Patent ID: 7070237
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A bracket assembly for supporting a video monitor behind a vehicle seat wherein the vehicle seat includes a seat back with a top portion, a headrest, and a pair of spaced rods supporting the headrest and secured in the top portion of the seat back, said bracket assembly comprising a base member, a pair of rod-receiving collar assemblies carried by said base member and defining openings adapted to slidingly receive the rods of the vehicle seat headrest, a monitor mounting element carried by said base member, and means for securing a monitor to said mounting element, said base member including portions defining at least one elongated groove, at least one of said collar assemblies being slidingly supported in said groove for movement relative to the other of said collar assemblies to accommodate different spacing between the rods of the vehicle seat headrest, said one collar assembly including securing means adapted to selectively fix said one collar assembly against sliding movement in said groove, said one collar assembly comprising a bolt member having a central through-opening adapted to slidingly receive a rod, said bolt member including an enlarged head adapted to seat on one side of said base member and a shaft adapted to pass through said groove and having a terminal end portion, and a nut member adapted to threadably engage said shaft on the other side of said base member to secure said one collar assembly in a fixed position in said groove, said one collar assembly further including locking means adapted to grippingly engage a rod passing through said through-opening of said bolt member to fix said one collar assembly at a selected position along the rod, said locking means including a resilient bushing positioned in said opening in said terminal portion of said extension of said bolt member, and a lock nut threadably securable on said shaft adapted to squeeze said bushing as it is threaded onto said shaft to grip a rod passing therethrough.