Headrest mounting structure

• US 7,066,544 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2005
• Issued: 06/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Baton Digital Electronic Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Baton Digital Electronic Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Tseng, Hung-Chang
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US11/163,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20060061185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 264 Days
• Field of Search: 297/391, 297/408, 297/216.12, 297/217.3
• US Class Current: 297/391
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0264 characterised by the type of electrical connection, e.g. wiring, plugs or USB
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/809 vertically slidable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/818 with stepwise positioning
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/879 with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers

Abstract

A headrest mounting structure includes a headrest, a support frame, which supports the headrest in shape and has a bottom coupling groove and mounting through holes in the bottom coupling groove, and two mounting bars which have a respective top coupling block slidably coupled to the bottom coupling groove of the support frame and selectively fastened to the mounting through holes of the support frame with screws at the desired location subject to the pitch between headrest mounting holes of a vehicle seat to which the headrest to be attached.

Claims

1. A headrest mounting structure comprising:

a headrest, said headrest comprising a flexible cover shell, said flexible cover shell having a bottom opening, and a stuffing material stuffed in said flexible cover shell, a support frame mounted in said headrest to support said headrest in shape, said support frame comprising an elongated horizontal mounting block suspending in bottom opening of said flexible cover shell of said headrest, said elongated horizontal mounting block having a bottom coupling groove formed in a bottom wall thereof and a plurality of mounting through holes formed in said bottom coupling groove and extending through a top side of said elongated horizontal mounting block;

a plurality of mounting bars for securing said support frame to a vehicle seat, said mounting bars each comprising a top coupling block coupled to said bottom coupling groove of said elongated horizontal mounting block of said support frame, said top coupling block having an oblong through hole cut through top and bottom sides thereof, and a stem extending perpendicularly downwardly from a bottom side of each said top coupling block for inserting into a respective headrest mounting hole on said vehicle seat; and

fastening members adapted to selectively fasten said oblong through hole of said top coupling block of each of said mounting bars to said mounting through holes of said support frame.

2. The headrest mounting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said stuffing material is selected from the group of materials including foamed plastics, sponge and elastomers.

3. The headrest mounting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said support frame further comprises a vertical support wall upwardly extending from one long side of said elongated horizontal mounting block and embedded in said stuffing material.

4. The headrest mounting structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein said vertical support wall is formed integral with said elongated horizontal mounting block.

5. The headrest mounting structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein said vertical support wall has a smoothly arched profile.

6. The headrest mounting structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a LCD monitor mounted on back side of said flexible cover shell of said headrest.

7. The headrest mounting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fastening members are screws.

8. The headrest mounting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said stems of said mounting bar are detachable.