Vehicle footrest system

摘要

A vehicle footrest system allows an occupant seated in a rear seat to brace their feet and that is capable of inhibiting load from concentrating at the heels of an occupant. A footrest system is provided with: a reclining device that rotates an upper end part side of a seatback in the direction of arrow A and holds it at a predetermined angle of rotation; and a slide device that slides a front seat in the direction of arrow B with respect to a vehicle body floor. When an occupant seated in a rear seat uses a footrest portion of the seatback, the reclining device is operated and the upper end part side of the seatback is inclined toward the vehicle front side. Further, the slide device is operated and a slide portion of a seat cushion is moved in a vehicle front-rear direction along a rail portion.

主权项

1. A vehicle footrest system, comprising:
a rear side seat disposed at a vehicle compartment rear side; a front side seat disposed at a vehicle compartment front side of the rear side seat and equipped with an upright seatback provided at a vehicle front-rear direction rear end portion of a seat cushion capable of being sat on by an occupant; a tilting unit that tilts the seatback towards the vehicle front side with respect to the seat cushion as far as a foot-sole angle of the occupant seated in the rear side seat and retains an upper end portion of the seatback in a tilted state sloping diagonally towards the vehicle front and the vehicle top with respect to a bottom end portion of the seatback; a footrest section provided at a back face of the seatback and provided along the back face on which to rest the feet of the occupant seated in the rear side seat; and a moving unit for moving the seatback in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to a vehicle body floor with the seatback in a state tilted towards the vehicle front side by the tilting unit, wherein an indented portion is provided at the footrest section into which the feet of the occupant seated in the rear side seat are inserted, and the footrest section is equipped with a movable section that is supported in a recess shaped portion provided in the back face of the seatback so as to be capable of moving in the vehicle front-rear direction, and that forms the indented portion by moving the footrest section towards the vehicle front side in a state in which the seatback has been tilted towards the vehicle front side by the tilting unit.