Patent ID: 7188896

Claim:
A headrest configured for use by a vehicle occupant, said headrest comprising: structure forming a compartment configured for repeated selective storage of an item within said compartment; wherein said structure is configured to be repeatedly openable for selectively receiving the item within said compartment or selectively removing the item from said compartment and configured to be repeatedly closable for substantially enclosing the item within said compartment; wherein said structure is cooperatively configured to receive and support the item to be received in a position within said compartment to prevent substantial movement of the item to be received within said compartment when said structure is closed and to maintain the position of the item to be received when said structure is opened prior to selective removal of the item to be received; and wherein said structure includes a substantially rigid outer casing and a compliant countermeasure contained within said casing, said countermeasure being formed with a recess configured to receive a portion of the item to be received such that the item to be received is at least partially supportable by said countermeasure at said recess to thereby prevent substantial movement of the item to be received when said structure is closed and maintaining the position of the item to be received when said structure is opened.