VEHICLE CHAIR NECK SUPPORTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME

摘要

A device for supporting a person's neck in a vehicle seat has an adjustable cushion assembly integrated into the seat to improve the comfort and safety for drivers and passengers. The device includes a several independently adjustable pads with inflatable bladders to support the back and sides of the neck in operational mode. When deactivated the device is hidden in the structure of the seat. The individual neck-support parameters, such as height, volume, size, shape and relative angular position of the pads, can be actively controlled or memorized by a memory unit.

主权项

1. A seat headrest assembly for an occupant of a vehicle seat, comprising:
an inflatable neck-support unit integrated into a seat; the neck-support unit being completely hidden inside a seat back, when the neck-support unit is deflated; a front surface of the seat back with the deflated neck-support unit has a shape of a front surface of a seat back without the headrest assembly; the neck-support unit comprising a back pad and at least two lateral pads; the pads being made of a soft expandable material, each said pad comprising an inflatable bladder of impervious material; the inflatable bladders being inflated independently by pressurized gas from a gas source via at least three pipes, the bladders having two modes of operation: 1) a ‘rest mode’ with the bladders deflated and 2) an ‘operational mode’ when at least one bladder is inflated; at least three buttons to add pressure and at least three buttons to reduce pressure in each pad, the buttons located in a control pad.