Automobile seat back with height-adjustable headrest
AssigneeFaurecia Autositze GmbH
InventorSven Bartels
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Abstract
A height-adjustable headrest for a seat back of an automobile includes support rods that transfix guide areas attached to the seat back frame. The ends of the support rods positioned below the guide areas are connected with a bracket so that they may ratchet, and may be separated from it by pulling upward. At least the end of one the the support rods is locked in its first position by the bracket against extraction upward, and, in a second position, the support rod may be displaced only by means of a tool so that it may be extracted upward.
Claims16
A height-adjustable headrest for use with a seat back of an automobile seat having a seat frame, comprising:
- a first and a second guide each adapted to be secured to the seat frame of the seat back, said first and said second guide each having a cavity;
- a first and a second support rod disposed through said cavity within said first and said second guides, whereby a first end of the first and second support rod positioned below the first and the second guides connected with a bracket so that said first end may rotate relative there to, wherein at least the first end of said second support rod includes means for engaging said bracket having a first position whereby said second support rod is interlocked with the bracket against vertical extraction and a second rotated position whereby said second support rod may be removed from said bracket only by means of a tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.