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US 2019/0379956 A1Published application
Headrests
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorBradford Kyle Subat
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Abstract
A vehicle headrest includes an electro-acoustic transducer and an acoustic enclosure that supports the electro-acoustic transducer. A unitary foam member is coupled to the acoustic enclosure. The foam member has regions of contrasting firmness including a first region having a first firmness and a second region having a second firmness that is greater than the first firmness. The second region defines a speaker grille that is configured to overlie the electro-acoustic transducer.
Claims18
A vehicle headrest comprising:
- an electro-acoustic transducer;
- an acoustic enclosure supporting the electro-acoustic transducer;
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- a unitary foam member coupled to the acoustic enclosure, the foam member having regions of contrasting firmness including a first region having a first firmness and a second region having a second firmness that is greater than the first firmness, wherein the second region defines a speaker grille that is configured to overlie the electro-acoustic transducer.
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A method comprising:
- molding a unitary foam member for a headrest using a foam molding process, the unitary foam member having regions of contrasting firmness including a first region having a first firmness and a second region having a second firmness that is greater than the first firmness,
- wherein the second region defines a speaker grille,
- wherein the molding comprises molding a first part in a first foam molding step, and, then, molding a second part directly onto the first part in a second foam molding step,
- wherein the first part defines one of the first region and the second region, and wherein the second part defines the other one of the first region and the second region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.