Headrest support
AssigneeGrammer AG
InventorManuel Boesl
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Abstract
The invention relates to a surface structure (10) for a contact surface or support surface (23) of a vehicle equipment part, in particular for a vehicle head restraint (40) or vehicle armrest, the surface structure (10) being elastically deformable, the surface structure (10) comprising at least one surface body (13, 13a, 13b), each surface body (13, 13a, 13b) being connected to at least one other surface body (13, 13a, 13b) and/or to the vehicle equipment part by means of at least one elastically deformable connecting element (16).
Claims19
A surface structure for a contact or support face of a vehicle accessory, the surface structure being elastically deformable and comprising:
- a first surface portion having a first side edge;
- a second surface portion having a second side edge that is adjacent, opposite, and spaced from the first side edge;
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- an elastically deformable connecting web connected at a first connecting point to the first side edge of the first surface portion and at a second connecting point to the second side edge of the second surface portion, the second connecting point being offset from an intersection of a line extending through the first connecting point and crossing the second side edge, the line defining the closest spacing between the first and second edges.
A surface structure for a headrest or armrest, the structure comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- a sheet having an outer edge secured to the frame and formed inward of the edge by a uniform array of rows of spaced apart polygonal relatively stiff surface portions each having a plurality of straight sides separated at corners with each side of each surface portion spaced from and parallel to a respective side of one of the other surface portions and forming a respective side pair therewith, and
- a respective elastically deformable connecting web extending parallel to and spacedly between the sides of each of the side pairs and each having one end attached to one of the respective sides of the respective pair at one of the corners of the respective surface portion and an opposite end attached to the other of the respective sides of the respective pair at an opposite one of the corners of the respective surface portion, whereby a force exerted transverse to a plane of the sheet deforms the sheet by elastically deforming at least some of the webs thereof without substantial deformation of the surface portions.
A surface structure for a contact or support face of a vehicle accessory, the surface structure being of an elastically deformable plastic or composite material and comprising:
- a first surface portion having a first side edge;
- a second surface portion having a second side edge that is adjacent, opposite, and spaced from the first side edge;
- and
- an elastically deformable connecting web connected at a first connecting point to the first side edge of the first surface portion and at a second connecting point to the second side edge of the second surface portion, the second connecting point being offset from an intersection of a line extending through the first connecting point and crossing the second side edge, the line defining the closest spacing between the first and second edges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.