Patent ID: 9699537
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60N,H04R

Claim:
1. A vehicle headrest comprising: a main body portion having a front surface arranged to support a back of a head of a user, the main body portion comprising: i.) first and second speakers disposed within the main body portion, and ii.) a cushion layer configured to surround the speakers and provide cushioning for a user's head, wherein a front portion of the cushion layer is 180 mm to 220 mm wide and the speakers are arranged such that dust caps of the speakers are recessed from an outer surface of the front portion of the cushion layer by a distance of 60 mm to 90 mm, and wherein the cushion layer has a molded form that includes one or more cavities that defines integrated acoustic channels for controlling a radiation pattern of acoustic energy radiated from the speakers, the acoustic channels having respective rear edges that are 40 mm to 70 mm from the outer surface of the front portion of the cushion layer, the cushion layer being formed of an acoustically opaque material that inhibits acoustic energy from passing through the cushion layer so that substantially all of the acoustic energy radiated from the first and second speakers passes through the acoustic channels and hooks around a front portion of the cushion layer towards the user's ears.