Daimler Chrysler Ag

Mercedes-benz Aktiengesellschaft

Armin Kienzle

Christian Wobst

Hans-Juergen Schlaffke

Ulrich Ebbeskotte

A backrest for a vehicle seat, in particular a rear seat, has a head restraint which can be pivoted away from an approximately vertical operative position into an approximately horizontal inoperative position on the rear side of the backrest. The head restraint has a head cushion and at least one supporting rod which holds the head cushion and passes through a slot cutout in the backrest and is fixed to a pivoting shaft arranged in the backrest. In order to avoid openings on the upper side of the backrest for the passage of the supporting rod, the slot cutout is arranged in a rear wall of the backrest, and the supporting rod is designed in such a manner that it emerges out of the head cushion towards the rear side of the backrest with a curved rod section running concentrically to the pivoting shaft, and extends as far as the pivoting shaft with a straight rod section which is angled off at the end of the curved rod section.

Backrest for a vehicle

A rear seat arrangement for vehicles is provided. The rear seat includes a backrest which bears at least one head restraint and can be folded about a pivot spindle secured on the vehicle, and having a seat part which can be pivoted about a multi-joint hinge secured on the seat and on the vehicle, in which arrangement, in order to enlarge the luggage compartment lying behind it, the seat part is pivoted upright onto the front seat arrangement and the backrest is pivoted into the space released by the seat part. In order to avoid the head restraints wearing out when folding over the rear seat arrangement, the at least one head restraint is arranged on the backrest in a manner which allows it to pivot away to the rear, the seat part is graduated towards the front end on its underside, and the multi-joint hinge is designed as a seven-joint hinge in such a manner that the seat part, when pivoted, is raised sufficiently far vertically that the head restraint, which is pivoted away approximately at right angles with respect to the rear side of the backrest, enters into the front graduation on the seat underside and is largely flush with the contour of the seat underside.

Rear seat arrangement for vehicles

Backrests of a rear seat bench for an estate car which are asymmetrically divided in two can experience pronounced bending in the travel direction in the larger backrest part in the event of frontal impact. This bending can endanger the safety of people sitting on the rear seat bench. To prevent this, one energy absorber is arranged in the region of the at least two closure arrangements, between the frame of the larger backrest part and the housing profile.

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Armin Kienzle