Patent ID: 6199947
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A vehicle chair comprising:a chair back;a support mechanism at the chair back;a neck support mounted on the support mechanism;a neck support maneuvering means arranged in the back of the chair to be pressed rearwardly by a person sitting in the chair and being connected to the neck support to move the neck support forward and upward to meet the head of a person in the chair in the event of a collision with the vehicle; the support mechanism is between the neck support and the maneuvering means;support means on the frame to which the support mechanism is mounted;the maneuvering means having a lower end facing away from the neck support and the maneuvering means being articulately connected to the frame in the back of the chair, a link mechanism between the maneuvering means and the frame for providing the articulated connection, the link mechanism being connected to the frame and to the maneuvering means wherein the connection of the link mechanism to the frame is situated higher than the connection of the link mechanism to the maneuvering means, and the maneuvering means having a normal position when the neck support is held in the rest position.