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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2003
Gerhard Flory, Annweiler, DE;
Thomas Geisel, Rottenburg, DE;
Karsten Radonaut, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Andreas Schmidt, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Andreas Weingart, Niederkirchen, DE;
Guenter Franzmann, Rockenhausen, DE;
Gerhard Flory, Annweiler, DE;
Thomas Geisel, Rottenburg, DE;
Karsten Radonaut, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Andreas Schmidt, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Andreas Weingart, Niederkirchen, DE;
Guenter Franzmann, Rockenhausen, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A vehicle seat has a headrest with a center pad and two side pads that are laterally hinged to the center pad. The side pads are swivellable forward into a resting position and back into a supporting position. The center pad has a variable pad hardness, with a firmer pad hardness in the supporting position than in the resting position.