Patent ID: 7699265

Claim:
An ejection seat for an aircraft comprising: a seat frame for supporting an aircraft occupant, said seat frame including a seat portion and a back portion; a propulsion subsystem for propelling the seat frame free of the aircraft in response to an eject signal; and a moveable headrest attached to the back portion of said seat frame, said moveable headrest comprising a headrest panel that, in response to said eject signal, extends forward from a stowed position rearward of the occupant's head, to a forwardly extended position to support the rear of the occupant's head in a tilted-forward position relative to the occupant's torso, the moveable headrest including a plurality of air passages extending from a forward surface of the moveable headrest to a rear surface of the moveable headrest, the plurality of air passages operating to prevent a build up of high pressure around the forward surface of the moveable headrest as said moveable headrest is exposed to a windblast.