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US 2009/0152924 A1Published application
Headrest for Vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsKi Nam Kim, Hyun Ko, Hae Il Jeong
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a headrest for a vehicle which is constructed in such a way that a headrest boy 100 of the headrest 1 can be folded by releasing the locking state with a fixed member 70 fixed on the horizontal frame portion 12 of the mounting frame 10 using a catch 60 that is rotated in an interlocking state with rotation of a lever 50.
Claims9
A headrest for a vehicle comprising:
- an inverse U-shaped mounting frame removably mounted on top of a backrest in a vehicle and having a horizontal frame portion;
- a headrest body including a first body section and a second body section disposed facing each other;
- a tilt bracket integrally coupled with said first and second body sections of the headrest body and rotatably mounted on the horizontal frame portion, so that said headrest body is pivotably mounted on said mounting frame;
- a driving shaft with one end rotatably installed in said tilt bracket and a second end positioned to protrude from said headrest body;
- a knob which is attached to the second end of said driving shaft;
- a lever which is fixed on said driving shaft within said tilt bracket and which pivots with said driving shaft when rotated by said knob;
- a catch which is rotatably mounted on a rotating axis installed transversely through the tilt bracket so as to be rotated by rotation of said lever, and having an elongated catching portion;
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- a fixed member fixed on the horizontal frame portion of said mounting frame, and having a first slot portion dimensioned and configured to engage with the elongated catching portion;
- and a second slot portion at a predetermined distance away from the first slot portion.
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