Headrest, in particular in motor vehicles

US6019424A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Ewald Witte GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Edvard Ruckert · Velbert, DE
• Norbert Kruger · Essen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 1998
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/888
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A headrest (23) which pivots forward, by lever action, as a result of the mass of the upper body of a vehicle occupant acting on a pressure-bearing surface in the event of an impact from the rear. In order that in case of both a rear-end crash and a head-on crash of the vehicle, the headrest (23) follows the head of an individual sitting on the vehicle seat, the headrest (23) is positioned on a headrest carrier (17) which can be pivoted out of the backrest (3) in the forward direction and can be pivoted outward about a pin (19), this pin being located at a lower level than that of the pivot pin (21) of the headrest (23).