Support bracket and headrest with support bracket
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 ( 13 a, 13 b ) or is integrally connected with bar regions.
1. A headrest comprising:
a head-contact part,
two support rods on a vehicle seat,
a traverse connecting the support rods, extending along an axis, made of plastic or of a composite material, formed with a dovetail-shaped strike formation extending axially and of a transverse width at a location proximal to the axis greater than at a remote from the axis, and pivotally supporting the head contact part for pivoting on the traverse between a use position and a nonuse position, and
a latch element with an axially elongated dovetail-shaped counter formation slidable axially along of the dovetail strike formation and movable between
a latched position fitting complementarily with the dovetail-shaped strike and inhibiting pivoting of the head-contact part on the traverse and
an unlatched position not engaged with the dovetail strike formation and allowing such pivoting.
2. The headrest according to claim 1 , further comprising:
slide surfaces for the pivotal slide-mounting of the head contact part and molded on the traverse.
3. The headrest according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one strike for arresting the head contact part is and molded in at least one pivot position on the traverse.
4. The headrest according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one stop surface molded on the traverse and shaped to cooperate with a counter surface of the head contact part and to limit pivoting of the head contact part in at least one pivoting direction.
5. The headrest according to claim 1 , wherein holes are formed on the traverse that each form a seat for a respective support rod.
6. The headrest according to claim 5 , wherein at least a first stop formation is formed on the seat that prevents movement of the support rod in a demounting direction or with respect to a rotation in the hole around a longitudinal axis of the support rod.
7. The headrest according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a guide surface molded on the traverse and suitable to guide the latch element into engagement with the stop surface.
8. The headrest according to claim 2 , wherein the head contact part comprises bearing surfaces that respectively cooperate with the slide surfaces and form a pivot bearing.
9. The headrest according to claim 1 , wherein the latch element is formed as a slider that is mounted on the head contact part for straight-line movement along the axis of the traverse.
10. The headrest according to claim 1 , wherein the latch element is actuatable by an actuator outside on the headrest, a housing of the head contact part having at least one recess holding the actuator, the recess and actuator being covered by an elastically deformable plastic skin.