Patent ID: 7201448

Claim:
A headrest support assembly for use with a seating apparatus that includes a backrest having a top surface, first and second side rails spaced apart from and substantially parallel to one another, and a first support bracket connecting the first side rail to the second side rail, the first support bracket having an opening therethrough, the headrest support assembly comprising: a headrest support member positioned in the backrest of the seating apparatus and extending through the opening of the first support bracket; a headrest pivotally attached to the headrest support member about an axis substantially parallel to an axis tangent to the top surface of the backrest, the headrest having an inboard and an outboard side; a first side headrest portion pivotally connected to the inboard side and a second side headrest portion pivotally connected to the outboard side; and the first and second side headrest portions each pivot about an axis that intersects the axis tangent to the top surface of the backrest.