Back seat headrest

• US 4,376,552 A
• Filed: 02/03/1981
• Issued: 03/15/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1980
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AB Volvo
• Original Assignee: AB Volvo
• Inventors: Pilhall, Stig T. L.
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Application Number:
  US06/231,154
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• Field of Search: 297/378, 297/379, 297/391, 297/403, 297/404, 297/408, 297/234, 297/331, 297/118, 296/69, 296/65 R
• US Class Current: 297/391
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3013 the back-rest being hinged on the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/305 the cushion being hinged on the vehicle frame
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/36 into a loading platform B60N2/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/874 movable to an inoperative or stowed position B60N2/832, B60N2/856 take precedence

Abstract

A headrest for back seats in station wagons arranged on a forwardly foldable seat back is arranged on or is integrated with an arm pivotally arranged at the top, rear edge of the back seat, to be swung out of the way from a use position to a stowage position beneath the seat back when the seat back is folded down. The arm can be articulated and be slidably arranged in a sleeve mounted on the rear side of the seat back. When the headrest is in the stowage position, the seat back can be folded forwards and the headrest will be well-protected and out of the way in the cavity under the seat back which would otherwise be unused.

Claims

1. A back seat for a station wagon, comprising a seat bottom which can be swung between a substantially horizontal position and an essentially vertical position, in which latter position the underside of the seat bottom forms the front limitation of a cargo space, and a seat back, hinged at its lower edge and which can be swung between an upright position and a forwardly directed, substantially horizontal position, in which latter position the back of the seat back forms a cargo carrying surface, said seat back has on its back mounting means for a support for a headrest, means to fix the support in a first position in which the headrest is disposed above the upper edge of the seat back, and to permit folding the support forward from said first position to a second position in which the headrest is disposed beneath the seat back when the seat back is in the forwardly folded substantially horizontal position.

2. A back seat according to claim 1, in which the support is formed of a forwardly angled arm.

3. A back seat according to claim 2, in which said mounting means comprise a sleeve fixed to the back of said seat back, said arm having an articulation and being slidably arranged in the sleeve so that the articulation is inside said sleeve in said first position and outside said sleeve in said second position.

4. Back seat according to claim 3, in which the arm is loaded by a tension spring in the sleeve, said spring having one end fixed in the sleeve and one end fixed to the arm at a point above the articulation.

5. Back seat according to claim 2, in which said mounting means comprise a pivot shaft connected to said arm and about which the arm pivots between said first and said second positions, and manually releasable locking means to fix said arm in the first position.