Storage structure for head rest
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1. A headrest storage structure for a motor vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seat having a seat cushion angularly movable about a pivot, a seat back angularly movable to a folded forward position, a head rest removably attached to said seat back by at least one stay; and
a resin panel forming the back of said seat cushion and including an integrally formed tubular portion for each stay configured to receive said stay for holding said head rest in a storage position, whereby when said head rest is received in said tubular portions when said seat cushion is pulled frontward and up said seat back can be folded frontward, and wherein said tubular portion includes at least one window in an outer surface thereof such that the stays are visible through the windows when said head rest is in the storage position.
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Abstract
In a storage structure for a head rest designed in such a way that with a seat cushion pulled up and frontward and a head rest detached, a seat back is to be folded frontward and stays of the head rest are to be fitted in the seat cushion, a back of the seat cushion is formed by a resin panel integrally provided with cylindrical portions, which have bottoms and hold the stays of the head rest.
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1. A headrest storage structure for a motor vehicle seat, comprising:
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a seat having a seat cushion angularly movable about a pivot, a seat back angularly movable to a folded forward position, a head rest removably attached to said seat back by at least one stay; and
a resin panel forming the back of said seat cushion and including an integrally formed tubular portion for each stay configured to receive said stay for holding said head rest in a storage position, whereby when said head rest is received in said tubular portions when said seat cushion is pulled frontward and up said seat back can be folded frontward, and wherein said tubular portion includes at least one window in an outer surface thereof such that the stays are visible through the windows when said head rest is in the storage position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A seat for a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a seat cushion angularly movable from a generally horizontal position to a generally upright position in which a lower surface of the seat cushion faces in a rearward direction of the seat;
a seat back angularly pivotable from a generally upright position to a generally horizontal folded position;
a head rest removably attached to the seat back by at least one stay affixed to the head rest; and
a resin panel affixed to the seat cushion and forming the lower surface thereof, the resin panel including an integrally formed tubular portion configured to receive and retain the stay of the head rest such that the head rest is retained in a storage position on the lower surface of the seat cushion when the seat cushion is in the upright position, wherein the tubular portion is formed in the resin panel such that the stay of the head rest is generally vertical when the seat cushion is moved into the upright position and the head rest is in the storage position. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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