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AssigneeE.R. Wagner Manufacturing Company
InventorsPaul E. Meshke, Steven R. Koch, Alan Joseph Radue
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An improvement in an apparatus used to retain a plastic guide that guides the post of a vehicle head restraint during vertical adjustment. The improved head restraint support tube formed from a flat sheet having two interlocking sides. The sheet formed into a tubular body that retains a plastic guide. The plastic guide used to guide the head restraint post within the hollow tube. The tubular body further having a necked down region with a smaller inner diameter when compared to the remainder of the tube to improve its retaining capability. Additionally, the improved head restraint support tube has a series of lances located at one or both ends to further retain the plastic guide and reduce lateral movement.
An improvement to an apparatus for retaining a plastic guide that guides a vertical post in a vehicle head restraint, the apparatus comprising a flat sheet having a first side and a second side, said sheet formed in a tubular body having an inner diameter, a seam interlocking the first and second sides, a first end, and a second end, the improvement comprising:
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