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US 9,283,877 · App. 14/606,346 · Granted Mar 15, 2016

Movable headrest

Inventors: Hiroshi Mizobata (Seto, JP); Jun Fukami (Miyoshi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/4811B60N2/4823B60N2/4885B60N2002/4894
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,283,877
App. No.
14/606,346
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A movable headrest includes a base member including a headrest stay; a movable member that is slidable relative to the headrest stay; and a lock mechanism that locks the movable member such that the movable member is restrained from sliding relative to the headrest stay. The movable member includes a flexure part that bends due to a load received from a head of an occupant, a frame part that supports the flexure part, and an engaging portion. The frame part includes a sliding portion that slides relative to the headrest stay, and when the flexure part is bent such that the engaging portion is moved relative to the frame part, the movable member is unlocked.

Claims (11)

1. A movable headrest comprising:

a base member including a headrest stay;

a movable member that is slidable in at least one of an upward direction and a downward direction relative to the headrest stay; and

a lock mechanism that locks the movable member such that the movable member is restrained from sliding relative to the headrest stay, wherein:

the movable member includes a flexure part that bends due to a load received from a head of an occupant, a frame part that supports the flexure part, and an engaging portion that engages with the base member such that the movable member is locked; and

the frame part includes a sliding portion that slides relative to the headrest stay, and when the flexure part is bent such that the engaging portion is moved relative to the frame part, the movable member is unlocked.

2. The movable headrest according to claim 1 , wherein rigidity of the sliding portion is higher than rigidity of the flexure part.

3. The movable headrest according to claim 1 , further comprising

an urging part that urges the movable member toward an initial position, after the movable member is moved from the initial position.

4. The movable headrest according to claim 1 , wherein the engaging portion is provided on a back surface side of the flexure part.

5. The movable headrest according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the engaging portion is located inside the flexure part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2015
From: MIZOBATA, HIROSHI; FUKAMI, JUN
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-014150 · Jan 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150210191A1 · Jul 30, 2015