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Foldable headrest for vehicle rear seat

  • US 4,711,494 A
  • Filed: 12/08/1986
  • Issued: 12/08/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A foldable headrest arrangement for the backrest of a vehicle seat:

  • a rod supporting the headrest and having an upper rod portion connected to the rod by an unlockable pivot joint to permit the head rest and upper rod portion to be folded down,a sleeve-like guide means provided at the upper portion of the seat backrest and receiving the rod,a lift mechanism provided in the backrest including a preloaded spring contained within the sleeve-like guide means to permit manual slidable insertion of the rod into the sleeve-like guide means to lock the unlockable pivot joint and activate the lift mechanism, said spring acting to raise the rod to a position in which the pivot joint is unlocked,a latching device adapted to retain the rod in the position of insertion within the sleeve-like guide means,and a solenoid adapted to unlatch the latching device and being controlled by a circuit arranged in the vehicle.

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