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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
May. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rick A. Anderson, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Roy A. Von Alman, Holland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Plymouth, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/10 ;
Abstract
A pop-up headrest ( ) for a vehicle seat assembly ( ) which is movable between a retracted stowed position below the upper end of the seat assembly backrest ( ) and a raised use position extending above the upper end of the backrest. The headrest is mounted to the vehicle body rearward of the backrest for rotation about a transverse axis. An over-center mechanism having a gas cylinder ( ) is used to hold the headrest in both the raised use position and the retracted stowed position.