Patent ID: 7533933

Claim:
A child seat headrest comprising: a one-piece head support including a generally planar support wall, right and left spaced-apart wings integral with and extending laterally from right and left sides of the generally planar support wall, and a head-support holder integral with and extending downwardly from a bottom side of the generally planar wall; a head rest member configured between the right and left space-apart wings for pivotal movement relative to the generally planar support wall, the head rest member being pivotally movable between a rearwardly-inclined sleeping position wherein the head rest member is proximate to and substantially coplanar with the generally planar support wall, and an upright waking position wherein the head rest member is at an oblique angle relative to the generally planar support wall; and a biasing mechanism that urges the head rest member into the upright waking position during a dynamic event to reduce a whiplash trauma experienced by an occupant of the child seat, the biasing mechanism comprising a spring including first and second ends, a first recess defined in an upper central portion of the head-support holder, the first recess including a first anchor pin, one of the first and second ends of the spring being connected to the first anchor pin, and a second recess defined in a bottom side of the head rest member, the second recess including a second anchor pin, the other one of the first and second ends of the spring being connected to the second anchor pin.