Patent ID: 7758116

Claim:
A monitor unit for a vehicle seat having a headrest, comprising: a base portion positioned at a top of a seat back; and a monitor portion including a monitor with a display surface for displaying images, wherein the monitor portion is pivotally connected to the base portion via a first hinge and rotatable in a front and rear direction between a use position at which the monitor portion is erect on the base portion and the display surface being directed to a rear direction, and a retracted position at which the monitor portion has been tilted toward a front direction around the first hinge, wherein the first hinge is positioned at a front end of the base portion, wherein the monitor portion is positioned below the first hinge when the monitor portion is in the retracted position, wherein the headrest is detachably fitted to the vehicle seat such that the headrest covers an upper portion of a front surface of the monitor portion when the headrest is attached to the vehicle seat and the monitor portion is in the use position, and wherein when the headrest is detached from the vehicle seat, the monitor portion is configured to be rotated by 90 degrees or more from the use position to the retracted position.