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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2021
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Aichi, JP;
Keisuke Toda, Aichi, JP;
Katsuhito Yamauchi, Aichi, JP;
Jacob Richter, Livonia, MI (US);
Chandra Jinka, South Lyon, MI (US);
Doug Krueger, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Tracy Joseph, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Enoch Morishima, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a wheelchair restraint mechanism that renders easy alignment between a striker and a latch. One mode of the present disclosure is a wheelchair restraint mechanism for restraining a wheelchair to a restraining member installed on a vehicle. The wheelchair restraint mechanism includes an engagement target portion and an engagement portion. The engagement target portion includes a striker having a rod shape extending in up-down directions. The engagement portion includes: a housing member to house the striker; a latch to limit separation of the striker from the housing member; and a guide member to guide the striker towards the housing member. The guide member includes a first guide surface and a second guide surface, which face each other in width directions of the wheelchair and have a distance therebetween decreasing towards the housing member.