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US 11,267,382 B2Granted
Passenger seating headrest with friction assembly
AssigneeReinhold Industries, Inc.
InventorsRobert Clough, Sergio Millan
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to headrest assemblies for passenger vehicles. More specifically, the present disclosure describes a headrest assembly having a rail assembly with integrally formed friction assemblies.
Claims20
A passenger seating headrest assembly comprising:
- a headrest center plate having a backside;
- a rail assembly secured to the backside and having a pair of guides where each guide of the pair of guides is positioned at a respective lateral side of the rail assembly extending in a vertical direction;
- a mounting plate and a cover plate secured together where a pair of rollers are rotatably secured to the mounting plate or the cover plate and the pair of rollers mate with a respective guide of the pair of guides wherein the headrest center plate and the rail assembly move vertically relative the mounting plate and the cover plate;
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- a friction assembly comprising a friction leaf positioned within a void extending through a part of a thickness of the rail assembly where the friction leaf is formed from the thickness of the rail assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.