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US 2010/0301654 A1Published application
Seat assembly having a moveable head restraint assembly
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsZdzislaw Sobieski, Karsten Mueller, Ralph Fey
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Abstract
A seat assembly having a seat back and a head restraint assembly disposed on the seat back. The head restraint assembly includes a support post and a headrest disposed on the support post. The headrest is inhibited from moving away from a head of a seat occupant until the headrest is actuated toward the head of the seat occupant.
Claims20
A seat assembly comprising:
- a seat back;
- and
- a head restraint assembly disposed on the seat back, the head restraint assembly including:
- a support post;
- and
- a headrest disposed on the support post;
- wherein the headrest is inhibited from moving away from a head of a seat occupant until the headrest is actuated toward the head of the seat occupant.
4 more elements
A seat assembly comprising:
- a seat back;
- and
- a head restraint assembly disposed on the seat back, the head restraint assembly including:
- a support post;
- and
- a headrest disposed on the support post and configured to move along an axis;
- wherein the headrest is inhibited from moving along the axis in a first direction until the headrest is moved along the axis in a second direction disposed opposite the first direction to release a latching mechanism.
4 more elements
A seat assembly comprising:
- a seat back;
- a support post extending from the seat back;
- and
- a headrest configured to move with respect to the support post in a first direction and in a second direction disposed opposite the first direction, the headrest including:
- first and second housings;
- an engagement member extending from the first housing to the second housing and having a set of notches;
- and
- a latching mechanism having a latch engages a member of the set of notches to inhibit movement of the headrest in the first direction and a lock device that engages the latch to permit movement of the headrest in the first direction.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.