Headrest assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorMatthew Leck
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Abstract
A headrest assembly for a seat, wherein the headrest assembly comprises first and second headrest portions, the first and second headrest portions being movable relative to each other in a lateral direction, such that in a first configuration the first and second headrest portions are combined and form a single headrest for a single occupant of the seat, and in a second configuration, the first and second headrest portions are laterally spaced apart and form separate headrests for respective first and second occupants of the seat.
Claims18
A headrest assembly for a seat comprising:
- first and second headrest portions movable relative to each other in a lateral direction, such that in a first configuration the first and second headrest portions are combined and form a single headrest for a single occupant of the seat, and in a second configuration, the first and second headrest portions have moved relative to each other to form respective headrests for first and second occupants of the seat,
- wherein the first and second headrest portions overlap when in the first configuration,
- wherein the first headrest portion comprises a void between front and back surfaces of the headrest that receives the second headrest portion in the first configuration, and
- wherein the second headrest portion is expandable such that the second headrest portion has a thickness that is larger in an expanded state than in a non-expanded state, the second headrest portion being retractable into the void of the first headrest portion when in the non-expanded state.
A headrest assembly for a seat comprising:
- first and second headrest portions movable relative to each other in a lateral direction, such that in a first configuration the first and second headrest portions overlap to form a single headrest, and in a second configuration, the first and second headrest portions have moved relative to each other to form first and second headrests, wherein at least one of the first and second headrest portions is slidably coupleable to the seat such that the headrest portion is movable from a stowed position, in which the headrest portion is stowed within a seat back of the seat, to a deployed position, in which the headrest portion extends from the seat back.
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a seat back;
- first and second headrest portions coupled to the seat back and movable relative to each other in a lateral direction, such that in a first configuration the first and second headrest portions overlap to form a single headrest, and in a second configuration, the first and second headrest portions have moved relative to each other to form separate headrests, wherein the seat is laterally extendable from a contracted configuration in which the seat has a width for accommodating, a single occupant to an extended configuration in which the seat has a width for accommodating first and second occupants, and wherein at least one of the first and second headrest portions is coupled to a mechanism for laterally extending the seat so that the first and second headrest portions move in synchronisation with the lateral expansion and contraction of the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.