Head-rest apparatus
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuhiko Takeda
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Abstract
A head-rest apparatus for being mounted on a seat-back in a vehicle to allow an occupant of the vehicle to rest their head and seat-cushion includes a stay for being supported on the seat-back; and a main portion including a frame and a pad that surrounds the frame, the frame being pivoted to the stay at oppositely located first and second portions of the frame to be rotatable in first and second opposite directions, the first and second portions of the frame having edge portions that are turned to provide the edge portions with a curved configuration.
Claims16
A head-rest apparatus for being mounted on a seat-back in a vehicle to allow an occupant of the vehicle to rest their head comprising:
- a stay for being supported on the seat-back;
- and
- a main portion that includes a frame and a pad that surrounds the frame, the frame being pivotally connected to the stay at oppositely located first and second portions of the frame to permit the frame to pivot in first and second opposite directions relative to the stay, the first and second portions of the frame having edge portions that are turned to provide the edge portions with a curved configuration, the curved configuration of the edge portions of the first and second portions limiting pivoting movement of the frame relative to the stay in both the first direction and second direction through contact of the edge portions of the first and second portions with portions of the stay.
A head-rest apparatus for being mounted on a seat-back of a seat and on which an occupant of a vehicle can rest their head comprising:
- a stay for being mounted on the seat-back, said stay including a pair of brackets extending;
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- a main portion that includes a frame and a pad which encircles the frame, the frame including a pair of spaced apart first extension portions and a second extension portion extending between the first extension portions, each of the first extension portions being pivotally mounted on one of the brackets for allowing the frame to pivot relative to the stay, said second extension portion having oppositely located edge portions extending along the length of the second extension portion, the oppositely located edge portions of the second extension portion being curved towards one another, each first extension portion having oppositely located edge portions extending along the length of the first extension portion, the oppositely located edge portions of each first extension portion being curved towards one another, the first extension portions and the second extension portion being made of a one-piece unitarily formed metal member.
A head-rest apparatus mountable on a seat-back of a seat for providing a rest for a head of an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
- a stay for being mounted on the seat-back, said stay including a pair of spaced leg portions connected together by an intermediate portion, and first and second brackets extending from the intermediate portion;
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- a main portion that includes a frame and a pad which encircles the frame, the frame including a pair of spaced apart first extension portions and a second extension portion extending between the first extension portions, one of the first extension portions being pivotally mounted on the first bracket and the other first extension portion being pivotally mounted on the second bracket for allowing the frame to pivot relative to the stay, and including friction producing means operatively associated with at least said first bracket and said one first extension portion for urging one of the first bracket and the one first extension portion into frictional engagement with the other of the first bracket and the one first extension portion so that the main portion is maintained in position relative to the stay through frictional engagement between the first bracket and the one first extension portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.