Multimodal headrest for vehicle seat

• Main Authors: CECINAS LAURENT, LE TEXIER MAXIME, DUROCH LOUIS, LEYMAT REGIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 14.07.2010
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The invention relates to a seat for a vehicle, that comprises a headrest (1) with a headstall (2) for supporting the head (51) of a passenger (5) in the seat, wherein said occupant may or may not wear a protection helmet (52) depending on the circumstances, characterised in that the headstall (2) can assume at least three stable positions: a first position for the cervical support of the head of the seat passenger in which the headrest (1) provides a cervical support function with or without wearing a helmet (52); a second position for the occipital support of the head of the seat passenger in which the headrest (1) provides an occipital support function without wearing a helmet (52); a third position for the occipital support of the head of the seat passenger in which the headrest (1) provides an occipital support function while wearing a helmet (52).