Patent ID: 7438357

Claim:
A headrest of an automotive vehicle with a carrier structure comprising: at least one bar having at least one oblique portion and a supporting member having a guiding part that cooperates with the at least one oblique portion, said supporting member is normally in a utilization position and, in the event of an accident of the automotive vehicle, leaves the utilization position, whereby the guiding part is displaced along the at least one oblique portion, and assumes a crash position in which the supporting member is located in front of the utilization position at least in the x-direction and said oblique portion extends in the direction of the movement of the supporting member between said utilization position and said crash position; and an expandable container is disposed between the bar and the supporting member, the expandable container normally is in a non-expanded state, a source of pressurized gas is provided, which is connected to the container, the source of pressurized gas is normally inactive, there is provided a trigger device which is associated with the source of pressurized gas and releases the source of pressurized gas in the event of an accident so that, in the event of an accident, the expandable container is filled with pressurized gas from the source of pressurized gas and is in an expanded state so that the supporting member is in the crash position.