US 11,833,947 B2
Guiding device for a support bar and head restraint device with guiding device
Sebastian Schmitt, Nuremberg (DE); Steve Kober, Treuen (DE); Gerd Truckenbrodt, Weiden (DE); Markus Gradl, Auerbach (DE); and Stefan Bergler, Neumarkt (DE)
Assigned to GRAMMER AG, Ursensollen (DE)
Filed by GRAMMER AG, Ursensollen (DE)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,455.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 119 620.5 (DE), filed on Jul. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035161 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/897 (2018.01); B60N 2/818 (2018.01); B60N 2/815 (2018.01); B60N 2/821 (2018.01); B60N 2/80 (2018.01)
CPC B60N 2/897 (2018.02) [B60N 2/815 (2018.02); B60N 2/818 (2018.02); B60N 2/821 (2018.02); B60N 2002/899 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guide device for a retaining rod of a headrest, comprising: a guide structure that forms a channel for guiding and supporting the retaining rod; and a latch device having a latch movable between a latching position and a release position, the latch being configured to cooperate with a latch structure of the retaining rod to prevent movement of the retaining rod relative to the guide structure in at least one direction, wherein in the latching position of the latch device, the latch is in engagement with the latch structure of the retaining rod mounted in the guide structure and in the release position the latch is arranged to be disengaged from the latch structure, wherein the latch device further includes a locking device movable between a locking position and a disengagement position and having a locking structure which, in the locking position, is arranged in a movement path of the latch so as to prevent movement from the latching position into the release position and, in a disengagement position, enable movement of the latch into a release position.