Patent ID: 6375264
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
Backrest for a vehicle seat comprising a head restraint which can be pivoted away from an approximately vertical operative position into an approximately horizontal inoperative position on a rear side of the backrest and which has a head cushion, and at least one supporting rod, which holds the head cushion, passes through a slot cutout in the backrest and is fixed to a pivoting shaft arranged in the backrest,wherein the slot cutout, in which the supporting rod is moved along during the pivoting movement of the head restraint, is arranged in a rear wall of the backrest, and wherein the supporting rod emerges out of the head cushion towards the rear side of the backrest with a curved rod section running concentrically to the pivoting shaft, and extends as far as the pivoting shaft with a straight rod section angled off at an end of the curved rod section.