Patent ID: 7234778

Claim:
A retractable headrest for vehicle including a pillar having a horizontal shaft, said pillar being provided in an upper portion of a seatback; a headrest body having a lower portion rotatably provided around said horizontal shaft of said pillar; and a retracting mechanism provided inside said headrest body for retracting said headrest body backward, said retracting mechanism comprising: a headrest body biasing means for biasing an upper portion of said headrest body backward; a lock plate provided on the horizontal shaft of said pillar, said lock plate having a first locking part; a latch provided in said headrest body, said latch having a second locking part engageable with said first locking part; a latch biasing means for biasing said latch so as to engage said second locking part with the first locking part of said lock plate when said headrest body is erected in a substantially vertical state; an actuator for disengaging the second locking part of said latch from the first locking part of said lock plate against a basing force from said latch biasing means; wherein said headrest body is retracted backward by disengaging the second locking part from the first locking part of said lock plate, and is kept in a backwardly retracted state by abutting the rear surface of said headrest body against the upper portion of said seatback.