| US 7,478,874 B2 | ||
| Vehicle seat and cabriolet vehicle with such a vehicle seat | ||
| Hanno Figenser, Hagen (Germany); and Rolf-Peter Baule, Versmold (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, Osnabrueck (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/593,704 PCT Filed Mar. 17, 2005, PCT No. PCT/DE2005/000488 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 26, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/095152, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 13, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 016 180 (DE), filed on Mar. 30, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0267907 A1, Nov. 22, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60N 2/427 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 297—216.13 [297/216.12; 297/408; 280/756] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A vehicle seat having a backrest and a seat element provided at the free end of the backrest, characterised in that the
seat element is pivotably linked to a backrest structure of the vehicle seat, the seat element being pivotable relative to
the backrest structure about a pivoting axis that is substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, wherein
the seat element acts, at the same time, as a headrest and as protection against rollover,
whereby the seat element has a substantially U-shaped structural element, and
whereby the backrest structure includes at least two bracing tubes which are parallel to each other and whereby each free
end of the structural element is respectively attached to one of the bracing tubes of the backrest structure such that a force
diversion from the structural element to the bracing tube of the backrest structure is possible.
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