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US 2006/0214492 A1Published application
Vehicle seat with a headrest
AssigneeKEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsKlaus Hassler, Rudiger Nissen, Tobias Schonmehl, Thomas Gundall
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Abstract
In a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat having a backrest and at least one headrest rod (10) that is slidingly guided relative to the backrest and is locked in an in-use position and can be unlocked by actuating at least one actuation element (21, 23), and also having at least one headrest (6) mounted on the headrest rod (10), the headrest being adjustable in height and removable by sliding the headrest rod (10), two different actuation elements (21, 23) or two different methods of actuating the actuation element are provided for the adjustment and removal processes.
Claims21
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a backrest, at least one headrest rod, at least one actuation element, and at least one headrest mounted on the at least one headrest rod;
- the at least one headrest rod being operatively associated with at least the backrest so that
- (a) slidingly guided movement of the at least one headrest rod relative to the backrest is at least partially restricted while the at least one headrest rod is locked,
- (b) there can be slidingly guided movement of the at least one headrest rod relative to the backrest for adjustment purposes during a first unlocked configuration,
- (c) separation of the at least one headrest rod from the backrest is restricted during the first unlocked configuration, and
- (d) there can be slidingly guided movement of the at least one headrest rod relative to the backrest for separating the at least one headrest rod from the backrest during a second unlocked configuration;
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- the at least one actuation element being selected from the group consisting of
- (a) a certain actuation element that is operatively associated with the at least one headrest rod so that
- (1) the certain actuation element is actuatable in a first direction to thereby at least partially provide the first unlocked configuration, and
- (2) the certain actuation element is actuatable in a second direction to thereby at least partially provide the second unlocked configuration, with the first direction being different from the second direction, and
- (b) a combination of at least a first actuation element and a second actuation element, wherein the combination is operatively associated with the at least one headrest rod so that
- (1) the first actuation element is for at being actuated to thereby at least partially provide the first unlocked configuration, and
- (2) the second actuation element is for being actuated to thereby at least partially provide the second unlocked configuration.
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A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a backrest, at least one headrest rod, at least one actuation element, and at least one headrest mounted on the headrest rod, wherein
- the headrest rod is operatively associated with at least the backrest so that
- (a) slidingly guided movement of the headrest rod relative to the backrest (3) is at least partially restricted while the headrest rod is locked,
- (b) there can be slidingly guided movement of the headrest rod relative to the backrest (3) for adjustment purposes during a first unlocked configuration,
- (c) separation of the headrest rod from the backrest is restricted during the first unlocked configuration, and
- (d) there can be slidingly guided movement of the headrest rod relative to the backrest (3) for separating the headrest rod from the backrest during a second unlocked configuration;
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- the actuation element is operative
- (a) for being actuated in a first direction to thereby at least partially provide the first unlocked configuration,
- (b) for being actuated in a second direction, which is different from the first direction, to thereby at least partially provide the second unlocked configuration, and
- (c) so that at least one of the first direction and the second direction comprises a rotary direction.
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