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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
May. 01, 1998
James Douglas Schubring, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
James Bolsworth, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Todd Hughes Smith, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Radu Gabriel Munteanu, Warren, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A dynamic head restraint mount (18) includes an low swinging impact plate (22) which swings back below a seat back frame top tube (10) in response to a sudden vehicle deceleration. As it swings back, the plate (22) causes the upper ends of a pair of upstanding head restraint support post guide tubes (24) to rock forwardly of the top tube (10), tilting the head restraint 14 forward. Concurrently, a linkage activated by the same impact plate (22) motion independently causes the support posts (12) of the head restraint (14) to slide up to a consistent highest position above the top tube (10), regardless of the adjusted position within the guide tubes (24) from which the support posts (12) began.