Lateral head support for a vehicle passenger seat
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsStephanie C. Radion, Daniel W. Booth, Stephen Rylance, Daniel Arico
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Abstract
A passenger seat for a vehicle includes a head restraint positioned at an upper portion of the passenger seat and a lateral head support selectively configurable between a deployed configuration in which the lateral head support provides lateral support for at least one side of a passenger head and a stowed configuration in which the lateral support collapses into the passenger seat such that the lateral head support no longer provides lateral support for a passenger head.
Claims18
A passenger seat for a vehicle comprising:
- an upper portion of a seat back of the passenger seat;
- and
- a lateral head support selectively configurable between a deployed configuration in which the lateral head support provides lateral support for at least one side of a passenger head and a stowed configuration in which the lateral support collapses into the passenger seat such that the lateral head support no longer provides lateral support for a passenger head, wherein the lateral head support comprises a flexible fabric.
A passenger seat for a vehicle comprising:
- an upper portion of a seat back of the passenger seat;
- and
- a lateral head support selectively configurable between a deployed configuration in which the lateral head support provides lateral support for at least one side of a passenger head and a stowed configuration in which the lateral support collapses into the passenger seat such that the lateral head support no longer provides lateral support for a passenger head, wherein the lateral head support is attached to the upper portion of the seat back and comprises a fan folded fabric.
A passenger seat for a vehicle comprising:
- an upper portion of a seat back of the passenger seat;
- and
- a lateral head support selectively configurable between a deployed configuration in which the lateral head support provides lateral support for at least one side of a passenger head and a stowed configuration in which the lateral support collapses into the passenger seat such that the lateral head support no longer provides lateral support for a passenger head, wherein the lateral head support comprises an outer facing panel that is connected to a surface of the upper portion of the seat back by at least one flexible rib.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.