Patent ID: 8449036
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A headrest for cars comprising a stay rod having a horizontal portion and a pair of leg portions downwardly extending from the opposite ends of the horizontal portion, a pivotable housing member having a pair of parallel housing halves connected and fixed to each other at a rear side and rotatably coupled to the horizontal portion of said stay rod, a ratchet member provided with a check groove or notch and fixed to the horizontal portion of said stay rod adjoining the inner side wall of one of the housing halves, a return spring wound around the horizontal portion of the stay rod between said ratchet member and the other of the housing halves, a check member pivotably arranged on a shaft and above said ratchet member and provided with a checking projection to engage with or be disengaged from the check groove of said ratchet member and keep an upright position of said housing member when said ratchet member engages with said check member, a check spring for maintaining the engagement of said ratchet member with said check member, a release member coupled to said check member for disengaging the checking projection of said check member from the check groove of said ratchet member.