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Multi-function headrest

US6394551B1 · kind B1 · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 1997
Grant dateMay 28, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2/879
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A headrest is tiltably mounted to a passenger side seat and includes a lamp assembly for directing illumination rearwardly and downwardly from a rear surface in the headrest to illuminate the lap area of the seat located behind the passenger seat. The seat can be folded forwardly and the headrest tilted rearwardly to direct illumination onto a work surface located in the back of the seat back.

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