Retainer insert for a headrest sleeve device, a sleeve device assembly thereof
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsMarc Cobos, Jordi Vilanova
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Abstract
A retainer insert for an inner axial passage of a headrest sleeve device includes a first annular spring clip, and a second annular spring clip, coaxial to and axially spaced apart from the first annular spring clip along a longitudinal central axis. Each annular spring clip is adapted to be received and mounted within the axial passage of the headrest sleeve device. A plurality of incurvate flex members are arranged parallel to and circumferentially spaced apart about the longitudinal central axis and connect the first and said second annular spring clip, and are adapted to biasedly engage with a headrest support rod.
Claims17
A retainer insert for an inner axial passage of a headrest sleeve device comprising:
- a first annular spring clip and a second annular spring clip, coaxial to and axially spaced apart from said first annular spring clip along a longitudinal central axis, each one adapted to be received and mounted within the axial passage of the headrest sleeve device;
- a plurality of incurvate flex members, arranged parallel to and circumferentially spaced apart about said longitudinal central axis and connecting said first and said second annular spring clip, adapted to biasedly engage with a headrest support rod;
- wherein said retainer insert is configured such that said first annular spring clip is connected to said second annular spring clip by only said plurality of incurvate flex members.
A retainer insert for an inner axial passage of a headrest sleeve device comprising:
- a first annular spring clip and a second annular spring clip, coaxial to and axially spaced apart from said first annular spring clip along a longitudinal central axis, each one adapted to be received and mounted within the axial passage of the headrest sleeve device;
- a plurality of incurvate flex members, arranged parallel to and circumferentially spaced apart about said longitudinal central axis and connecting said first and said second annular spring clip, adapted to biasedly engage with a headrest support rod;
- wherein each one of said first and said second annular spring clip are open-type clips adapted to retainingly engage within the inner axial passage of the headrest sleeve device.
A sleeve device assembly for a vehicle headrest, comprising:
- a sleeve device, having a tubular wall defining an inner axial passage between a proximal end and a distal end extending along a longitudinal central axis;
- a retainer insert for the inner axial passage, the retainer insert comprising:
- a first annular spring clip and a second annular spring clip, coaxial to and axially spaced apart from said first annular spring clip along a longitudinal central axis, each one adapted to be received and mounted within said inner axial passage;
- a plurality of incurvate flex members, arranged parallel to and circumferentially spaced apart about said longitudinal central axis and connecting said first and said second annular spring clip, adapted to biasedly engage with a headrest support rod;
- wherein the retainer insert is operably mounted within said inner axial passage of said sleeve device for retainingly receiving and guiding a headrest support rod;
- wherein said tubular wall of said sleeve device comprises at least one first aperture towards a proximal region adapted to mountingly engage with a catch member of said at least one retainer insert;
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- at least one first annular shoulder portion provided adjacent to said at least one first aperture within said inner axial passage and configured to abuttingly engage with said at least one first retainer insert when said catch member is mountingly engaged with said at least one first aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.