IP Library Granted Patent US 12,029,329
Granted Patent B2
US 12,029,329 · App. 18/073,192 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Storage mechanism for seat table

Inventor: Hiroyuki Suzuki (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
A47C7/705A47C7/54A47D1/0083A47D1/0085A61G5/1094
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Patent No.
US 12,029,329
App. No.
18/073,192
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a storage mechanism for a seat table enabling improved handleability at the time of storage with a relatively simple configuration. One aspect of the present disclosure is a storage mechanism for a seat table used by combination with a seat. The storage mechanism for the seat table includes a held portion provided to the seat table, and a holding portion provided to a storage portion where the seat table is stored. The held portion includes at least one attracted magnet. The holding portion includes at least one attracting magnet attracting the at least one attracted magnet, and at least one repelling magnet repelling the at least one attracted magnet.

Claims (16)

1. A storage mechanism for a seat table used in combination with a seat, the storage mechanism comprising:

a held portion provided to the seat table; and

a holding portion provided to a storage portion where the seat table is stored,

the held portion comprising at least one attracted magnet, and

the holding portion comprising:

at least one attracting magnet attracting the at least one attracted magnet; and

at least one repelling magnet repelling the at least one attracted magnet.

2. The storage mechanism for a seat table according to claim 1 ,

wherein the held portion further comprises a metal part attracted to the at least one repelling magnet in a state where the held portion is held by the holding portion.

3. The storage mechanism for a seat table according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one attracting magnet comprises a first attracting magnet and a second attracting magnet arranged so as to be apart from each other in a first direction,

wherein the at least one attracted magnet comprises a first attracted magnet and a second attracted magnet, the first attracted magnet and the second attracted magnet being attracted to the first attracting magnet and the second attracting magnet, respectively, in the state where the held portion is held by the holding portion,

wherein the holding portion comprises a protruding portion that is arranged between the first attracting magnet and the second attracting magnet in the first direction and that protrudes toward the held portion relative to the first attracting magnet and the second attracting magnet in the state where the held portion is held by the holding portion, and

wherein the at least one repelling magnet is arranged in the protruding portion.

4. The storage mechanism for a seat table according to claim 1 , wherein the storage portion is provided to the seat.

5. The storage mechanism for a seat table according to claim 4 , wherein the storage portion is an armrest of the seat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2022
From: SUZUKI, HIROYUKI
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 061946/0583 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-197037 · Dec 3, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230172362A1 · Jun 8, 2023