The present invention relates generally to a car seat headrest structure with multipart supporting effect, and more particularly to a car seat headrest structure, which includes a headrest main body and a support section assembled with the main body. The support section has flexible protrusion structures corresponding to the cervical vertebrae portion and the head of a user. In accordance with ergonomics, the support section can truly protect and support the head and the cervical vertebrae portion of the user according to different use requirements of the user.
A conventional car seat headrest is used to support the head of a user or a driver and relieve the loads of the neck and the spine and the tiredness of the user. The conventional car seat headrest structure is generally made of leather, fabric or plastic sheet and filling material enclosed therein. A link and a pivot assembly are disposed between the headrest and the car seat, whereby the headrest can be rotated to adjust the inclination angle so as to support the head of a user or a driver.
With respect to the structure and application of such kind of car seat headrest, in consideration of the manufacturing cost, the conventional car seat headrest is not manufactured according to the different head configurations or the use requirements possibly caused by the actual operation of the user. Therefore, the conventional car seat headrest structure can only provide basic supporting effect for the user. As a result, the conventional car seat headrest structure can hardly truly protect or fully support the head and the cervical vertebrae portion of the user.
As well known by those who are skilled in this field, the conventional car seat headrest structure only needs to provide basic supporting effect for the user. Therefore, in practice, a filling material with higher hardness is generally enclosed in the headrest so that even after a long period of use, the headrest still will not deform.
Especially, in use of the conventional headrest structure, the cervical vertebrae portion of the user (or the driver) hangs in the air without sufficient support. This fails to meet ergonomics. As a result, after a long period of use or driving, the cervical vertebrae portion of the user will feel sore to even affect the safety in driving.
In order to overcome the above shortcoming, an improved car seat headrest structure has been developed. The car seat headrest structure can be assembled with the car seat. In the headrest structure, two side pads are disposed on two sides of the headrest main body. The side pads can be orally inflated. An elastic tying strip is disposed on the back section of the headrest main body for fitting on the car seat so as to support and embrace the head of the user.
However, as well known by those who are skilled in this field, in actual use of the above headrest structure, the cervical vertebrae portion of the user still hangs in the air. This fails to meet the requirement of a user in a long-term driving. Moreover, the above headrest structure is only applicable to a structure module in which the back of the seat is higher, for example, the passenger seat of a large-size vehicle. Only in case of the higher seat back, the headrest main body can be disposed on the back of the seat at a height meeting the height of the head of the user sitting on the seat to provide supporting effect.
The structural form of the above headrest structure is inapplicable to the seat of an ordinary car, especially the driver seat. This is because in case the elastic tying strap of the headrest main body is fitted on the car seat, the height of the headrest main body cannot meet (lower than) the height of the head of the user or the driver sitting on the seat. This is unbeneficial to the user (or the driver). In case the elastic tying strap of the headrest main body is fitted on the headrest of the car seat, the overlapping thickness of the headrest main body and the car seat headrest will make the head of the user excessively forward tilt and the cervical vertebrae portion of the user will hang in the air to a larger extent. This not only is unbeneficial to the user (or the driver), but also fails to meet the actual use requirements of the attitudes of the user (or the driver) and ergonomics.
There are many other conventional inflatable headrest structures for a user to use in lying and sleeping, they disclose inflation structures for adjusting the fluid amount in the pillow so that the pillow can have different heights in accordance with different requirements of the user in actual use.
It should be noted that such kind of headrest structures for a user to use in lying and sleeping (hereinafter referred to as lying/sleeping pillow for short) cannot be applied to the car seat. The reasons are as follows:
All the above conditions are not what we expect.
To speak representatively, the conventional car seat headrest has some shortcomings in design of the structure and the application. Also, in practice, some problems exist in the conventional car seat headrest. To overcome the above shortcomings, it is necessary to redesign the assembling structures of the conventional car seat headrest and change the car seat headrest into a different one in accordance with ergonomics. The redesigned car seat headrest has more ideal protection and supporting ability to improve the shortcomings of the conventional car seat headrest.
It is found that the conventional car seat headrest structure has some shortcomings that need to be overcome as follows:
All the above issues are not suggested or specifically disclosed in the above reference patents.
It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a car seat headrest structure with multipart supporting effect. The car seat headrest structure includes a headrest main body and a support section assembled with the main body. The main body is defined with a middle section, two lateral sections, an upper section and a lower section. The support section includes two lateral support sections positioned on the two lateral sections and a lower support section positioned on the lower section of the main body, whereby the support section is a U-shaped structure. The lower support section and the lateral support sections are flexible protrusion bodies or elastic protrusion structures corresponding to the cervical vertebrae portion and the head of a user. The lateral support sections, the lower support section and the middle section of the main body together define an embracing/supporting section. In accordance with ergonomics, the support sect ion can truly protect and support the head and the cervical vertebrae portion of the user according to the actual use requirements of the user.
Especially, the lower support section corresponds to the cervical vertebrae portion of the user (or the driver). The lower support section can be elastically deformed to compensate the void (or the void range) between the cervical vertebrae portion of the user and the main body so as to truly protect and fully support (the cervical vertebrae portion and/or the head) of the user. The compensation means the support section or the lower support section fills up the void range.
In the above car seat headrest structure with multipart supporting effect, the main body includes a carrier body. The carrier body has a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end is detachably assembled with the main body or integrally secured to the main body, whereby the carrier body (or the free end) can be reciprocally flapped back and forth. The support section is disposed on the carrier body. Alternatively, the carrier body is equipped with a bag body for receiving therein an article or a flexible material. When the carrier body is flapped backward to the other side of the headrest distal from the user and is exposed to the rear side, a common article can be received in the bag body, such as a pair of glasses, a wallet, a kettle, a book, a newspaper, etc. Accordingly, the present invention provides a multifunctional car seat headrest structure.
The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings, wherein:
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In a preferred embodiment, the two lateral sections 12 are bent and laterally extend from the middle section 11 of the main body 10, whereby the two lateral sections 12 form arched protrusion structures (relative to the middle section 11). Accordingly, each lateral section 12 and the middle section 11 contain a bending angle, whereby the two lateral sections 12 can embrace, protect and support two sides of a user's head 20.
The support section 20 includes two lateral support sections 22 positioned on the two lateral sections 12 of the main body 10 and a lower support section 21 positioned on the lower section 14 of the main body 10. Accordingly, the support section 20 is a U-shaped structure. The lower support section 21 and the lateral support sections 22 are flexible protrusion bodies or elastic protrusion structures corresponding to the cervical vertebrae portion 55 and the two sides of the head 50 of the user. Each lateral support section 22 has a contact face 23. The contact face 23 can be a plane face or an arched face contacting and supporting the two sides of the head 50 of the user. The lower support section 21 and the lateral support sections 22 cooperate with the middle section 11 of the main body 10 to together form an embracing/supporting section or (support) space. In accordance with the ergonomics, the support section 20 can provide a multipart supporting system to protect and support the cervical vertebrae portion 55 and the head 50 of a user as the actual use requirements of the user.
To speak more specifically, corresponding to the head 50 and the cervical vertebrae portion 55 of a user, the lower support section 21 of the support section 20 extends along the lower section 14 of the main body 10. The lateral support sections 22 extend along the lateral sections 12 of the main body 10 from the lower section 14 to the upper section 13. The contact faces 23 are disposed on the lateral support sections 22 (facing the head 50 of the user). Accordingly, the contact faces 23 of the lateral support sections 22 respectively positioned on the two lateral sections 12 are opposite to each other (facing each other).
It should be noted that the support section 20 or the filling material filled therein can be selectively a flexible or elastic material such as a fluid, animal furs, fibers, cotton, foam rubber, soft (silicone) gum or the like material. Accordingly, the hardness of the support section 20 is smaller than the hardness of the main body 10. In this case, the support section 20 can be (elastically) deformed to different extents within different ranges according to the different head configurations and/or actual use requirements of the user (the driver). Under such circumstance, the support section 20 can comfortably embrace and truly protect and support the head 50 and the cervical vertebrae portion 55 of the user. This improves the shortcoming of the conventional harder headrest structure that the headrest can only provide supporting effect for a user's head.
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The compensation means the support section 20 (or the lower support section 21) fills up the void range. In contrast, the conventional headrest structure has the shortcoming that the cervical vertebrae portion of the user (the driver) hangs in the air without sufficient support. This fails to meet ergonomics. As a result, after a long period of driving, the cervical vertebrae portion of the user will feel sore to affect the safety in driving. The present invention obviously improves the shortcoming of the conventional headrest structure.
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In a preferred embodiment, an envelope (not shown) can be disposed at the fixed end 35 of the carrier body 30 for enveloping the main body 10. Alternatively, the fixed end 35 is detachably assembled with the main body 10 by means of hook-and-loop fasteners 90 or the like. Alternatively, the fixed end 35 is integrally formed and secured to the main body 10 (or the upper section 13).
In this embodiment, the back face 37 of the carrier body 30 is equipped with a bag body 40 having an opening 41. An article 45 or a flexible material 60 can be received in the bag body 40.
To speak more specifically, when the carrier body 30 is operated to face the user (the headrest or the main body 10), according to the different head configurations or actual use requirements of the user (the driver), a flexible material can be selectively received or filled in the bag body 40, whereby the bag body 40 has different heights or thicknesses for supporting the head 50 of the user. In contrast, the conventional car seat headrest structure has fixed specification or configuration and can only provide basic supporting effect for the user. As a result, the conventional car seat headrest structure can hardly truly protect or fully support the head and the cervical vertebrae portion of the user. The present invention improves this shortcoming of the conventional headrest structure.
When the carrier body 30 is flapped backward to the other side of the headrest or the main body 10 distal from the user and is exposed to the rear side as shown in
To speak representatively, in comparison with the conventional car seat headrest structure, the car seat headrest structure with multipart supporting effect of the present invention has the following advantages:
In conclusion, the car seat headrest structure with multipart supporting effect of the present invention is effective and different from the conventional car seat headrest structure in space form. The car seat headrest structure with multipart supporting effect of the present invention is inventive, greatly advanced and advantageous over the conventional car seat headrest structure.
The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modifications of the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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106204617 | Mar 2017 | TW | national |