US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Feb. 10 for "Retainer insert for a headrest sleeve device, a sleeve device assembly thereof" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,165, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Retainer insert for a headrest sleeve device, a sleeve device assembly thereof" was invented by Marc Cobos (Barcelona, Spain) and Jordi Vilanova (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retainer insert for an inner axial passage of a headrest sleeve device includes a first annular spring clip, and a second annular spring clip, coaxial to and axially spaced apart from the first annular spring clip along a longitudinal central axis. Each annular spring clip is adapted to be received and mounted within the axial passage of the headrest sleeve d...