Facilitate sleeping of a person in sitting position by supporting the head and/or body

• US 6,805,403 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2002
• Issued: 10/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pradip Chandrakant Buch
• Original Assignee: Pradip Chandrakant Buch
• Inventors: Buch, Pradip Chandrakant
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US10/328,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20040124685A1
• Time in Patent Office: 663 Days
• Field of Search: 297/146, 297/164, 297/188.04, 297/188.05, 297/188.06, 297/393, 297/397, 297/464, 297/163, 108/44
• US Class Current: 297/146
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/882 detachable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/00 Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of radio sets, television sets, telephones, stowing or holding appliances , safety belts or the like B60R
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/004 of foldable trays mounted on the back-rest
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/028 specially adapted for use in sleeping position, e.g. for reclining seats
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/001 Knee, leg or head belts
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/14 incorporating enlarged restraint areas, e.g. vests, nets , crash pads, optionally for children crash pads for occupants' safety on vehicles in general B60R21/02

Abstract

The invention facilitates Sleeping in sitting position by supporting and/or the body (torso) of a person in various positions. This invention combines one or more of: straps, sound barrier, light barrier, Headrest and backrest to improve the Sleeping.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat having a seat base and a reclinable backrest attached thereto, further comprising a tray table which is located behind the backrest and which is mounted to a rear section of the seat base by a mounting means, wherein the position of the tray is unaffected by the reclining movement of the backrest relative to the seat base;

the mounting means includes a pair of vertically oriented upright posts which are fixedly mounted to the rear section of the seat base and extend along the sides of the backrest when in its upright position;

a corresponding pair of support members are slidably attached to said upright posts, the support members supporting the tray for allowing the tray to be adjusted vertically relative to the vehicle seat.

2. A vehicle seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of said upright posts comprises a hollow tube into which the support member slidably extends, and further comprising a locking element for securing each support member within the hollow tube at a selected vertical position.

3. A vehicle seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mounting means further comprises a pair of engagement elements which are slidably mounted on the upright posts and to which the support members are fixedly attached, and further comprising a locking element for fixedly securing each engagement element in a selected vertical position on the upright post.