Patent ID: 8172328

Claim:
A suspended vertical head restraint for use with a vehicle seat of a vehicle to restrain a passenger head of a passenger, the suspended vertical head restraint comprising a removable main body (MB) and a single rigid suspension element ( 6 ), wherein: a) said removable main body (MB), is hung from said single suspension element and without a direct contact with the vehicle seat solely with said suspension element by means of a contact zone in which the main body is articulated, has mobility in all directions and has a construction that is light, flexible, resistant to traction and with a soft surface, with a design that allows for adaptation, according to the height, of different passengers; said main body (MB) comprising five zones including an upper zone, which serves for hanging said main body from the suspension element, a lower zone, which serves for supporting the passenger head via a lower occipital part of the passenger head and restricting displacement of the passenger head downward and backward, two vertical lateral zones which serve for restricting the sideways movements of the passenger head, a forward zone, which is adjustable and can be removed, and which serves for surrounding a frontal zone of the passenger head, for restricting forward displacement of the passenger head and having a controlled breakage point, and a bridge, which is the most rigid part of the suspended main body and which leaves a space underneath where the passenger head is located, a functioning axis (A-A′) of the removable main body having a component that is mainly vertical in order to allow rotation of the neck with the suspended vertical head restraint during use and having a slight inclination forward, said functioning axis passing mostly behind ears of the passenger head; b) said single rigid suspension element, in the form of a support bar, is detachable from the vehicle seat, has a first end secured in an upper zone of a back-rest or of a headrest of the vehicle seat, and a second end which is located forwardly of the first end to be above the head of the passenger when seated and at a maximum distance (D) of up to 50 cm from vertical projection of front edge of the back-rest of the vehicle seat, and in front-on view is located so as to be centered with respect to the vehicle seat and with respect to the passenger head, the main body being able to hang from any zone of the suspension element.