Rotating device for vehicle interior item, and rotating device for vehicle seat

Abstract

A rotating device for a vehicle interior item is provided with latching means that is provided on a side of a base member having a rotation support part, and engagement means that is provided on a side of a rotating member supporting a vehicle interior item and being rotatably supported by the rotation support part, and can be switched between a state in which the engagement means engages with the latching means so as to suppress detachment of the rotating member from the base member and a state in which the engagement with the latching means is released when the rotating member attains the rotatable state, wherein the latching means and the engagement means are disposed further outside than the rotating member in plan view at least when the rotating member is in the non-rotating state. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress an increase in the height while suppressing detachment when the vehicle interior item is not rotating.

1 . A rotating device for a vehicle interior item, comprising a base member that has a rotation support part, a rotating member that supports the vehicle interior item, is rotatably supported by the rotation support part  044 , and is disposed above the base member, rotation-locking means that enables the rotating member to be switched between a rotatable state and a non-rotatable state, latching means that is provided on the base member side, and engagement means that is provided on the rotating member side and can be switched between a state in which the engagement means engages with the latching means when the rotating member is in a non-rotating state so as to suppress detachment of the rotating member from the base member and a state in which the engagement with the latching means is released when the rotating member attains the rotatable state, wherein the latching means and the engagement means are disposed further outside than the rotating member in plan view at least when the rotating member is in the non-rotating state. 
     
     
         2 . The rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 1 , wherein the engagement means is disposed at a position where at least part of the engagement means overlaps the rotating member when viewed from a side. 
     
     
         3 . The rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 1 , wherein the latching means is fixed to the base member at a position where at least part of the latching means overlaps the base member supported on a vehicle floor when viewed from the side. 
     
     
         4 . The rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 1 , wherein the engagement means comprises a shaft support member that is fixed directly or indirectly to the rotating member, a shaft member that is supported by the shaft support member, and a hook member that is pivotably and axially supported by the shaft member, the latching means comprises a striker that can engage with the hook member and a striker support member that supports the striker and is fixed directly or indirectly to the base member, and part of the hook member that is engaged with the striker is set outside the shaft support member in plan view. 
     
     
         5 . The rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 4 , wherein the striker is disposed at a position lower than the lower end of the rotating member when viewed from the side. 
     
     
         6 . The rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 4  or  5 , wherein the shaft support member comprises a shaft support wall portion to which the shaft member is fixed while being disposed outside the rotating member in plan view, and a pair of extending wall portions that are connectedly provided on the shaft support wall portion at positions sandwiching the shaft member therebetween and extend toward the rotating member side, and the extending wall portions are fixed directly or indirectly to the rotating member. 
     
     
         7 . The rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 1 , wherein the rotating device has movement means that can move the base member in a vehicle fore-and-aft direction, and the engagement means is disposed at a position where the engagement means avoids the movement means in plan view. 
     
     
         8 . The rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 7 , wherein the engagement means is disposed outside the movement means in plan view. 
     
     
         9 . The rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 7 , wherein the movement means is disposed between the vehicle floor and the base member, and the latching means is disposed further outside than the movement means in plan view. 
     
     
         10 . The rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 4 , wherein provided between the shaft support member and the hook member is an urging member that pivotingly urges the hook member in a direction in which the hook member engages with the striker. 
     
     
         11 . The rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 1 , wherein the latching means and the engagement means are placed at two locations on each of opposite sides of the base member and the rotating member in a vehicle width direction while being spaced in the vehicle fore-and-aft direction and disposed further rearward than the front end and further forward than the rear end of the rotating member when viewed from the side in the vehicle width direction. 
     
     
         12 . The rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 11 , wherein the pair of engagement means spaced in the vehicle fore-and-aft direction are formed so as to have a structure in which pivoting of lower end parts of the hook members of the two engagement means toward the side on which the lower end parts move away from each other in the non-rotatable state enables individual engagement of the two hook members with the striker to be released. 
     
     
         13 . A rotating device for a vehicle seat in which the vehicle interior item of the rotating device for a vehicle interior item according to  claim 1  is a vehicle seat having a seat cushion and a seat back disposed above the seat cushion, wherein the engagement means is disposed at a position in which at least an upper part of the engagement means overlaps the seat cushion when viewed from the side. 
     
     
         14 . The rotating device for a vehicle seat according to  claim 13 , comprising a reclining lever that operates so as to switch between a state in which tilting of the seat back, which is tiltable with respect to the seat cushion, is enabled and a state in which said tilting is restricted, and at least part of specific engagement means, which is at least one of the plurality of engagement means, is disposed so as to overlap the reclining lever when viewed from the side. 
     
     
         15 . The rotating device for a vehicle seat according to  claim 14 , wherein a seat cushion frame supporting the seat cushion is formed from a pair of side frames that are arranged at positions spaced from each other and extend linearly, and a pair of linking frames that provide a link between opposite end parts of the side frames, and the engagement means is disposed at a position where at least part of the engagement means overlaps the side frame when viewed from the side. 
     
     
         16 . The rotating device for a vehicle seat according to  claim 14 , wherein the reclining lever is disposed outside one side frame of the pair of side frames in plan view, and at least part of the specific engagement means is disposed further outside than the reclining lever in plan view.