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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Kazuhiro Mita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Mita, Kanagawa, JP;
Piolax Inc., Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An automotive seat headrest supporting apparatus includes headrest supporting members and stay locking unitswhich are incorporated into the headrest supporting membersto lock stays. The headrest supporting memberhas a stay guiding holeinto which the stayis inserted and an incorporating recesswhich is opened to an outer surface and which communicates with the stay guiding holewithin the headrest supporting memberfrom a direction intersecting the stay guiding hole. The stay locking unitincludes a stay lock bodywhich is slidably fitted in the incorporating recess, a locking barwhich is incorporated into the stay lock bodyand a coil springwhich biases the stay lock bodyin a direction in which the locking baris brought into engagement with a locking portionof the stay. The stay lock bodyis configured so that, after the locking baris accommodated and disposed in accommodation grooves, a locking bar holding memberis set to hold the locking barwithin the accommodation grooves