Itt Corporation

Vincent Russo

Max O Heesch

Fiorenzo Busso

An automobile seat having an extendable-retractable protective covering for protecting the seat against exposure to the sun and soil is disclosed. The seat includes a retractable-extendable rolled covering mounted at the front of the seat below the seat bottom and behind a seat trim piece. The covering includes a combination retention member and grasp engaged to the trim piece to hold the shade in its stored position and providing for finger engagement to extend the covering over the seat.

Automobile seat having retractable protective covering

A headrest for an automotive vehicle seat is disclosed including a headrest frame including a lower portion extending along an upper exterior portion of the seatback and mounted to a mounting frame for generally pivotable forward and rearward movement. A first track provides for the forward and rearward movement and a bladder mounted between the mounted frame and headrest frame selectively expands and contracts to move the headrest frame along the track. The mounting frame is provided with a elongated portion extending into the interior of the seatback and includes a linear gear operated by a reversible motor driven gear for selectively vertically extending and retracting the headrest.

Headrest for an automotive vehicle seat

A combination second passengers seat and console is disclosed including a hollow seat frame mounted between a primary passengers seat and a drivers seat for movement with the drivers seat and a compartmentalized compartment frame mounted for selective movement to an extended position whereat a console is formed and a retracted position within the seat frame whereat the second passengers seat is formed. A track and an operator controlled reversible motor driven lead screw provides for selective extension and retraction of the compartment frame.

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Cary, NC, United States of America

Vincent Russo