Patent ID: 7001264

Claim:
An air conditioning duct arrangement for a vehicle, comprising: an air conditioning unit disposed near a rear wheelwell of the vehicle; a floor panel including a lower section, a rise rising from the lower section, and an upper section extending backward from the rise; and a duct which extends from the air conditioning unit in the right-and-left direction of the vehicle in an area behind the rise, and which is formed so as to open forward into a compartment of the vehicle through the rise, wherein the rise is formed by a cross member of the vehicle, and the duct extends along a back surface of the cross member, and then opens into the compartment through the cross member, a floor sheet disposed on the cross member having a hole through which the duct opens into the compartment; and a duct cover covering a periphery of the hole in the floor sheet and having an engagement tongue which is engageable with the cross member; and wherein a front portion of a seat base of a seat of the vehicle is disposed on the cross member, the seat base is arranged in an inclined manner such that the front portion thereof is made higher than a rear portion thereof, the duct extends in the right-and-left direction of the vehicle in a space behind the cross member and under the seat base, and the space is defined by the cross member and the floor panel.