JP2003063456A - Floor structure for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily load a wheel chair on a position near a driver's seat. SOLUTION: A rear floor F2 capable of being lowered with a step with respect to a cabin floor F1 and accommodating the wheel chair W loaded from a cabin rear opening O, is mounted on a cabin rear part. A slope board 5 is mounted between an rear end of the cabin floor F1 and the rear floor F2, a front end 56 of the slope board 5 is detachably locked on an upper end part of a stepped face F3 between the rear end of the cabin floor F1 and the rear floor F2, and a rear end 57 of the slope board 5 is placed on the rear floor F2 near the cabin rear opening O.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a floor structure of a vehicle, and more particularly to a floor structure of a vehicle in which a rear floor for a wheelchair is provided in a rear portion of a vehicle compartment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 shows an example of a vehicle floor structure.
In FIG. 6, an opening O is provided at the rear of the passenger compartment of the van type vehicle, and the lower half of the opening O is closed by the tailgate 1 and the upper half of the opening is closed by the back door 2. The tailgate 1 has a lower edge thereof rotatably coupled to a lower portion of a rear end of the vehicle, and is openably rotatable rearward of the vehicle substantially horizontally. The upper edge of the back door 2 is rotatably coupled to the upper rear end of the vehicle so that the back door 2 can be flipped up and opened rearward of the vehicle.

Plate-shaped slope members 31 and 32 are folded along the inner surface of the tailgate 1, and with the tailgate 1 open, the slope members are unfolded flush as shown by the chain line in FIG. After that, the rear part of the vehicle is inclined downward (neel down) to bring the tip of the slope member 32 into contact with the road surface, so that the wheelchair can be loaded.

The rear part of the passenger compartment has front and rear cross beams 41, 4
2 is stepped lower than the passenger compartment floor F1 to form a rear floor F2 for a wheelchair passenger supported by the intermediate beam 43, and the developed slope members 31, 3 are provided.
As shown in FIG. 6 after going through 2, the wheelchair W can be put on the rear floor F2 having a relatively high ceiling height.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional floor structure, the rear floor F2 is located at the rearmost portion of the vehicle in which the rear rear seat is provided in the three-row seat vehicle, so that the user of the wheelchair W can use it. When the child is a child or the like, there is a problem that an occupant of the wheelchair W feels anxious because he is far from the driver's seat or the passenger seat and cannot take care of it at hand.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a floor structure of a vehicle which allows a wheelchair to easily get into a position close to a driver's seat or the like.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, in the first aspect of the present invention, the vehicle compartment floor (F1) is provided at the rear of the vehicle compartment.
In the floor structure of the vehicle in which the rear floor (F2) that is lower than the opening from the rear (O) of the vehicle compartment and has substantially the same height as the lower edge is provided, the rear end and the rear of the vehicle compartment floor (F1). A slope plate (5) is detachably disposed between the floor plate (F2) and the floor plate (F2). In this case, the front edge (56) of the slope plate (5)
Is detachably locked to the upper end of the stepped surface (F3) between the rear end of the passenger compartment floor (F1) and the rear floor (F2), and the rear end (57) of the slope plate (5) is fixed. It can be mounted on the rear floor (F2) near the rear opening (O) of the vehicle compartment.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the slope plate can form the slope toward the passenger compartment floor on the rear floor, the wheelchair that is loaded from the rear opening of the passenger compartment is placed on the passenger compartment floor near the driver's seat. You can easily get in. When not in use, the slope plate can be removed to allow the wheelchair to ride on the rear floor.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the slope plate (5) is composed of two symmetrical plate bodies (51, 52) connected so as to be bendable at the center in the width direction. In the second aspect of the present invention, when the slope plate is not used, the two plate bodies can be folded to be stored or transported in a compact shape.

The reference numerals in the parentheses indicate the correspondence with the concrete means described in the embodiments described later.

[0011]

1 is a vertical sectional view of a van type vehicle having a floor structure according to the present invention. The overall structure is the same as the conventional structure described above, and the differences will be mainly described below. In FIG. 1, a slope plate 5 is arranged on a rear floor F2 that is lower than the passenger compartment floor F1 by a step. A front end 56 of the slope plate 5 is detachably locked to the rear end of the vehicle floor F1 by a structure to be described later, and the rear end 57 is mounted on the rear floor F2 near the tailgate 1 while the whole slopes backward. It is placed.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the floor structure with the tailgate 1 opened and the slope members 31 and 32 unfolded. In FIG. 2, the slope plate 5 is positioned so that both side edges in the width direction are curved along the left and right vehicle compartment walls E1 and E2 to cover above the rear floor F2. Two symmetrical plate bodies 51 arranged on the left and right,
The inner edge 52 of these is connected by a hinge 53 so as to be bendable. Lock holes 54 are formed at the left and right positions at the front ends (left ends in FIG. 2) of the plates 51 and 52, respectively, while the stepped portions are formed between the rear end of the passenger compartment floor F1 and the rear floor F2. Hook rods 44 are provided at the upper end of the surface F3 corresponding to the respective locking holes 54. As shown in FIG.
1, 52, that is, the front end of the slope plate 5 is locked. Handle holes 55 are provided in the left and right plate bodies 51, 52 at an intermediate position before and after the outer edge. Further, supporting pieces 45 having an L-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. 5 are bolted to the front and rear positions of the left and right vehicle compartment walls E1 and E2, respectively, and one side of each of the supporting pieces 45 inclines. , 52 to support the lower surfaces of the outer edges thereof.

By providing the slope plate 5 as described above, in the knee-down state in which the rear part of the vehicle is inclined downward as shown in FIG. 3, the expanded slope members 31 and 32 are passed through the slope plates to the passenger compartment floor F1. A slope with almost no steps is formed, and passes through the slope members 31 and 32 and the slope plate 5 from the road surface G to the passenger compartment floor F immediately after the driver's seat and the like.
The wheelchair W can be put on the vehicle 1 as shown in FIG. Although the ceiling height on the passenger compartment floor F1 is relatively lower than that on the rear floor F2, the wheelchair W on which a short child or the like is aboard can fully enter.

When the slope plate 5 is not used, the locking hole 54 is pulled out from the hook bar 44, and the slope plate 5 is removed.
And remove the left and right plates 51, as shown by the arrows in FIG.
52 can be folded and grasped with the handle hole 55 to easily carry it. Such a slope plate 5 can also be used for the purpose of assisting traveling by a wheelchair by hanging it over a step or the like on the road surface. On the rear floor after removing the slope board,
The wheelchair can be loaded as in the past (see FIG. 6). In the above embodiment, the plate-shaped slope member is deployed rearward of the vehicle, and the slope formed thereby allows the wheelchair to get into the vehicle compartment from the vehicle rear opening. The boarding may be done by, for example, a lifting deck.

[0015]

As described above, according to the floor structure of the present invention, a wheelchair on which a child or the like rides can be easily brought into a position close to the driver's seat or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a rear half of a passenger compartment of a van-type vehicle in a state in which a wheelchair is installed according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the floor structure as viewed from the rear of the vehicle.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a floor structure.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the slope plate in a state where the plate bodies are folded and stacked.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a rear half of a passenger compartment of a van-type vehicle in a state where a wheelchair is mounted, showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

F1 ... vehicle compartment floor, F2 ... rear floor, O ... vehicle compartment rear opening, W ... wheelchair, 5 ... slope plate, 51, 52 ... plate body,
56 ... front end, 57 ... rear end.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A floor structure of a vehicle in which a rear floor is provided at a rear portion of the vehicle compartment with a step lower than that of the vehicle compartment floor, and the rear floor has substantially the same height as a lower edge of the vehicle compartment rear opening. A floor structure for a vehicle, wherein a slope plate is detachably disposed between a rear end and the rear floor. 2. The front end of the slope plate is detachably locked to the upper end of the stepped surface between the rear end of the passenger compartment floor and the rear floor, and the rear end of the slope plate is
The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle floor structure is mounted on the rear floor near the rear opening of the vehicle compartment. 3. The vehicle floor structure according to claim 1, wherein the slope plate is composed of two symmetrical plate bodies that are connected so as to be bendable at the center in the width direction.