Straight guide and headrest with straight guide

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10406954-B2
Application number	US-201715812280-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2017
Priority date	Nov 17, 2016
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

The uniqueness lies in the fact that the actuator comprises a slider (27) with at least one actuating projection (33) that can be moved in at least one first direction (x1, x2), and in at least one second direction (y1, y2) and that a movement actuator (34) is provided that redirects the slider (27) into the first direction in such a way when it is moved into the second direction (y1, y2) that the actuating projection (33) moves the latch (16) into the released position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A straight guide comprising:
a mount;
two support rods each movably guided with in the mount, at least one of the rods being formed with a notch;
a latch for securing the support rods relative to the mount, the latch having an elastically deformable strip permanently fixed to the mount and having at least one freely movable end section engageable with the notch on the one of the two support rods and part of a structure comprising the notch so the latch can be moved between a released position in which the strip is elastically deformed in such a way that the end section is disengaged from the structure and a locked position in which the end section meshes with the structure;
a slider with an actuating projection that can be moved in a first direction and in a second direction transverse to the first direction; and
a movement deflector for moving the slider in to the first direction on actuation of the deflector in the second direction such that the actuating projection moves the latch into the released position.

2. The straight guide according to claim 1 wherein the strip is supported by two abutments and that the actuating projection interacts with a central section of the strip.

3. The straight guide according to claim 1 , wherein the slider comprises two actuating projections and the strip has two of the end sections, each actuating projection interacts with a respective one of the end sections.

4. The straight guide according to claim 1 , wherein the strip is a spring wire of a plastic or of a composite material.

5. A headrest with a head part that can be mounted to a vehicle seat, wherein the headrest comprises at least one straight guide according to claim 1 .

6. The headrest according to claim 5 , wherein a first end section of each holding bar is mounted within a mount that is part of the head part.

7. The headrest according to claim 5 , wherein a second end section of each support rod is mounted in a part of a holder that can be attached to the vehicle seat.

8. A straight guide comprising:
a mount;
two support rods each movably guided in the mount, at least one of the rods being formed with a notch;
a latch for securing the support rods relative to the mount, the latch having an elastically deformable strip permanently fixed to the mount and having at least one freely movable end section engageable with the notch on the one of the two support rods and part of a structure comprising the notch so the latch can be moved between a released position in which the strip is functionally deformed in such a way that the end section is disengaged from the structure and a locked position in which the end section meshes with the structure;
a slider with an actuating projection that can be moved in both a first direction and in a second direction; and
a movement deflector for moving the slider in the first direction on actuation of the deflector in the second direction such that the actuating projection moves the latch into the released position, the movement deflector having a first deflection surface and at least a first countersurface and that the first deflector surface is part of the mount and the countersurface is part of the slider, the deflection surface and the countersurface extending diagonal to the second direction in such a way that they redirect the slider into the first direction in the case of a movement in to the second direction.

9. The straight guide according to claim 8 , further comprising, mirror inverted to the first actuating surface in the first countersurface,
a second actuating surface and a second counter surface.

Assignees

• Kober Steve
• Schmitt Sebastian
• Grammer Ag

Inventors

• Kober Steve
• Schmitt Sebastian

Classifications

• B60N2/865

  providing a fore-and-aft movement with respect to the occupant's head · CPC title

• B60N2/897

  with sleeves located in the back-rest for guiding the rods of the head-rest · CPC title

• B60N2/815 Primary

  Release mechanisms, e.g. buttons · CPC title

• B60N2/894

  with rods solidly attached to the back-rest · CPC title

• B60N2/818

  with stepwise positioning · CPC title