Patent ID: 11926250
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A sleeve device for a headrest, the device comprising a sleeve body for insertion into a vehicle seat, the sleeve body comprising a tubular wall describing an inner axial passage and a rod-engaging portion which is deformable inwardly relative to the tubular wall, the rod-engaging portion comprising an internal side and an external side, with a flexible pad on the external side, wherein the flexible pad is configured to be urged, in use, to force the rod-engaging portion into the axial passage and/or against a rod received within the axial passage;
wherein the rod-engaging portion is elongated in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the axial passage so as to provide elongated projection into the axial passage and/or elongated engagement against a rod received within the axial passage;
wherein the rod-engaging portion has a rod-engaging length that is at least 20% of a length of the tubular wall, wherein the flexible pad extends axially along an entirety of the rod-engaging length at the external side so as to urge the rod-engaging portion against the rod along the entirety of the rod-engaging length.