Patent ID: 9365164
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B60N,B60R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A fastening unit for connecting a device to two spaced-apart headrest rods of a vehicle seat, the fastening unit comprising: a second coupling element, the second coupling element being arranged or arrangeable on the device; a first coupling element, the first coupling element structured to receive the second coupling element; a first fastening element arranged on the first coupling element; a second fastening element connected movably to the first fastening element, wherein by means of these first and second fastening elements, the first coupling element can be fastened to headrest rods, wherein, when the device is attached to the headrest rods, the first fastening element and the second fastening element are supported on the headrest rods and are movable relative to each other, parallel to a connecting line running approximately horizontally between centers of the headrest rods; a latching device by means of which relative movement between the first and the second fastening elements can be blocked such that movement of the first and second fastening elements in a direction of the headrest rods is permitted and movement of the first and second fastening elements away from the headrest rods is blocked, wherein the latching device is designed as a latching mechanism having a rack with a serration and having a spring-loaded pawl in engagement with the rack, the rack being arranged on the first fastening element and the pawl being arranged on the second fastening element; and an actuating element disposed on the second fastening element, the actuating element structured to release the latching device in order to move the fastening elements away from the headrest rods, wherein the latching device pawl can be brought out of engagement with the latching device rack by means of the actuating element, the actuating element being designed as a sliding switch disposed on an upper wall of the second fastening element, wherein a housing recess through which the actuating element protrudes is disposed in that upper wall.