Headrest with independently adjustable arms and flexible cushion
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsJames S. Kash, Kathryn Elizabeth Doyle, Lawrie Bellwood
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Abstract
An adjustable headrest for a seat such as an aircraft passenger seat. In embodiments, the headrest includes an adjustment subassembly including a plurality of independently adjustable support arms. Each support arm includes at least one articulating segment. A cushion subassembly is mounted to the adjustment subassembly by way of slidable couplings to prevent puckering in the cushion subassembly when the lateral arms are adjusted forward. In embodiments, the lateral arms are grouped into upper and lower pairs of lateral arms wherein the lateral arms in the lower pair have a longer length as compared to the lateral arms in the upper pair to support the cheek and jaw of a user.
Claims17
A headrest assembly, comprising:
- a fixed base mountable to a seat;
- an adjustment subassembly comprising:
- an adjustable base movably mounted to the fixed base, the adjustable base configured for up and down adjustment;
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- a plurality of lateral arms extending from the adjustable base, each lateral arm including a segment rotatably connected to the adjustable base, and each lateral arm configured for independent forward and back adjustment;
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- a cushion subassembly comprising:
- a flexible cushion;
- a plurality of supports slidably coupling the flexible cushion to the plurality of lateral arms of the adjustment subassembly, each support having one end mounted to the flexible cushion and an opposing end slidably engaging one of the segments;
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- a plurality of additional supports slidably coupling the flexible cushion to the adjustable base of the adjustment subassembly, each additional support having one end mounted to the flexible cushion and an opposing end slidably engaging the adjustable base.
An aircraft passenger seat, comprising:
- a backrest, and
- a headrest assembly, the headrest assembly comprising:
- a fixed base mounted to a front of the backrest;
- an adjustment subassembly comprising:
- an adjustable base movably mounted to the fixed base, the adjustable base configured for up and down adjustment;
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- a plurality of lateral arms extending from the adjustable base, each lateral arm including a segment rotatably connected to the adjustable base, and each lateral arm configured for independent forward and back adjustment;
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- a cushion subassembly comprising:
- a flexible cushion;
- a plurality of supports slidably coupling the flexible cushion to the plurality of lateral arms of the adjustment subassembly, each support having one end mounted to the flexible cushion and an opposing end slidably engaging one of the segments;
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- a plurality of additional supports slidably coupling the flexible cushion to the adjustable base of the adjustment subassembly, each additional support having one end mounted to the flexible cushion and an opposing end slidably engaging the adjustable base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.