Safety head rest

• US 3,172,702 A
• Filed: 01/24/1963
• Issued: 03/09/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Clarence W. Rose
• Original Assignee: Clarence W. Rose
• Inventors: Rose, Clarence W.
• Application Number:
  US04/253,706
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• US Class Current: 297/397
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/882 detachable

Claims

1. A SAFETY HEAD REST FOR AN AUTOMOBILE SEAT ADAPTED TO EXTENT ABOVE THE BACK OF AUTOMOBILE SEAT TO CATCH THE HEAD OF AN OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A REAR-END COLLISION OR THE LIKE, AND COMPRISING:

(A) A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR FRAME ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED UPRIGHT UPON A SEAT BACK OF THE AUTOMOBILE AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED-APART SIDE BARS, WITH EACH SIDE BAR HAVING AN UPPER PORTION ADAPTED TO UPSTAND FROM THE TOP OF THE SEAT NEAR THE REARWARD EDGE THEREOF AND TO EXTEND UPWARDLY AND FORWARDLY THEREFROM WITH THE TOP OF EACH UPPER PORTION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE SEAT BACK, AND WITH EACH SIDE BAR HAVING A LOWER SEAT-SUPPORTED PORTION SHAPED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE FORM OF THE SEAT BACK AND BEING TURNED FROM THE ALIGNMENT OF THE SAID UPPER PORTION TO LIE UPON TOP OF THE SEAT BACK AND TURNED THENCE, TO CURVE DOWNWARDLY, TO LIE AGAINST THE FORWARD SIDE OF THE SEAT BACK, AND TO EXTEND DOWNWARDLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE SEAT TROUGH, A TRANSVERSE TOP BAR EXTENDING BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE SIDE BARS WITH THE FORWARDLY INCLINED SIDE BARS HOLDING THIS TOP BAR A SHORT DISTANCE FORWARDLY OF THE TOP OF THE SEAT BACK AND A TRANSVERSE BASE BAR EXTENDING BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIDE BARS;

(B) A PLIABLE SHEET STRETCHED BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TRANSVERSE BARS WITH AT LEAST THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF, WHICH NORMALLY EXTENDS ABOVE THE SEAT BACK, BEING SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSPARENT;

AND (C) CONNECTIVE STRAPS EXTENDING FROM THE TOP OF THE SEAT-SUPPORTED PORTION OF EACH SIDE BAR AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME ADAPTED TO BE WRAPPED ABOUT THE BACK SIDE OF THE SEAT BACK TO SECURE THE FRAME IN POSITION UPON THE SEAT.