Patent ID: 8287040

Claim:
A vehicular seat system comprising a seat bottom, a seat back and headrest connected to the seat back, the headrest comprising: a non-foam frame element; a non-foam insert secured with respect to a portion of the frame element; and a resilient element in which at least a portion of the frame element and the entire insert are embedded, the resilient element consisting essentially of a homogeneous foam material; wherein: (i) the frame element comprises a pair of post elements for coupling to a vehicular seatback, the post elements being interconnected by a cross-piece element that is coupled to a top portion of the insert such that the cross-piece element is disposed closer to the top of the insert than the bottom of the insert; and (ii) a minimum distance between the outer surface of the headrest for contacting a head of an occupant and the insert is in the range of from about 10 mm to about 30 mm.