Patent ID: 7484808

Claim:
A vehicle seat assembly disposable in a vehicle rearward of a front seat, the seat assembly comprising: a seat bottom; a seat back attached to the seat bottom; a head restraint attached to the seat back and including a head restraint body that is moveable from a raised position to a lowered position; a locking mechanism associated with the head restraint for maintaining the head restraint body in the raised position; and an actuator associated with the locking mechanism and configured to release the locking mechanism to enable movement of the head restraint body from the raised position to the lowered position, the actuator being located proximate a front portion of the seat bottom such that the actuator is accessible by an occupant of the front seat when the seat assembly is installed in the vehicle; wherein the seat assembly further comprises an additional head restraint attached to the seat back and including an additional head restraint body that is moveable from a raised position to a lowered position, and an additional locking mechanism associated with the additional head restraint for maintaining the additional head restraint body in the raised position, and wherein the actuator is associated with the additional locking mechanism for releasing the additional locking mechanism to enable the additional head restraint body to move toward the lowered position.