Chairs and seats – Headrest – Angularly movable about horizontal axis
Patent
1996-04-19
1997-08-26
Nelson, Jr., Milton
Chairs and seats
Headrest
Angularly movable about horizontal axis
297391, A47C 736
Patent
active
056604416
ABSTRACT:
A tilt-type headrest mounted on an upper horizontal portion of an arched support rod to be mounted on a backrest of a passenger seat, which headrest includes a headrest frame formed with a cylindrical hinge portion retained in frictional engagement with the horizontal portion of the support rod and a pair of opposed plate-like body portions extending in parallel from the hinge portion, the plate-like body portions each being integrally formed with an inwardly curled rim portion at their upper peripheries and both side peripheries and formed with a pair of laterally spaced joint portions at both sides of the hinge portion, the inwardly curled rim portions and the joint portions being engaged with each other in a condition where the headrest frame has been folded at its hinge portion to oppose the plate-like portions to one another and a pair of laterally spaced clamp members each formed with a cylindrical hinge portion retained in frictional engagement with the horizontal portion of the support rod and a pair of attachment portions extending in parallel from the hinge portion of each of the clamp members and fastened to each pair of the joint portions of the opposed plate-like portions, wherein the horizontal portion of the support rod is integrally formed with an arched projection at its center to be selectively engaged with opposed internal surfaces of the plate-like body portions for restricting forward or backward movement of the headrest frame.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4685737 (1987-08-01), Deley et al.
patent: 4991907 (1991-02-01), Tanaka
Kondo Tokuji
Nagayasu Hidetaka
Araco Kabushiki Kaisha
Jr. Milton Nelson
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