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VEHICLE CHAIR NECK SUPPORTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME

  • US 20150197170A1
  • Filed: 01/13/2014
  • Published: 07/16/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A seat headrest assembly for an occupant of a vehicle seat, comprising:

  • an inflatable neck-support unit integrated into a seat;

    the neck-support unit being completely hidden inside a seat back, when the neck-support unit is deflated;

    a front surface of the seat back with the deflated neck-support unit has a shape of a front surface of a seat back without the headrest assembly;

    the neck-support unit comprising a back pad and at least two lateral pads;

    the pads being made of a soft expandable material, each said pad comprising an inflatable bladder of impervious material;

    the inflatable bladders being inflated independently by pressurized gas from a gas source via at least three pipes, the bladders having two modes of operation;

         1) a ‘

    rest mode’

    with the bladders deflated and

         2) an ‘

    operational mode’

    when at least one bladder is inflated;

    at least three buttons to add pressure and at least three buttons to reduce pressure in each pad, the buttons located in a control pad.

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