Patent ID: 6935696
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: A47C,B60N

Abstract:
1. An articulating head restraint comprising: a bracket, the bracket having a slot; an armature contained within the bracket, the armature having a first armature end and a second armature end, and the first armature end resides within a bracket hole and the second armature end resides within a slave bracket hole; a cam having a lock acumination and a stop acumination, the cam fixedly attached to the armature; a slide attached to the bracket, the slide moveable within the slot to a locked position so that, when the slide is in the locked position, the lock acumination is in contact with the slide thereby preventing rotation of the armature, where the slide has an unlocked position such that when the slide is in the unlocked position, the lock acumination is not in contact with the slide; a torsion spring circumferentially disposed about the armature and configured so as to apply a torque on the armature tending to move the armature to a stowed position; at least one rod for attaching a bun; a coil spring attached to the bracket and to the slide and configured so as to tend to pull the slide to the locked position; and a cable attached to the slide and configured such that a force applied to the cable will tend to pull the slide to the unlocked position.