Headrest

Abstract

A headrest of a head protective type including a trim cover assembly having: a head receiving area against which a head of rear-seat occupant is to be struck in a collision case; and an impact absorbing frame disposed within the trim cover assembly. A reinforcing element is provided to an inner surface of the trim cover assembly at a point corresponding to such head receiving area, thereby preventing breakage of the trim cover assembly in the case where the head of rear-seat occupant is struck against that head receiving area.

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         7 . In combination with a rear seat, a headrest of impact absorbing type provided on a front seat disposed forwardly of said rear seat,
 wherein said headrest has an upper side facing upwardly of said front seat and a lower side facing downwardly of said front seat, said headrest comprising:   a trim cover assembly including:
 a first cover material covering said upper side of said headrest, said first cover material including an inner surface and one end; 
 a second cover material covering said lower side of said headrest, said second cover material including one end; and 
 a sewn connection portion defined backwardly of the trim cover assembly to face said rear seat, wherein at said sewn connection portion, said one end of said first cover material is connected by sewing with said one end of said second cover material; 
   a headrest frame;   a thin rod-shaped impact absorption frame fixed to said headrest frame, said impact absorption frame being disposed inside of said trim cover assembly so as to face a side where said rear seat exists and also extending parallel to a width of said headrest;   a head receiving area defined in a localized area of said trim cover assembly between said sewn connection portion and a given point in said first cover material, so as to opposingly face said thin rod-shaped impact absorption frame, said head receiving area being an area where a head of a rear-seat occupant sitting on said rear seat is to be struck against said particular head receiving area as well as said thing rod-shaped impact absorption frame, under forward inertia of said rear-seat occupant in case of a collision,   a foam padding provided inside of said trim cover assembly; and   a reinforcing element which is substantially equal in area to said head receiving area and has one end and another end, said reinforcing element being provided to said inner surface of said first cover material and located corresponding to said head receiving area, such that said one end of said reinforcing element is connected by sewn with said sewn connecting portion, while said another end of the reinforcing element is disposed substantially at said given point in said first cover material.