Head-rest vertical adjustment device
AssigneeTachikawa Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Yasui, Hideo Niibori
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Abstract
A head-rest vertical adjustment device is disclosed which is provided with a lock mechanism to restrict the vertical movements of a head-rest stay in a guide cylinder into which the head-rest stay is inserted in a manner that it is free to move vertically. This lock mechanism comprises a lock spring of a wire material to be engaged into an engagement groove formed in the head-rest stay from a slit formed in the guide cylinder, and an operation lever to release the lock spring from its locked position. First ends of both the lock spring and operation lever are rotatably mounted onto the same projection provided in the guide cylinder and second ends of these two members are integrally connected to each other.
Claims3
A head-rest vertical adjustemt device including a lock mechanism for restricting the vertical movements of a head-rest stay within a guide cylinder into which said head-rest stay is fitted in such a manner that said guide cylinder is free to move vertically, characterized in that said lock mechanism comprises a lock spring formed of a wire material to be engaged into an engagement groove of said stay from a slit of said guide cylinder and an operation lever for releasing said lock spring from its locked position, and also that both of said lock spring and operation lever are movably mounted onto the same projection provided in said guide cylinder and the other ends of said operation lever and lock spring are integrally connected to each other.
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