Support bracket and headrest with support bracket
AssigneeGrammer AG
InventorsJames Powell, Steve Almasian, Joe Cahill, Jim Beal, Rick Cassidy, Gerd Truckenbrodt
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Abstract
Inter alia, the invention relates to a support bracket (12) with two bar regions bracket on a vehicle seat, with a traverse (15) connecting the bar regions pivotally supporting a head contact part (11) of a headrest (10), and with locking means of a latch (17) for blocking pivoting the head contact part (11). The special feature is that the traverse (15) is made of plastic or a composite material and comprises attachment regions for securing to a support rod (13a, 13b) or is integrally connected with bar regions.
Claims13
A support bracket comprising:
- two support rods on a vehicle seat,
- a traverse connecting the support rods, made of plastic or of a composite material, and pivotally supporting a head contact part of a headrest, and
- attachment regions on the traverse for securing to the support rods or integrally connected with the support rods.
The headrest according to claim 9, wherein the head contact part comprises bearing surfaces that respectively cooperate with the slide surfaces and form a pivot bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.