US 12,454,208 B2
Seat back table
Norihiro Matsubara, Toyota (JP); Hiroharu Iizuka, Toyota (JP); Keisuke Toyota, Toyota (JP); and Masaru Tsujiguchi, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,672.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-068885 (JP), filed on Apr. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331130 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 3/00 (2006.01); B60N 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 3/004 (2013.01) [B60N 3/103 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat back table attached to a rear surface of a seat back of an in-vehicle seat, the seat back table comprising:
a base plate fixed to the rear surface of the seat back;
a table plate that is opened and closed by swinging about a rotational axis that is fixed relative to the base plate; and
an adapter that is attachable and detachable with respect to the base plate and supports an object when attached to the base plate, wherein:
a gap to which a fingertip can be inserted is provided between at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the base plate and the seat back,
at least the portion of the peripheral edge of the base plate functions as a grip portion that is capable of being gripped by a user,
the base plate has, on a surface facing the table plate, a housing recess which is recessed in a direction of a plate thickness and to which the adapter is attached, and
the housing recess is large enough to fully accommodate the adapter between the housing recess and the table plate in a closed state where the table plate overlaps the base plate in a thickness direction.