Sitting furniture, especially for automobile seats

• US 4,971,393 A
• Filed: 03/08/1989
• Issued: 11/20/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ralph Stas
• Original Assignee: Ralph Stas
• Inventors: Maisenhalder, Siegfried
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US07/320,326
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 297/391, 297/397, 297/406-409, 297/403, 248/118, 403/109, 403/377
• US Class Current: 297/397
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/383 Detachable or loose head- or neck-supports, e.g. horse-shoe shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/882 detachable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/885 provided with side-rests

Abstract

A lateral head-rest for seating furniture is provided consisting of a soft-elastic cylindrical body, which is mounted on a carrying element through a slotted hole. The carrying element is connected with a clamping device consisting of a front and a rear bar, which show recesses facing each other. The two bars can be screwed together and be clamped to the supporting tubes of a neck-rest.

Claims

1. A lateral head-rest assembly for seating furniture including a neck-rest mounted to the seating furniture by supporting tubes received in the seating furniture which comprises:

substantially L-shaped clamping means for releasably securing the lateral headrest assembly to the supporting tubes, said clamping means including an elongated support bar and a carrying element pivotally connected to the support bar at a first end thereof so that the carrying element is adapted to be swivelled between a first non-use position and a second use position; and

a head-rest made of an elastic material, the head-rest having an opening therein for receiving the carrying element so that the head-rest is releasably supported on the carrying element when the head rest is swivelled between the first non-use position and the second use position.

2. The lateral head-rest assembly of claim 1, wherein the elongated support bar comprises a front bar and a rear bar for clamping the supporting tubes therebetween.

3. The lateral head-rest assembly of claim 2, wherein the front bar and rear bar each have one or more symmetrical recesses such that when the front bar is attached to the rear bar the symmetrical recesses form a clamping space.

4. The lateral head-rest assembly of claim 3, wherein the seating furniture is an automobile seat.

5. The lateral head-rest assembly of claim 4, wherein the front bar and rear bar are attached to the supporting tubes of the neck-rest for the automobile seat by screws such that the supporting tubes occupy all or a portion of the clamping space.

6. The lateral head-rest assembly of claim 2, wherein the front bar and rear bar each have dovetailed guide elements such that the bars are prevented from becoming mispositioned relative to each other during the procedure of being attached to each other.

7. The lateral head-rest assembly of claim 1, wherein the clamping means consists of a soft polyurethane with a rigid core arranged inside.

8. The lateral head-rest assembly of claim 1, wherein the head-rest is cylindrical.

9. The lateral head-rest assembly of claim 8, wherein the opening is arranged eccentrically in the head-rest.

10. The lateral head-rest assembly of claim 1, wherein the support bar on which the carrying element is located has an axle at the first end, and the carrying element swivels around the axle from said non-use position to said use position.

11. The lateral head-rest assembly of claim 1, wherein the head-rest has slots which extend longitudinally along the opening to provide the headrest with a grip on the carrying element.

12. The lateral head-rest of claim 11, wherein the portion of the carrying element which is inserted into the opening has a circumferential groove, and the head-rest has a spring element arranged inside the opening, wherein the spring element is engaged when the head-rest is mounted on the carrying element to axially secure the head-rest to the carrying element.