Chairs and seats – Changeable or reversible supporting surface – Headrest
Patent
1995-10-10
1997-04-22
Brown, Peter R.
Chairs and seats
Changeable or reversible supporting surface
Headrest
297405, 297408, A47C 738
Patent
active
056224052
ABSTRACT:
A dual-aspect headrest especially suitable for use on a vehicle having a seatback for supporting a user of the vehicle, which headrest has (a) a support body having (i) a front face and (ii) a rear face having an anatomical cavity therein for supporting the head of a user of the vehicle, the support body having in an tipper edge thereof a nondeformable neck support having the shape of a semicircle and having an inner part, the neck support being open toward the rear face, and intersecting the anatomical cavity, and having a rigid inner core incorporated in the internal structure of the body, and a spongy material covering the core; (b) pivoting means pivotally connected to the body for pivoting the support body around a horizontal axis and allowing the body to be flipped over the seatback between a first position at which the front face faces the head of a user and a second position at which the rear face faces the head of a user, so that the anatomical cavity and the neck support are positioned to receive, respectively, the head and neck of a user; and (c) linking means for linking the body to the seatback, the linking means being connected to the pivoting means.
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