Foldable head restraint
AssigneeWindsor Machine and Stamping (2009) Ltd.
InventorsCollins Angelo, Mark Little
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Abstract
A vehicle head restraint assembly includes a base portion coupleable to a vehicle seat back, the base portion including a cross member portion. Also included is a head restraint operatively coupled to the cross member portion and rotatable about the cross member portion. Further included is a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a lock surrounding the cross member portion and fixed in a non-rotatable manner thereto. The locking mechanism also includes a lock slide having at least one lock tooth engageable with the lock, the lock tooth moveable relative to the lock between a locked condition and an unlocked condition.
Claims19
A vehicle head restraint assembly comprising:
- a base portion coupleable to a vehicle seat back, the base portion including a cross member portion;
- a head restraint operatively coupled to the cross member portion and rotatable about the cross member portion;
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- a locking mechanism comprising:
- a lock surrounding the cross member portion and fixed in a non-rotatable manner thereto;
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- a lock slide having at least one lock tooth engageable with the lock, the lock tooth moveable relative to the lock between a locked condition and an unlocked condition.
A vehicle head restraint assembly comprising:
- a base portion coupleable to a vehicle seat back, the base portion including a cross member portion;
- a head restraint operatively coupled to the cross member portion and rotatable about the cross member portion;
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- a locking mechanism comprising:
- a lock surrounding the cross member portion and fixed in a non-rotatable manner thereto, the lock including a first protrusion and a second protrusion spaced from each other to define a lock tooth path therebetween;
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- a lock slide having a tooth moveable relative to the lock between a locked condition and an unlocked condition, the locked condition defined by misalignment of the lock tooth and the lock tooth path, the unlocked condition defined by alignment of the lock tooth and the lock tooth path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.