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Headrest with closed cell cushion and a covering having an auto formed surface film and overmoulded underlayer

Assignee: Compagnie Europeenne de Sieges pour Automobiles CESA
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Filing: 1991-09-18
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Granted: 1992-11-24
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Expires: 2011-09-18
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Abstract

Abstract The headrest for a seat backrest, especially of a motor vehicle consists inter alia, of a U-shaped frame (10) with an inner part (101) and an outer part (102), a cushion (20), for example annular, in which the inner part (101) of the frame (10) is housed and an outside covering (30) enclosing the cushion (20); it is characterised in that the cushion (20) is made of a closed-cell foam with a density of approximately between 20 g/l and 300 g/l and is obtained by moulding and in that the covering (30) has a surface film (31) and an underlayer (32), is made of a foam with a density of approximately between 100 g/l and 1000 g/l, on which (32) this surface film (31) is autoformed, and is obtained by overmoulding.

Inventors

  • 👤 Francois Louys

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 07:59
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/80; B60N2/806; B60N2/809; B60N2/58; B60N2/5816; B60N2002/899; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S297/00; Y10S297/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim 158 words
Headrest for a seat backrest, especially of a motor vehicle, comprising: a U-shaped frame (10) with an inner part (101) and an outer part (102); and a cushion (20) in which the inner part (101) of the frame (10) is housed and an outside covering (30) enclosing the cushion (20); wherein the cushion (20) is made of a closed-cell foam with a density of approximately between 20 g/l and 300 g/l and is obtained by moulding; wherein the covering (30) has a surface film (31) and an underlayer (32), is made of a foam with a density of approximately between 100 g/l and 1000 g/l, and is obtained by overmoulding, and wherein the surface film (31) is autoformed on the underlayer (32); wherein the inner part (101) of the frame (10) is housed, adhesive-free, essentially approximately at mid-thickness of the cushion (20); and wherein the cushion (20) is moulded onto the inner part (101) of the frame (10).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 158 words
Headrest for a seat backrest, especially of a motor vehicle, comprising: a U-shaped frame (10) with an inner part (101) and an outer part (102); and a cushion (20) in which the inner part (101) of the frame (10) is housed and an outside covering (30) enclosing the cushion (20); wherein the cushion (20) is made of a closed-cell foam with a density of approximately between 20 g/l and 300 g/l and is obtained by moulding; wherein the covering (30) has a surface film (31) and an underlayer (32), is made of a foam with a density of approximately between 100 g/l and 1000 g/l, and is obtained by overmoulding, and wherein the surface film (31) is autoformed on the underlayer (32); wherein the inner part (101) of the frame (10) is housed, adhesive-free, essentially approximately at mid-thickness of the cushion (20); and wherein the cushion (20) is moulded onto the inner part (101) of the frame (10).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 275 words
Headrest for a seat backrest, especially of a motor vehicle, comprising: a U-shaped frame (10) with an inner part (101) and an outer part (102); a cushion (20) in which the inner part (101) of the frame (10) is housed; and an outside covering (30) enclosing the cushion (20); wherein the cushion (20) is made of a closed-cell foam with a density of approximately between 20 g/l and 300 g/l and is obtained by moulding; wherein the covering (30) has a surface film (31) and an underlayer (32), is made of a foam with a density of approximately between 100 g/l and 1000 g/l, and is obtained by overmoulding, and wherein the surface film (31) is autoformed on the underlayer (32); wherein the inner part (101) of the frame (10) is movably housed, adhesive-free, essentially approximately at mid-thickness of the cushion (20); wherein the cushion (20) is defined by two faces (201, 202), a bottom (203), a top (204) and two sides (205, 206); wherein one (201) of the faces (201, 202) is provided with a slot (21) having a configuration which is that of the inner part (101) of the frame (10) and opening onto the bottom (203) via orifices (22) to allow the outer part (102) of the frame (10) to pass through the bottom (203); wherein the movably housed inner part (101) of the frame (10) is free to move along said slot (21) when the head of an occupant applies pressure to the cushion (20) in response to an impact; and wherein the face (201) provided with the slot (21) is that intended to receive indirectly the head of an occupant.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 275 words
Headrest for a seat backrest, especially of a motor vehicle, comprising: a U-shaped frame (10) with an inner part (101) and an outer part (102); a cushion (20) in which the inner part (101) of the frame (10) is housed; and an outside covering (30) enclosing the cushion (20); wherein the cushion (20) is made of a closed-cell foam with a density of approximately between 20 g/l and 300 g/l and is obtained by moulding; wherein the covering (30) has a surface film (31) and an underlayer (32), is made of a foam with a density of approximately between 100 g/l and 1000 g/l, and is obtained by overmoulding, and wherein the surface film (31) is autoformed on the underlayer (32); wherein the inner part (101) of the frame (10) is movably housed, adhesive-free, essentially approximately at mid-thickness of the cushion (20); wherein the cushion (20) is defined by two faces (201, 202), a bottom (203), a top (204) and two sides (205, 206); wherein one (201) of the faces (201, 202) is provided with a slot (21) having a configuration which is that of the inner part (101) of the frame (10) and opening onto the bottom (203) via orifices (22) to allow the outer part (102) of the frame (10) to pass through the bottom (203); wherein the movably housed inner part (101) of the frame (10) is free to move along said slot (21) when the head of an occupant applies pressure to the cushion (20) in response to an impact; and wherein the face (201) provided with the slot (21) is that intended to receive indirectly the head of an occupant.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 19 words
Headrest according to claim 2, characterised in that the frame (10) is engaged by force in the slot (21).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 119 words
Headrest according to claim 2, characterised in that the U-shaped frame (10) comprises a bridge (11) and two branches (12), each made up of a segment (121), a bar (122) at right angles and a leg (123) where this segment (121) is connected to this bridge (11), this bar (122) is connected, on the one hand, to this segment (121) by a bend (124) and, on the other hand, to this leg (123) by a reverse bend (125) so that these bridge (11), segments (121) and bars (122) form the inner part (101) and these legs (123) the outer part (102), these inner (101) and outer (102) parts being in planes which are slightly inclined relative to each other.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 13 words
Headrest according to claim 2, characterised in that the frame (10) is solid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 13 words
Headrest according to claim 2, characterised in that the frame (10) is hollow.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 15 words
Headrest according to claim 8 or 9, characterised in that the frame (10) is metallic.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 16 words
Headrest according to claim 2, characterised in that the cushion (20) is made of polyethylene foam.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 16 words
Headrest according to claim 2, characterised in that the cushion (20) is made of polypropylene foam.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 20 words
Headrest according to claim 2, characterised in that the cushion (20) is annular and pierced by a central opening (207).

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