US 12,434,842 B2
Headrest with deployable oblique supports
James S. Kash, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Kathryn Elizabeth Doyle, Chinnor (GB); and Lawrie Bellwood, London (GB)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/381,408.
Prior Publication US 2025/0128818 A1, Apr. 24, 2025
Int. Cl. B60N 2/885 (2018.01); B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/0642 (2014.12) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headrest assembly, comprising:
a base mountable to a seat;
a center portion movably coupled to the base, the center portion including a left lateral receiver and a right lateral receiver, each of the left and right lateral receivers defining an axis of rotation oblique to a plane of the center portion;
a left ear including a dogleg support rotatably received in the left lateral receiver, the left ear configured to rotate about the axis of rotation of the left lateral receiver between a stowed position in which the left ear resides in the plane of the center portion, and a deployed position in which the left ear is oblique to the plane of the center portion; and
a right ear including a dogleg support rotatably received in the right lateral receiver, the right ear configured to rotate about the axis of rotation of the right lateral receiver between a stowed position in which the right ear resides in the plane of the center portion, and a deployed position in which the right ear is oblique to the plane of the center portion.