Head restraint for a vehicle seat
First Claim
1. Head restraint for a vehicle seat having a seat cushion and backrest, comprising:
- a holding element which can be inserted into the backrest in a manner allowing it to be displaced vertically and latched in place, a padding support arranged on the holding element, a padded headrest which is held on the padding support and is intended for supporting an occupant'"'"'s head, and a pivoting device which is arranged between the holding element and padding support and is intended for inclining the padded headrest about a rotational axis orientated transversely to a seat depth, wherein the padded headrest has a padded tongue which is integral to it and is pulled out downwards over the padding support for the purpose of supporting a back of an occupant'"'"'s neck, wherein a contour of a front surface of the padded headrest and padded tongue reproduces a profile of a back of a head and back of a neck of a vehicle human occupant, and wherein the pivoting device is designed in such a manner that the rotational axis of the padded headrest lies outside the head-restraint structure and, in all intended use vertical settings of the head restraint, always lies on a front surface of the backrest facing the seat occupant.
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Abstract
A head restraint for a vehicle seat has a holding element which can be inserted into a seat backrest in a manner allowing it to be displaced vertically. A padding support is arranged on the holding element which holds a padded headrest intended for supporting the head. A pivoting device is arranged between the holding element and padding support and is intended for setting the inclination of the padded headrest about a rotational axis orientated transversely to the seat depth. In order to provide a head restraint which is anatomically shaped and can be set in height and inclination in such a manner that in every position it forms a continuation of the contour of the seat occupant'"'"'s back, the padded headrest has a padded tongue which is pulled out downwards over the padding support for the purpose of supporting the back of the neck. The contour of the front surface of the padded headrest and padded tongue reproduces the profile of the back of the head and back of the neck. The pivoting device is designed so that the rotational axis of the padded headrest lies outside the head-restraint structure and, in all possible vertical settings of the head restraint, always lies on the level backrest surface.
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31 Claims
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1. Head restraint for a vehicle seat having a seat cushion and backrest, comprising:
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a holding element which can be inserted into the backrest in a manner allowing it to be displaced vertically and latched in place, a padding support arranged on the holding element, a padded headrest which is held on the padding support and is intended for supporting an occupant'"'"'s head, and a pivoting device which is arranged between the holding element and padding support and is intended for inclining the padded headrest about a rotational axis orientated transversely to a seat depth, wherein the padded headrest has a padded tongue which is integral to it and is pulled out downwards over the padding support for the purpose of supporting a back of an occupant'"'"'s neck, wherein a contour of a front surface of the padded headrest and padded tongue reproduces a profile of a back of a head and back of a neck of a vehicle human occupant, and wherein the pivoting device is designed in such a manner that the rotational axis of the padded headrest lies outside the head-restraint structure and, in all intended use vertical settings of the head restraint, always lies on a front surface of the backrest facing the seat occupant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A vehicle seat head restraint adapted to be vertically adjustable in use with respect to a vehicle seat backrest, comprising:
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a padded headrest operable to support a vehicle occupant'"'"'s head, and a pivoting device operable for adjustably inclining the padded headrest with pivotal movement about a pivot axis extending transversely of a seat backrest, wherein the padded headrest includes a downwardly extending padded tongue contoured to support an occupant'"'"'s neck when the padded headrest engages an occupant'"'"'s head, and wherein the pivoting device includes means to locate the pivot axis at a forward side of the vehicle seat backrest for all intended use vertical adjusted positions of the padded headrest with respect to the vehicle seat backrest.
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31. A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
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a seat cushion, a seat backrest extending upwardly at a back side of the seat cushion, a head restraint carried by and vertically adjustable with respect to the backrest, and a pivoting device operable for adjustably inclining the padded headrest with pivotal movement about a pivot axis extending transversely of a seat backrest, wherein the padded headrest includes a downwardly extending padded tongue contoured to support an occupant'"'"'s neck when the padded headrest engages an occupant'"'"'s head, and wherein the pivoting device includes means to locate the pivot axis at a forward side of the vehicle seat backrest for all intended use vertical adjusted positions of the padded headrest with respect to the vehicle seat backrest.
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Specification