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DEPLOYABLE HEADREST

  • US 20180339624A1
  • Filed: 04/27/2018
  • Published: 11/29/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A deployable headrest assembly for a seat, comprising:

  • a headrest slidably coupleable to the seat and movable from a stowed position, in which the headrest is stowed within a seat back of the seat, to a deployed position, in which the headrest extends from the seat back,wherein the headrest is expandable from a collapsed state to an expanded state such that the headrest has a thickness that is larger in the expanded state than in the collapsed state, the headrest being retractable into the stowed position in the seat back when in the collapsed state;

    wherein the headrest comprises a collapsible structure configured to collapse and expand between the collapsed and expanded states; and

    wherein the collapsible structure comprises a flexible membrane and a plurality of wedge-shaped members sequentially arranged on the flexible membrane such that non-parallel wedge surfaces of the wedge shaped members are in successive engagement to define a curved surface when the headrest is in the expanded state.

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