- Patent Title: Deployable neck support disposed within an interior of a headrest
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Application No.: US15825570Application Date: 2017-11-29
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Publication No.: US10525858B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Alfonso Hickman Guevara , Luis Jesus Chavela Guerra , Luis Olmos Gonzalez , David Mercado , Cuauhtemoc Quiroz
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: B60N2/806
- IPC: B60N2/806 ; B60N2/879 ; B60N3/10 ; B60N2/885 ; B60N2/80 ; A47C7/38

Abstract:
A headrest comprising an external surface surrounding an interior and a deployable neck support including: a non-deployed position wherein the deployable neck support is disposed in the interior; and a deployed position wherein the deployable neck support extends out of the interior and is configured to support a neck of an occupant of a seating assembly incorporating the headrest. The headrest includes a housing disposed in the interior. In the non-deployed position, the deployable neck support is housed within the housing. In the deployed position, a primary neck support section of the deployable neck support extends out of the housing. The deployable neck support can further include an inboard lateral neck support and an outboard lateral neck support, each having an enclosed position and an extended position. In the enclosed position, the inboard lateral neck support and outboard lateral neck support are housed within the primary neck support section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190160984A1 DEPLOYABLE NECK SUPPORT DISPOSED WITHIN AN INTERIOR OF A HEADREST Public/Granted day:2019-05-30
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