Patent ID: 8157320
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A headrest that tilts from a head support state in which the headrest is raised with respect to a seat back to a storage state, comprising: a supporting member mounted on the upper part of the seat back; a headrest frame formed by combining a main frame and a sub frame, which are rotatably engaged with the supporting member; a frame urging element or elements that urge the headrest frame to one side; a locking element or elements that hinder a rotation of the headrest frame with respect to the supporting member; a remote control provided at a position separate from the headrest; and an inner cable one end part of which is connected to the locking element or elements and the other end part of which is attached to the remote control; and a control section operable directly by a passenger, which is different from the remote control, and the locking element or elements are releasable by the direct operation of the control section, wherein: the remote control pulls the other end part of the inner cable; the locking element or elements include an operation lever that the one end part of the inner cable is connected thereto and that is movable by the pulling operation of the inner cable; the locking element or elements release by the pulling operation of the inner cable due to the operation of the remote control, and the control section and the operation lever comprise a common element; and the inner cable one end part directly connects to the operation lever with no intervening movable linkage.