Patent ID: 7669932
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle headrest comprising: a support defining a horizontal pivot axis; a cushion having a front face and pivotal about the axis on the support between a use position with the face upright and a rest position with the face generally horizontal; a slide displaceable in a straight line in a longitudinal direction and substantially parallel to the axis relative to the cushion between a blocking position operatively engaging the cushion and preventing the cushion from pivoting about the axis from the use position into the rest position and an unblocking position permitting such pivoting; a first spring urging the slide in the longitudinal direction into the blocking position; a safety element engageable with the slide and displaceable in a transverse direction generally perpendicular to the axis between a locking position operatively engaging the slide and preventing movement of the slide into the unblocking position and a releasing position permitting movement of the slide into the unblocking position; and a second spring bearing transversely of the axis on the safety element and urging the safety element into the locking position.