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Article: Austrian Inventors Develop Head Restraint Adjuster

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 7 -- Robert Kopetzky of Graz, Austria, and Walter Schindlegger of Seitensletten, Austria, have developed a adjuster for head restraint.

According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an adjuster for the vertical adjustment of a head restraint, for example, a head restraint of a seat in a motor vehicle."

The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,445,290 on Nov. 4.

The patent has been assigned to Schukra Geratebau AG, Berndorf, Austria.

The original application was filed on July 15, 2004, and is available ...

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