Patent ID: 7748769

Claim:
Armrest subassembly for a motor vehicle configured for arrangement on the interior side of a motor vehicle body, the armrest subassembly comprising: an armrest having an arm support for supporting the arm of a motor vehicle occupant; an adjusting device configured to set the position of the armrest along an adjustment path; a locking device configured to lock the armrest in a set armrest position; armrest-side locking means of the locking device configured to be brought into engagement with an associated body-side locking mechanism to lock the armrest and configured to be disengaged from the body-side locking mechanism to unlock the armrest; wherein the armrest-side locking means are coupled to the armrest in such a manner that the armrest-side locking means are configured to be brought into engagement with and configured to be disengaged from the body-side locking mechanism by a movement of the armrest with a component perpendicular to the adjustment path; and wherein the armrest is elastically prestressed with a component transverse to the adjustment path in such a manner that the armrest-side locking means engage in the body-side locking mechanism under the effect of the elastic prestress.