Patent ID: 7637553
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: B60J,B60N

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle comprising: a front and a rear stowable roof panel, each panel moveable between raised and lowered positions; at least one seat assembly having a backrest; an automatically stowable head restraint rotatably supported by the rear roof panel for movement between a stowed position in which the head restraint lies adjacent an inside surface of the rear roof panel and an in use position in which the head restraint is positioned above the backrest of the seat assembly; a biasing means to bias the head restraint into the stowed position; and a latch mechanism to selectively hold the head restraint in the lowered position; wherein the latch mechanism is released by the process of lowering one of the front and rear roof panels so as to permit the head restraint to move to its stowed position.