehicle table device, the entire mounting surface can be approximated to a single wide mounting surface connected in the vehicle width direction only when each table is horizontally positioned outside the console mounting surface in the vehicle width direction. In other words, the entire mounting surface can be approximated to a single wide mounting surface connected in the vehicle width direction only when the mounting surfaces of each table are set to the same height as the console mounting surface. Therefore, the conventional in-vehicle table device has a problem in that it has a low degree of freedom in designing the height of the tables that can be used to approximate a single mounting surface. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] Various aspects of the in-vehicle table device for solving the above problems will be described below. [Aspect 1] When one of two directions extending perpendicular to each other along a vehicle floor is defined as a first direction and the other as a second direction, a device includes a pair of storage sections facing each other while being spaced apart in the first direction, and a pair of tables stored in each storage section so as to be able to be pulled out upward, each table including a plate-shaped main body section having one surface in the thickness direction as a placing surface, and a support section that supports the main body section in an upright state, and when the middle section of the main body section in the upright state is defined as the middle section of the main body section, the middle section of the main body section and the upper end of the support section are rotatable about an axis extending in the second direction. a support portion configured to move up and down between a support portion storage position where it is stored in the storage portion and a support portion pull-out position where a portion including its lower end remains in the storage portion; a main body portion configured to move up and down between a main body storage position where it is stored in the storage portion in an upright state and a main body pull-out position where it is in an upright state and the connection portion between the support portion and the shaft is located higher than the storage portion; and a table device for use in a vehicle, wherein the main body portion extends in a direction along the floor and is configured to rotate about the shaft between a use position where the placement surface faces upward and the main body pull-out position.

[0008] According to the above configuration, when the table is not in use, the support portion is located in the support portion storage position and the main body portion is located in the main body portion storage position. The support portion and the main body portion are each stored in the storage portion in an upright state.

[0009] When the table is in use, the support part is raised from the support part storage position to the support part extension position. At the support part extension position, a portion of the support part, including its lower end, remains in the storage part. The main body part is also raised from the main body part storage position to the main body part extension position. At the main body part extension position, the main body part is in an upright state, and the portion of the main body part connected to the support part by the shaft is positioned above the storage part.

[0010] The main body is rotated around the shaft from the main body extension position to the use position. In the use position, the main body extends in a direction along the floor and is horizontal or nearly horizontal. Since the main body is connected to the upper end of the support by the shaft at its middle, in the use position, the main body is horizontal or nearly horizontal on both sides of the support in the first direction, i.e., on the inside and outside in the same direction. Also, in the use position, the support surface faces upward. The upward-facing support surfaces of the pair of main body portions are aligned in the first direction. The overall support surface of the in-car table device is nearly one wide support surface, with the support surfaces of each main body portion connected in the first direction.

[0011] When storing each table in the storage section, the reverse operation is performed. That is, the main body of each table is rotated about the shaft from the usage position to the main body extension position, thereby placing the main body in an upright position. The upright main body is then lowered to the main body storage position. As the main body is lowered, the support section connected to the main body by the shaft is lowered from the support extension position to the support storage position.

[0012] Unlike the prior art, the height of the main body in the use position is not limited to the height of the components between the pair of storage sections. The height of the main body in the use position is determined by the height of the support section in the support section extended position. The height of the support section in the support section extended position can be changed by design. Therefore, unlike the prior art, even when the use position is set to multiple heights, the entire loading surface of the in-vehicle table device can be made to resemble a single loading surface.

[0013] [Aspect 2] The main body portion has a portion that is lower than the axis when upright as an overlapping portion, the support portion has an overlapping portion at least at the upper part, and the main body portion and the support portion are respectively stored in the storage portion with the overlapping portion overlapping the overlapping portion in the first direction, an in-car table device as described in [Aspect 1].

[0014] According to the above configuration, the main body and the support are accommodated in the accommodation section with the overlapping portion overlapping the overlapped portion in the first direction, thereby reducing the dimension of each table in the first direction and reducing the dimension of the accommodation section in which each table is accommodated in the first direction.

[0015] [Aspect 3] When the side of the pair of storage sections that approaches the other in the first direction is defined as the inside, the main body section and the support section are raised and lowered with the overlapping section overlapping the inside of the support section in the first direction, and in the use position, the overlapping section extends in a direction along the floor inside the support section in the first direction, an in-car table device as described in [Aspect 2].

[0016] According to the above configuration, the support unit is raised and lowered between the support unit storage position and the support unit extended position, and the main unit is raised and lowered between the main unit storage position and the main unit extended position, with the overlapping portion overlapping the inside of the support unit in the first direction. When the main unit is rotated from the main unit extended position to the use position, the overlapping portion extends along the floor inside the support unit in the first direction. Therefore, the effect of the above-described aspect 1 can be preferably achieved.

[0017] [Aspect 4] An in-vehicle table device according to any one of [Aspect 1] to [Aspect 3], wherein the upper ends of the pair of support parts are positioned at the same height when the support parts are in the extended position.

[0018] By positioning the upper ends of the pair of support parts at a height that satisfies the above conditions, the axes of the pair of tables are positioned at the same height when the support parts are extended, and therefore the pair of main bodies are positioned at the same height when in the use position.

[0019] [Aspect 5] A vehicle table device according to any one of [Aspect 1] to [Aspect 4], wherein the main body portion is embedded with a metal that is attracted to a magnet or an attraction member formed from a magnet.

[0020] According to the above configuration, if the attraction member is formed from a metal that is attracted to a magnet, for example, when a board game using pieces with built-in magnets is played on the placing surface of the main body part positioned in the use position, the pieces will be attracted to the main body part.

[0021] Furthermore, if the attraction member is formed of a magnet, for example, when a board game using pieces that have built-in metal components that are attracted to a magnet is played on the placement surface of the main body portion located in the usage position, the pieces will be attracted to the main body portion.

[0022] Therefore, in either of the above cases, even if the vehicle shakes, the phenomenon of the pieces moving or falling is suppressed. [Aspect 6] A vehicle table device described in any one of [Aspect 1] to [Aspect 5], wherein the pair of storage sections are located within a box-shaped console that is longer in the second direction than in the first direction, and are arranged on both sides in the first direction.

[0023] According to the above configuration, the pair of storage sections disposed on both sides in the first direction within the console are spaced apart from each other in the same direction, making it possible to use the space between the storage sections within the console as an item storage section.

[0024] When an article storage section is provided between the two storage sections in the console, the distance between the pair of support sections in the first direction is larger than when the two storage sections are located in the middle of the console in the first direction (hereinafter referred to as the comparative example).As a result, the dimension of the main body section in the first direction when the main body section is rotated from the main body section extended position to the use position can be larger than that in the comparative example.

[0025] [Aspect 7] An in-car table device as described in [Aspect 6], wherein when the support portion is in the extended position, the upper end portion of the support portion is located at a position higher than the upper surface of the member that constitutes the top of the console.

[0026] The height of the main body when in the use position is determined by the height of the upper end of the support portion where the shaft is provided. Therefore, by setting the support portion extension position to a position that satisfies the above-mentioned conditions, the main body extends along the floor at a point higher than the upper surface of the component that constitutes the top of the console when in the use position. This makes it possible to place items on the loading surface of the main body at a point higher than the upper surface of the component that constitutes the console. [Effects of the Invention]

[0027] According to the present invention, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom in designing the height of the table in order to make the entire mounting surface into a state close to one large mounting surface. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0028] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle table device in which a pair of tables are housed in housing portions, and a console in one embodiment. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a side view of the in-vehicle table device and the console of FIG. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is a plan view of the in-vehicle table device and the console of FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. [Figure 5] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the in-vehicle table device and the console with the tables pulled out upward from the state shown in FIG. [Figure 8] 8 is a perspective view of the in-vehicle table device and the console with the main body rotated to the use position from the state of FIG. [Figure 9] FIG. 9 is a plan view of the in-vehicle table device and the console of FIG. [Figure 10]FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 10-10 in FIG. [Figure 11] FIG. 11 is a view corresponding to FIG. 5 and is a partial cross-sectional view of the in-vehicle table device and the console with the main body rotated to the use position. [Figure 12] 12 is a perspective view showing a state in which a board game is being played on the placement surfaces of the pair of main body parts shown in FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0029] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a vehicle table device will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the forward direction of the vehicle 10 is referred to as the front, and the backward direction as the rear. The up-down direction refers to the up-down direction of the vehicle 10. The left-right direction refers to the width direction of the vehicle, and coincides with the left-right direction when the vehicle 10 is moving forward.

[0030] As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the in-vehicle table device 20 is mounted on a floor 12 that forms the interior bottom of a passenger compartment 11 of a vehicle 10. The in-vehicle table device 20 is disposed behind a driver's seat 13 and a passenger seat 14, and in front of rear seats 15 and 16.

[0031] 5, the in-vehicle table device 20 includes a pair of storage portions 28 and a pair of tables 51. Next, each of the members will be described. The pair of storage sections 28 are configured as part of the console 21. Therefore, the pair of storage sections 28 will be described as part of the console 21.

[0032] Here, one of two directions extending perpendicular to each other along the floor 12 is defined as a first direction, and the other is defined as a second direction. In this embodiment, the left-right direction is defined as the first direction, and the front-rear direction is defined as the second direction.

[0033] <Console 21> 1, 2, and 5, the console 21 has a box shape that is longer in the front-to-rear direction than in the left-to-right direction. The console 21 has a pair of outer wall portions 22 and a pair of inner wall portions 25.

[0034] Each outer wall portion 22 has a plate shape extending in the front-rear and up-down directions. The pair of outer wall portions 22 are arranged spaced apart from each other in the left-right direction. The lower surface of each outer wall portion 22 is in contact with the floor 12.

[0035] A concave step 23 is formed at the upper end of each outer wall 22, excluding the front and rear portions. Furthermore, a notch 24 recessed downward from the inner bottom surface is formed at the middle portion in the front-to-rear direction on the inner bottom of each step 23.

[0036] Here, in the left-right direction, the side where one outer wall portion 22 approaches the other outer wall portion 22 is referred to as the inside, and the side where one outer wall portion 22 moves away from the other outer wall portion 22 is referred to as the outside. The inside is also the side where one of the pair of storage portions 28 approaches the other. The outside is also the side where one of the pair of storage portions 28 moves away from the other.

[0037] Each of the pair of inner wall portions 25 is located at a fixed distance inward in the left-right direction from the adjacent outer wall portion 22. Each inner wall portion 25 has a plate shape that extends in the front-rear and up-down directions.

[0038] The upper surface of each inner wall portion 25 is located at a position lower than the highest point of the front and rear portions of the outer wall portion 22. The lower surface of each inner wall portion 25 is located higher than the lower surface of the outer wall portion 22.

[0039] 4 and 6, the front end of each inner wall portion 25 is located at a position a certain distance rearward from the front end of the adjacent outer wall portion 22. In addition, the rear end of each inner wall portion 25 is located at a position a certain distance forward from the rear end of the adjacent outer wall portion 22.

[0040] The front and rear ends of each inner wall portion 25 are connected to the adjacent outer wall portion 22 by connecting walls 26 that extend in the left-right and up-down directions. The console 21 has a plate-shaped lower bottom wall portion 27 at its bottom that extends in the front-to-rear and left-to-right directions along the floor 12. The lower bottom wall portion 27 is located at a certain distance above the floor 12, in this embodiment, adjacent to the lower side of the inner wall portion 25. The lower bottom wall portion 27 spans between the pair of outer wall portions 22.

[0041] 4 to 6, the space surrounded by the left-right side portions of lower bottom wall portion 27, the middle portions in the front-rear direction of each outer wall portion 22, each inner wall portion 25, and the pair of connecting walls 26 constitutes storage portion 28. The upper end of storage portion 28 is open, and the lower end is closed by lower bottom wall portion 27.

[0042] Therefore, the pair of storage sections 28 are located on both sides in the left-right direction within the console 21. The storage sections 28 face each other and are spaced apart from each other in the left-right direction.

[0043] As shown in Fig. 6, the console 21 includes a plate-shaped intermediate bottom wall portion 31 extending in the front-rear and left-right directions along the floor 12 above the lower bottom wall portion 27. The front and rear portions of the intermediate bottom wall portion 31 span between the pair of outer wall portions 22. As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the intermediate portion of the intermediate bottom wall portion 31 in the front-rear direction spans between the pair of inner wall portions 25.

[0044] 1 and 6, the console 21 has, at its rear end, a plate-shaped lower rear wall 32 that extends in the left-right and up-down directions. The lower edge of the lower rear wall 32 is in contact with the floor 12. The lower rear wall 32 is connected to the rear edge of the lower bottom wall 27 at a location a certain distance above its lower edge. The upper edge of the lower rear wall 32 is connected to the rear edge of the intermediate bottom wall 31. The left and right side edges of the lower rear wall 32 are connected to the rear edges of the pair of outer wall portions 22.

[0045] As shown in Figure 6, the space surrounded by the above-mentioned lower bottom wall portion 27, intermediate bottom wall portion 31, lower rear wall portion 32, the front and rear portions of each outer wall portion 22, the inner wall portion 25 for each storage portion 28, and a pair of connecting wall portions 26 for each storage portion 28 constitutes the lower space portion 33.

[0046] 5 and 6, a plate-shaped partition wall 34 extending in the left-right and up-down directions is provided in the middle of the lower space 33 in the front-rear direction. The lower edge of the partition wall 34 is connected to the middle of the lower bottom wall 27 in the front-rear direction. The upper edge of the partition wall 34 is connected to the middle of the middle bottom wall 31 in the front-rear direction. The left and right side edges of the partition wall 34 are connected to the middle of the inner wall 25 in the front-rear direction. The partition wall 34 divides the lower space 33 into two spaces, front and rear.

[0047] 1, 5, and 6, the console 21 includes a plate-shaped upper front wall portion 36 extending in the left-right and up-down directions, located above the intermediate bottom wall portion 31 and at a fixed distance rearward from the front edges of the outer wall portions 22. The lower edge of the upper front wall portion 36 is connected to a fixed distance rearward from the front edges of the intermediate bottom wall portion 31. Both left and right side edges of the upper front wall portion 36 are connected to the above-mentioned locations of the pair of outer wall portions 22. A portion of the upper front wall portion 36 forms part of the front connecting wall portion 26 described above, more specifically, the portion above the intermediate bottom wall portion 31.

[0048] The console 21 has a plate-shaped upper rear wall 38 extending in the left-right and up-down directions, located above the intermediate bottom wall 31 and at a fixed distance forward from the rear edges of the outer wall portions 22. The lower edge of the upper rear wall 38 is connected to a fixed distance forward from the rear edges of the intermediate bottom wall 31. Both left and right side edges of the upper rear wall 38 are connected to the above-mentioned locations of the pair of outer wall portions 22. A portion of the upper rear wall 38 forms part of the rear connecting wall 26 described above, more specifically, the portion above the intermediate bottom wall 31.

[0049] The space surrounded by the pair of inner walls 25, the intermediate portion of the intermediate bottom wall 31 in the front-to-rear direction, the upper front wall 36, and the upper rear wall 38 constitutes an upper storage section 41 having an opening 39 at its upper end. The upper storage section 41 is provided as an item storage section for storing relatively large items such as bags, tissue boxes, etc.

[0050] The console 21 further includes a lid 42 for opening and closing the opening 39. The lid 42 may be formed of a single lid piece or multiple lid pieces. The lid 42 closes the opening 39 by being placed on the pair of inner wall portions 25, the rear portion of the upper front wall portion 36, and the front portion of the upper rear wall portion 38 in a horizontal or nearly horizontal state extending in the left-right and front-rear directions.

[0051] The lid 42 may be formed into a plate shape using a hard resin material and function as a tray. In this case, the peripheral edge of the upper surface of the lid 42 may be formed to protrude higher than other parts of the upper surface. The lid 42 may also be flexible and function as an armrest. In this case, the lid 42 may be composed of, for example, a base material formed from a hard resin material, a cushion layer made of foam laminated on the base material, and a cover laminated on the cushion layer.

[0052] <Pair of tables 51> 4 and 5, each of the pair of tables 51 includes a plate-shaped main body 52 and a plate-shaped support 57. The main body 52 of each table 51 has one surface in the thickness direction, more specifically, the surface located on the inner side in the left-right direction when in an upright position, as a placement surface 53. The support 57 of each table 51 is for supporting the main body 52 in an upright position, and has a resting portion 58 at least on its upper portion.

[0053] Here, the vertically middle portion of each main body portion 52 in the upright state is defined as the middle portion of the main body portion 52. In each table 51, the middle portion of the main body portion 52 and the upper end portion of the support portion 57 are rotatably connected by a shaft 59 extending in the front-rear direction.

[0054] Each support portion 57 is configured to move up and down between a support portion storage position shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and a support portion extension position shown in FIG. 7. The support portion storage position is a position where the entire support portion 57 is stored in the storage portion 28 in an upright state. The support portion extension position is a position where a portion of the support portion 57 in an upright state, including its lower end, remains in the storage portion 28 (see FIG. 10). In the support portion extension position, the remaining portion of the support portion 57 is located above the storage portion 28. Furthermore, in the support portion extension position, the upper end of the support portion 57 is located at a position higher than the upper surface of the console 21. The upper surface of the console 21 refers to the upper surface of the member that constitutes the uppermost part of the console 21, and in this embodiment, this is the upper surface of the upper front wall portion 36 and the upper rear wall portion 38. In the support portion extension position, the upper ends of the pair of support portions 57 are located at the same height.

[0055] A support portion holding mechanism (not shown) that holds the support portion 57 in the support portion extended position after it has been extended to the support portion extended position is provided between each support portion 57 and the surrounding members of the storage portion 28. A support portion hold release mechanism (not shown) that releases the hold of the support portion 57 by the support portion holding mechanism in response to a release operation by the occupant is also provided between each support portion 57 and the surrounding members of the storage portion 28.

[0056] As shown in FIG. 5, each main body portion 52 has a general portion 54 that is above the axis 59 when the main body portion 52 is upright, and a superposed portion 55 that is below the axis 59 . Each main body 52 is configured to move up and down between a main body storage position shown in FIGS. 1, 4, 5, etc. and a main body extension position shown in FIG.

[0057] The main body storage position is a position where most of the main body 52, excluding the upper end, is stored in the storage section 28 in an upright state. An engagement protrusion 56 that protrudes outward in the left-right direction is formed on the portion of each main body 52 (general section 54) that becomes the upper end when the main body 52 is in an upright state. Each engagement protrusion 56 is formed to have a size and shape that fits into the step section 23 when the main body 52 is located in the main body storage position. The engagement of the engagement protrusion 56 with the step section 23 restricts the main body 52 from descending.

[0058] In contrast, the main body portion pulled-out position is a position where the main body portion 52 is in an upright state and is pulled out from the storage portion 28 so that the connection portion between the main body portion 52 and the support portion 57 via the shaft 59 is positioned higher than the storage portion 28. In the main body portion pulled-out position, at least the general portion 54 of the main body portion 52 is positioned higher than the storage portion 28.

[0059] The vertical dimension of the overlapping portion 55 when the pair of main body portions 52 are positioned in the main body portion storage position is set to a size that allows the pair of main body portions 52 to be adjacent to each other in the left-right direction when the pair of main body portions 52 are positioned in the use position.

[0060] 8, an attraction member 62 made of a metal that can be attracted to a magnet is embedded in each main body 52. ​​Examples of such metals include iron, cobalt, and nickel. In this embodiment, the attraction member 62 made of an iron plate is embedded in the middle of the main body 52 in the thickness direction.

[0061] As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the support portion 57 and the main body portion 52 of each table 51 are raised and lowered in a state in which the overlapping portion 55 overlaps the inside of the overlapped portion 58 in the left-right direction. Each main body 52 is further configured to rotate about an axis 59 between the main body extension position shown in Fig. 7 and a use position shown in Figs. 8 to 11. In the use position, the overlapping portion 55 extends in a direction along the floor 12, inside the support portion 57 in the left-right direction. In the use position, each main body 52 is horizontal or nearly horizontal, and the placement surface 53 faces upward.

[0062] A main body holding mechanism (not shown) that holds the main body 52 at the use position after it has been rotated from the main body extension position to the use position is provided between the support portion 57 of each table 51 and the main body 52. ​​A main body hold release mechanism (not shown) that releases the hold of the main body 52 by the main body holding mechanism in response to a release operation by the occupant is also provided between the support portion 57 of each table 51 and the main body 52.

[0063] Furthermore, as shown in Figure 6, in addition to the upper storage section 41, the console 21 is provided with a lower auxiliary storage section 43, an upper front auxiliary storage section 46, and an upper rear auxiliary storage section 48 as auxiliary storage sections for storing items G1, G2, and G3.

[0064] <Lower auxiliary storage compartment 43> The lower auxiliary storage section 43 comprises a space surrounded by the front half of the lower bottom wall section 27, the front half of the intermediate bottom wall section 31, the front portions of the pair of outer wall sections 22, the front half of the pair of inner wall sections 25, and the partition wall section 34. The front end of the lower auxiliary storage section 43 is open. A lower item storage box 44 is housed in the lower auxiliary storage section 43 so that it can be pulled out forward. The lower item storage box 44 is box-shaped with a bottom and an open top.

[0065] In this embodiment, the space between the partition wall 34 and the lower rear wall 32 in the lower space 33 is not used as an auxiliary storage section. <Upper front auxiliary storage section 46> The upper front auxiliary storage section 46 comprises a space surrounded by the upper front wall section 36, a portion of the intermediate bottom wall section 31 that is forward of the upper storage section 41, and a portion of each of the pair of outer wall sections 22 that is forward of the upper storage section 41. The front and top ends of the upper front auxiliary storage section 46 are both open. An upper front item storage box 47 is stored in the upper front auxiliary storage section 46 so that it can be pulled out forward. The rear and top ends of the upper front item storage box 47 are both open.

[0066] <Upper and rear auxiliary storage compartment 48> The upper-rear auxiliary storage section 48 is formed of a space surrounded by the upper-rear wall section 38, a portion of the intermediate bottom wall section 31 rearward of the upper storage section 41, and a portion of each of the pair of outer wall sections 22 rearward of the upper storage section 41. The rear and top ends of the upper-rear auxiliary storage section 48 are both open. An upper-rear item storage box 49 is stored in the upper-rear auxiliary storage section 48 so that it can be pulled out rearward. The front and top ends of the upper-rear item storage box 49 are both open.

[0067] <Operation of this embodiment> As shown in Figures 4 and 5, when a pair of tables 51 are not in use, each table 51 is stored in the corresponding storage section 28. At this time, the support section 57 is located in the support section storage position, and the main body section 52 is located in the main body section storage position. Both the support section 57 and the main body section 52 are stored in an upright state in the storage section 28. At this time, the engaging protrusion 56 of each main body section 52 is fitted into the step section 23. This fitting restricts the main body section 52 from moving downward. Similarly, the support section 57, which is connected to the main body section 52 by the shaft 59, is also restricted from moving downward.

[0068] At this time, the overlapping portion 55 of each main body portion 52 overlaps the overlapped portion 58 of the support portion 57 from the inside in the left-right direction. Therefore, the left-right dimension of each table 51 is small. In addition, the left-right dimension of the storage portion 28 in which each table 51 is stored is also small.

[0069] When both tables 51 are in use, the occupant places their fingers in the notches 24 of each outer wall 22 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the fingers are hooked onto each of the engagement protrusions 56 from below. An upward force is applied to the main body 52 by each of the engagement protrusions 56. This force is transmitted to each of the support portions 57 via the shafts 59. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, each of the main body portions 52 is pulled out from the main body portion storage position to the main body portion extension position, and each of the support portions 57 is pulled out from the support portion storage position to the support portion extension position.

[0070] In the support portion extended position, a portion of each support portion 57, including its lower end portion, remains in the storage portion 28. The remaining portion is located higher than the storage portion 28. In the support portion extended position, the upper ends of the pair of support portions 57 are located at the same height. At this time, the support portions 57 are held in the support portion extended position by a support portion holding mechanism (not shown).

[0071] In the main body extension position, the main body 52 is in an upright state, and the portion of the main body 52 connected to the support portion 57 by the shaft 59 is positioned above the storage portion 28. Accordingly, the general portion 54 of each main body 52 is positioned above the storage portion 28.

[0072] The above-mentioned drawing out of the support portion 57 and the main body portion 52 for each table 51 is performed in a state where each overlapping portion 55 overlaps the overlapped portion 58 from the inside in the left-right direction. Each main body 52 is rotated about the shaft 59 from the main body extension position to the use position shown in Figures 8 to 11. In the use position, the overlapping portion 55 of each main body 52 extends inwardly of the support portion 57 in the left-right direction along the floor 12, i.e., horizontally or nearly horizontally. Also, the general portion 54 of each main body 52 extends outwardly of the support portion 57 in the left-right direction along the floor 12, i.e., horizontally or nearly horizontally.

[0073] At this time, since the upper ends of the pair of support portions 57 are positioned at the same height, the axes 59 of each pair of tables 51 are positioned at the same height, and the pair of main body portions 52 are positioned at the same height.

[0074] Furthermore, the pair of overlapping portions 55 are aligned in the left-right direction. In this embodiment, the pair of overlapping portions 55 are adjacent to each other in the left-right direction. The gap between the pair of overlapping portions 55 is small and close to zero.

[0075] At this time, each main body 52 is held in the use position by a main body holding mechanism (not shown), and each support 57 is held in the support extension position by the support holding mechanism described above.

[0076] Furthermore, in the use position, the mounting surface 53 of each main body portion 52 faces upward. The mounting surfaces 53 of the pair of main body portions 52 are adjacent to each other in the left-right direction. The overall mounting surface of the in-vehicle table device 20 is similar to a single wide mounting surface 61, with the mounting surfaces 53 of each main body portion 52 connected in the left-right direction. In other words, the mounting surfaces 53 of both main body portions 52 are similar to a wide mounting surface 61 that is continuous in the left-right direction.

[0077] As described above, since the placement surface 61 is wider in the left-right direction, even large items that cannot be placed on the placement surface 53 of one main body portion 52 can be placed on the wide placement surface 61.

[0078] Also, as shown in Fig. 12, passengers in the rear seats 15, 16 can play games and the like on the expanded placement surface 61. In particular, when playing a board game using pieces with built-in magnets, the pieces 65 are attracted to the main body 52 by the attraction force acting from the magnets to the attraction member 62 (see Fig. 8). For convenience, cards are shown as the pieces 65 in Fig. 12.

[0079] 5, in this embodiment, the pair of storage sections 28 are arranged on both sides in the left-right direction within the console 21 while being spaced apart from each other in the left-right direction, so that the space between the two storage sections 28 can be used as an item storage section. For this reason, in this embodiment, an upper storage section 41 and a lower auxiliary storage section 43 are provided as item storage sections between the two storage sections 28 within the console 21. This configuration provides the following advantages in terms of operation.

[0080] For comparison with this embodiment, a comparative example will be defined as an in-vehicle table device in which the pair of storage sections 28 are provided midway between the upper storage section 41 and the lower auxiliary storage section 43 in the left-right direction. In this embodiment, the pair of storage sections 28 are located on both sides of the upper storage section 41 and the lower auxiliary storage section 43 in the left-right direction, so the distance between the pair of support sections 57 in the left-right direction is greater than in the comparative example. Also, the dimension of the main body section 52 in the left-right direction when the main body section 52 is rotated from the main body section extended position to the use position is greater than in the comparative example.

[0081] 8 to 11, the height of the main body 52 of each table 51 when it is in the use position is determined by the height of the shaft 59 located at the upper end of the support portion 57. When the support portion is extended, the upper end of the support portion 57 is located at a position higher than the upper surface of the member that constitutes the top of the console 21, which in this embodiment is the upper surface of the upper front wall portion 36 and the upper rear wall portion 38. Therefore, when it is in the use position, each main body 52 extends in a direction along the floor 12 at a position higher than the upper surface of the console 21 and is in a horizontal or nearly horizontal state. As a result, it becomes possible to place an item on the placement surface 53 of the main body 52 at a position higher than the upper surface of the console 21.

[0082] When storing each table 51 in the storage section 28, the reverse operation to the above is performed. That is, the occupant performs a release operation on each main body section hold release mechanism. In response to this release operation, the hold of each main body section 52 by each main body section hold mechanism is released. This release makes it possible for the main body section 52 to rotate relative to the support section 57. The main body section 52 of each table 51 is rotated about the shaft 59 from the usage position to the main body section extension position. At this time, the support section 57 of each table 51 is held in the support section extension position.

[0083] When the main body 52 of each table 51 is rotated to the main body extension position, it is in an upright state as shown in FIG. 7. Also, the overlapping portion 55 of each main body 52 overlaps the overlapped portion 58 from the inside in the left-right direction. The occupant performs a release operation on each support portion hold release mechanism. In response to the release operation, each support portion 57 can descend together with the main body 52.

[0084] 4 and 5, the main body 52 of each table 51 is lowered from the main body extension position to the main body storage position, and the support portion 57 of each table 51 is lowered from the support extension position to the support storage position. The lowering is performed, for example, by an occupant hooking their fingers on the engaging protrusions 56 from below and lowering the table 51 in this state. The lowering of the support portions 57 and main body 52 of each table 51 is performed with the overlapping portions 55 overlapping the overlapped portions 58 from the inside in the left-right direction.

[0085] When the engaging protrusion 56 of each table 51 fits into the step portion 23 by the above-mentioned descent, further descent is restricted by the step portion 23. Similarly, the descent of the support portion 57 connected to the main body portion 52 by the shaft 59 is restricted.

[0086] Unlike the prior art, the height of each main body portion 52 in the use position is not limited to the height of the upper surfaces of the components between the pair of storage portions 28, such as the upper front wall portion 36 and the upper rear wall portion 38. The height of each main body portion 52 in the use position is determined by the height of the support portion 57 in the support portion-extended position. The height of each support portion 57 in the support portion-extended position can be changed by design. For example, the height of each support portion 57 in the support portion-extended position can be changed by changing the vertical dimension of each support portion 57 or by changing the height of a portion, including the lower end portion of each support portion 57, that remains in the storage portion 28.

[0087] Therefore, even when the use position is set at a plurality of heights, the entire placing surface (two placing surfaces 53) of the in-vehicle table device 20 is close to one placing surface 61. In this respect, this embodiment differs from the prior art in which the use position at which the entire placing surface of the in-vehicle table device is close to one placing surface is limited to one height.

[0088] In this embodiment, when the lower item storage box 44 housed in the lower auxiliary storage section 43 is pulled forward, an open portion at the top end of the lower item storage box 44 is exposed forward from the lower auxiliary storage section 43, as shown by the two-dot chain line in Fig. 6. Therefore, it is possible to put an item G1 into or take it out of the lower item storage box 44 through this exposed open portion. Examples of the item G1 include, but are not limited to, a sunglasses case and a foldable sunshade.

[0089] Furthermore, by moving (inserting) the lower item storage box 44 rearward, the lower item storage box 44 is stored in the lower auxiliary storage section 43. When the lower item storage box 44 containing the item G1 is inserted, the item G1 is stored in the lower auxiliary storage section 43 together with the lower item storage box 44.

[0090] Furthermore, in this embodiment, in addition to the upper end of the upper front auxiliary storage section 46 being open, the upper and rear ends of the upper front item storage box 47 are also open. Therefore, as shown by the solid lines in FIG. 6 , when the upper front item storage box 47 is stored in the upper front auxiliary storage section 46, the open portion at the upper end of the upper front item storage box 47 overlaps the open portion at the upper end of the upper front auxiliary storage section 46. The dimensions of both open portions in the front-to-rear direction are small. Therefore, it is possible to insert or remove an item with a small dimension in the front-to-rear direction, such as a plate-shaped item G2, into or from the upper front auxiliary storage section 46 and the upper front item storage box 47 through both open portions at the upper ends. Examples of the item G2 include, but are not limited to, a smartphone, a mobile phone, etc.

[0091] 6, when the upper front item storage box 47 is pulled forward, the openings of both the upper front auxiliary storage section 46 and the upper front item storage box 47 are expanded forward. Therefore, it becomes possible to put in or take out an item larger than the above-mentioned item G2 from the upper front auxiliary storage section 46 and the upper front item storage box 47 through both the openings.

[0092] The upper front article storage box 47 that has been pulled out forward as described above is moved (inserted) rearward, whereby the upper front article storage box 47 is stored in the upper front auxiliary storage section 46 . Furthermore, in this embodiment, in addition to the upper end of the upper-rear auxiliary storage section 48 being open, the front and upper ends of the upper-rear item storage box 49 are both open. As shown by the solid lines in FIG. 6 , when the upper-rear item storage box 49 is stored in the upper-rear auxiliary storage section 48, the open portion at the top end of the upper-rear item storage box 49 overlaps the open portion at the top end of the upper-rear auxiliary storage section 48. The dimensions of both open portions in the front-rear direction are small. Therefore, it is possible to put in and take out an item with a small dimension in the front-rear direction, such as a plate-shaped item like the above-mentioned item G2, from the upper-rear auxiliary storage section 48 and the upper-rear item storage box 49 through both open portions at the top ends.

[0093] 6, when the upper rear item storage box 49 is pulled rearward, the openings of both the upper rear auxiliary storage section 48 and the upper rear item storage box 49 are expanded rearward. Therefore, an item G3 that is larger in the front-to-rear direction than the item that can be stored in the upper rear item storage box 49 when stored in the upper rear auxiliary storage section 48 can be put into or taken out of the upper rear auxiliary storage section 48 and the upper rear item storage box 49 through both openings at the top ends. Examples of the item G3 include, but are not limited to, beverage containers such as cups with lids, beverage cans, and plastic bottles.

[0094] The upper rear article storage box 49 pulled out rearward as described above is moved (inserted) forward and stored in the upper rear auxiliary storage section 48. <Effects of this embodiment> (1) As shown in FIG. 5 , the in-vehicle table device 20 includes a pair of storage sections 28 that face each other and are spaced apart from each other in the left-right direction, and a pair of tables 51 that are stored in each storage section 28 and can be pulled out upward. Each table 51 includes a plate-shaped main body section 52 having one surface in the thickness direction as a placement surface 53, and a support section 57 that supports the main body section 52 in an upright state. Each main body section 52 is connected at its middle portion to the upper end of the support section 57 by a shaft 59. Each support section 57 moves up and down between a support section storage position shown in FIG. 5 and a support section extended position shown in FIG. 7. Each main body section 52 moves up and down between the main body section storage position shown in FIG. 5 and a main body section extended position shown in FIG. 7. Furthermore, each main body section 52 rotates about the shaft 59 between the main body section extended position and a use position shown in FIG. 8. In the use position, each main body portion 52 extends in a direction along the floor 12, becomes horizontal or nearly horizontal, and the placement surface 53 faces upward.

[0095] Therefore, even when the use position is set at a plurality of heights, the entire placing surface (two placing surfaces 53) of the in-vehicle table device 20 can be made to resemble one wide placing surface 61, as shown in Fig. 8. Therefore, the degree of freedom in designing the height of the table 51 that can make the entire placing surface (two placing surfaces 53) resemble one large placing surface 61 can be increased.

[0096] (2) As shown in Figure 5, each main body 52 has a portion that is below the axis 59 when upright, which is an overlapping portion 55. Each support portion 57 has an overlapping portion 58 at least at its upper portion. The main body 52 and support portion 57 for each table 51 are accommodated in their respective accommodation portions 28 with the overlapping portion 55 overlapping the overlapping portion 58 in the left-right direction. This allows the left-right dimensions of each table 51 and each accommodation portion 28 to be reduced.

[0097] (3) As shown in Fig. 5, the support portion 57 and the main body portion 52 are raised and lowered with the overlapping portion 55 overlapping the inside of the support portion 57 in the left-right direction. In the use position shown in Fig. 11, the overlapping portion 55 extends in a direction along the floor 12 inside the support portion 57 in the left-right direction, and is in a horizontal or nearly horizontal state. Therefore, the effect of (1) above can be preferably obtained.

[0098] (4) As shown in Fig. 7, the upper ends of the pair of support parts 57 are positioned at the same height when in the support part extended position. Therefore, when in the use position shown in Fig. 8, the pair of main body parts 52 can be positioned at the same height.

[0099] (5) The vertical dimension of the overlapping portions 55 when the pair of main bodies 52 are located in the main body storage position shown in Fig. 5 is set to a size that allows the pair of main bodies 52 to be adjacent to each other in the left-right direction when the pair of main bodies 52 are located in the use position shown in Fig. 11. Therefore, when the pair of main bodies 52 are located in the use position, the gap between the pair of overlapping portions 55 can be made small.

[0100] (6) As shown in Fig. 8, an attraction member 62 made of a metal that is attracted to a magnet is embedded in each main body 52. ​​Therefore, when a board game using pieces 65 with built-in magnets is played on the main body 52 positioned in the use position, the pieces 65 can be attracted to the main body 52. ​​Therefore, even if the vehicle 10 shakes, the pieces 65 can be prevented from moving or falling.

[0101] (7) As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the pair of storage sections 28 are arranged on both sides in the left-right direction inside the box-shaped console 21 that is longer in the front-rear direction than in the left-right direction. Therefore, the space between the two storage sections 28 can be used as an article storage section (upper storage section 41, lower auxiliary storage section 43), improving the storage capacity of the in-vehicle table device 20.

[0102] The pair of storage sections 28 are located on both sides of the item storage section (upper storage section 41, lower auxiliary storage section 43) in the left-right direction. Therefore, the distance between the pair of support sections 57 in the left-right direction can be made larger than when the storage sections 28 are located in the middle of the item storage sections (upper storage section 41, lower auxiliary storage section 43) in the left-right direction (comparative example). Also, the dimension in the left-right direction of the main body section 52 when in the use position can be made larger than in the comparative example.

[0103] (8) As shown in Figure 7, when the support portion is in the extended position, the upper end of the support portion 57 is located at a position higher than the upper surface of the upper front wall portion 36 and the upper surface of the upper rear wall portion 38, which are the upper surfaces of the uppermost members of the console 21. Therefore, an item can be placed on the placement surface 53 of the main body portion 52 in the use position at a position higher than the upper surface of the console 21.

[0104] <Example of change> This embodiment can be modified as follows: This embodiment and the following modifications can be combined and implemented within the scope of technical compatibility.

[0105] (Console 21 matters) The intermediate bottom wall 31, the partition wall 34, and the lower item storage box 44 may be omitted, and the open portion at the front end of the lower auxiliary storage section 43 may be closed by a lower front wall similar to the lower rear wall 32. In this case, the upper storage section 41 and the lower space 33 are connected in the vertical direction. In other words, the upper storage section 41 is expanded downward by the amount of the lower space 33.

[0106] The space between the partition wall 34 and the lower rear wall 32 of the lower space 33 may be used as a lower auxiliary storage section for storing items, similar to the space (lower auxiliary storage section 43) in front of the partition wall 34. In this case, the lower rear wall 32 is omitted, so that the rear end of the space behind the partition wall 34 of the lower space 33 is open. A storage box similar to the lower item storage box 44 may be stored in this lowered space at the rear end so that it can be pulled out rearward.

[0107] The lower auxiliary storage section 43 may be omitted. That is, the space in front of the partition wall 34 of the lower space 33 may not be used as the lower auxiliary storage section 43, but may be modified to have a structure similar to that of the space between the partition wall 34 and the lower rear wall 32.

[0108] One or both of the upper front auxiliary storage section 46 and the upper rear auxiliary storage section 48 may be omitted. In conjunction with the omission of the upper front auxiliary storage section 46, the upper front wall section 36 may be formed at the front edge of the intermediate bottom wall section 31. In this modified example, the upper storage section 41 expands forward as the position of the upper front wall section 36 is changed. Furthermore, in conjunction with the omission of the upper rear auxiliary storage section 48, the upper rear wall section 38 may be formed at the rear edge of the intermediate bottom wall section 31. In this modified example, the upper storage section 41 expands rearward as the position of the upper rear wall section 38 is changed.

[0109] (Matters concerning storage unit 28) The storage sections 28 may be provided in the middle of the console 21 in the first direction (left-right direction) instead of on both sides of the console 21 in the same direction.

[0110] Contrary to the above embodiment, the front-to-rear direction may be the first direction and the left-to-right direction may be the second direction. In this modification, a pair of storage sections 28 are provided on both sides of the console 21 in the front-to-rear direction. Each storage section 28 extends in the left-to-right and up-to-down directions. The storage sections 28 face each other while being spaced apart from each other in the front-to-rear direction.

[0111] (Table 51) The attraction members 62 embedded in each main body 52 may be made of a magnet instead of a metal that is attracted to a magnet.

[0112] According to this modified example, when a board game is played using pieces 65 that incorporate members formed of a metal that is attracted to a magnet, the pieces 65 are attracted to the main body 52. ​​Therefore, similar to the above embodiment, the effect of preventing the pieces 65 from moving or falling can be obtained even if the vehicle 10 shakes.

[0113] 8, the adsorption member 62 may be embedded in the entire area of ​​each main body portion 52, or may be embedded in only a portion of the area. Also, the adsorption member 62 may be embedded in only one of the pair of main body portions 52.

[0114] A plurality of small pieces of adsorption members 62 may be embedded in the main body 52 while being spaced apart from one another. The pair of tables 51 housed in the pair of housing sections 28 in an upright state may have different vertical dimensions.

[0115] The support part 57 having the overlapping part 58 only needs to have the overlapping part 58 at least in the upper part. Therefore, each support part 57 may have the overlapping part 58 in the lower part in addition to the upper part. In an extreme case, each support part 57 may be entirely made up of the overlapping part 58.

[0116] The main body 52 and the support 57 for each table 51 may be raised and lowered with the overlapping portion 55 overlapping the outside of the support 57 in the first direction, as opposed to the embodiment described above. In this modification, when the main body 52 is rotated between the main body extension position and the use position, the main body 52 is rotated relative to the support 57 in the opposite direction to the embodiment described above.

[0117] The main body portion 52 and the support portion 57 may be accommodated in the accommodation portion 28 in a state in which the overlapping portion 55 is not overlapped with the overlapped portion 58 in the first direction. (Other matters) A rail member (not shown) extending in the fore-and-aft direction may be laid on the floor 12, and the console 21 may be attached to this rail member. In this modified example, the attachment position of the console 21 in the fore-and-aft direction relative to the rail member may be changed depending on the situation.

[0118] The in-vehicle table device 20 may be modified so that the pair of storage sections 28 are not positioned within the console 21, provided that the in-vehicle table device 20 is provided with a pair of storage sections 28 and a pair of tables 51 that are stored in each storage section 28 and can be pulled out upward. [Explanation of symbols]

[0119] 10...Vehicle 12...Floor 20...In-car table device 21...Console 28...Storage section 51...Table 52...Main body 53,61...Placement surface 55...Overlapped section 57...Support part 58...Overlapped part 59...Axis 62...Adsorption member

Claims

1. When one of two directions extending perpendicular to each other along a floor of a vehicle is defined as a first direction and the other as a second direction, the device comprises a pair of storage sections facing each other while being spaced apart in the first direction, and a pair of tables stored in each storage section so as to be able to be pulled out upward, Each table includes a plate-shaped main body portion having one surface in a thickness direction as a placement surface, and a support portion that supports the main body portion in an upright state; When a middle portion of the main body portion in the upright state in the vertical direction is defined as a middle portion of the main body portion, the middle portion of the main body portion and an upper end portion of the support portion are rotatably connected by a shaft extending in the second direction, The support part is configured to move up and down between a support part accommodation position where it is accommodated in the accommodation part and a support part extension position where a part including a lower end part remains in the accommodation part, the main body is configured to move up and down between a main body storage position where the main body is stored in the storage portion in an upright state, and a main body pull-out position where the main body is in an upright state and a connection portion between the main body and the support portion by the shaft is positioned above the storage portion, The main body extends in a direction along the floor and is configured to rotate around the axis between a use position in which the storage surface faces upward and a main body extension position.

2. The main body has a portion that is lower than the shaft in an upright state as an overlapping portion, The support portion has a superimposed portion at least on an upper portion thereof, The in-vehicle table device according to claim 1 , wherein the main body portion and the support portion are accommodated in the accommodation portion in a state in which the overlapping portion is overlapped with the overlapped portion in the first direction.

3. In the first direction, when a side where one of the pair of storage parts approaches the other is defined as an inner side, the main body part and the support part are raised and lowered in a state where the overlapping part is overlapped on the inner side of the support part in the first direction, The in-vehicle table device according to claim 2 , wherein, in the use position, the overlapping portion extends in a direction along the floor inside the support portion in the first direction.

4. The in-vehicle table device according to claim 1 , wherein the upper ends of the pair of support portions are positioned at the same height when the support portions are in the extended position.

5. 2. The in-vehicle table device according to claim 1, wherein the main body has an attraction member embedded therein, the attraction member being made of a metal that is attracted to a magnet or a magnet.

6. A table device for use in a vehicle as described in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the pair of storage sections are located within a box-shaped console that is longer in the second direction than in the first direction, and on both sides in the first direction.

7. 7. The in-vehicle table device according to claim 6, wherein, in the support portion extended position, the upper end of the support portion is positioned higher than an upper surface of a member constituting the uppermost part of the console.

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