Patent ID: 7988234

Claim:
A headrest for a vehicle comprising: an inverse U-shaped mounting frame removably mounted on top of a backrest in a vehicle and having a horizontal frame portion; a headrest body including a first body section and a second body section disposed facing each other; a tilt bracket integrally coupled with said first and second body sections of the headrest body and rotatably mounted on the horizontal frame portion, so that said headrest body is pivotably mounted on said mounting frame; a driving shaft with one end rotatably installed in said tilt bracket and a second end positioned to protrude from said headrest body; a knob which is attached to the second end of said driving shaft; a lever which is fixed on said driving shaft within said tilt bracket and which pivots with said driving shaft when rotated by said knob; a catch which is rotatably mounted on a rotating axis installed transversely through the tilt bracket so as to be rotated by rotation of said lever, and having an elongated catching portion; and a fixed member fixed on the horizontal frame portion of said mounting frame, and having a first slot portion dimensioned and configured to engage with the elongated catching portion; and a second slot portion at a predetermined distance away from the first slot portion; and wherein said driving shaft is provided with a first return spring that supplies restoring force to said lever when releasing the pivoted lever; and wherein the first return spring is wound about the driving shaft, and one end of the first return spring is caught on the inside of at least one leg portion of the lever and the other end is caught in a spring slot of the tilt bracket.