Entertainment system mountable in a vehicle seat
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1. An entertainment system for a seat of a vehicle comprising:
- a housing adapted for being mounted within a seat of a vehicle; and
a media unit housed within the housing and pivotably coupled to the housing, and wherein the housing includes a curved groove formed within a sidewall of the housing adapted to engage a laterally movable latch located on a backside of the media unit, wherein the latch includes a tab and a handle attached to the tab, and wherein the tab of the latch can be extended to engage the curved groove or retracted such that the tab of the latch is not engaged with the curved groove by sliding the handle of the latch in opposite lateral directions.
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Abstract
An entertainment system includes a housing adapted for being mounted within a seat of a vehicle and a media unit housed within the housing and pivotably coupled to the housing. The housing includes at least one of a groove formed within a sidewall of the housing adapted to engage a movable latch of the media unit, a first flexible member provided on a sidewall of the housing to engage a portion of the media unit for snapping the media unit into place within the housing, or a second flexible member disposed in a face of the housing to provide a spring force on the media unit in a direction away from the housing.
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32 Claims
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1. An entertainment system for a seat of a vehicle comprising:
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a housing adapted for being mounted within a seat of a vehicle; and a media unit housed within the housing and pivotably coupled to the housing, and wherein the housing includes a curved groove formed within a sidewall of the housing adapted to engage a laterally movable latch located on a backside of the media unit, wherein the latch includes a tab and a handle attached to the tab, and wherein the tab of the latch can be extended to engage the curved groove or retracted such that the tab of the latch is not engaged with the curved groove by sliding the handle of the latch in opposite lateral directions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An entertainment system mounted in a headrest of a seat of a vehicle comprising:
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a media unit housing mounted within the headrest, the housing having a first sidewall, second sidewall, third sidewall and fourth sidewall and a face, the first and second sidewalls being connected to each other via the third and fourth sidewalls, and the first, second, third and fourth sidewalls each being substantially perpendicular to the face, wherein the housing includes a pair of first flexible members provided on one of the sidewalls of the housing; and a media unit housed within the housing and pivotably coupled to the housing, wherein the first flexible members snap over a pair of tabs located on a surface of the media unit to hold the media unit in place within the housing. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A support structure for supporting an entertainment system within a seat of a vehicle comprising:
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a housing adapted for being mounted within the seat of a vehicle and for pivotably housing a media unit therein, wherein the housing includes first biased members disposed within a face of the housing to provide a force on the media unit in a direction away from the housing. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. An electrical connection assembly for electrically connecting a media unit housed within a seat of a vehicle to wire leads running through the seat of the vehicle comprising:
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an electrical connector having first and second opposing pin connectors; a first mating pin connector positioned in the seat of the vehicle, and a second mating pin connector positioned in the media unit, and wherein the first opposing pin connector connects to the first mating pin connector and the second opposing pin connector connects to the second mating pin connector; and a cover for holding the electrical connector in place and affixed within a portion of the media unit wherein the second opposing pin connector and the second mating pin connector are positioned.
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29. An entertainment system for a seat of a vehicle comprising:
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a housing adapted for being mounted within a seat of a vehicle; and a media unit housed within the housing and pivotably coupled to the housing, and wherein the housing includes at least one of a groove formed within a sidewall of the housing adapted to engage a movable latch of the media unit, a first flexible member provided on a sidewall of the housing to engage a portion of the media unit for snapping the media unit into place within the housing, or a second flexible member disposed in a face of the housing to provide a spring force on the media unit in a direction away from the housing. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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