Patent ID: 7621597
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: B29C,B29K

Abstract:
1. A headrest frame for supporting a headrest with respect to a seat, comprising: a first plastic material having a substantially round cross-sectional shape; a one-piece core material embedded within said first plastic material such that said first plastic material completely covers said one-piece core material, and said one-piece core material having at least a first rectangular cross-section portion having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape, a second rectangular cross-section portion having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape, and a round cross-section portion having a substantially round cross-sectional shape, wherein said first rectangular cross-section portion and said second rectangular cross-section portion are located at opposite ends of said round cross-section portion; a first elongate leg, a second elongate leg, and a connecting bar formed integrally with one another from said first plastic material and said one-piece core material, wherein said connecting bar spaces said first elongate leg from said second elongate leg and said first elongate leg, and said second elongate leg and said connecting bar cooperate to define a substantial u-shape; said first leg and said second leg each having a lower portion and a slanting portion, said lower portions meet said slanting portions at an angled intersection opposite free ends of said lower portions, and said slanting portions meet said connecting bar opposite said lower portions; said first rectangular cross-section portion disposed in said lower portion of said first leg and extending through said angled intersection of said first leg into said slanting portion of said first leg; said second rectangular cross-section portion disposed in said lower portion of said second leg and extending through said angled intersection of said second leg into said slanting portion of said second leg; and said round cross-section portion disposed in said slanting portion of said first leg and extending through said connecting bar to said slanting portion of said second leg.