Patent ID: 8851562

Claim:
A head restraint for a vehicle seat, wherein the head restraint is arranged on a seat back of the vehicle seat so as to be height-adjustable in such a manner that it can be adjusted from a non-use position into a use position, wherein the head restraint is arranged in an inclination-adjustable manner on a holding element which is formed from a U-shaped tubular section, a horizontally arranged section of the U-shaped tubular section forming an axis of rotation of the head restraint, wherein the head restraint and the holding element are coupled by a spring element in such a manner that the head restraint is acted upon by a pretensioning force of the spring element, and wherein sections of the spring element engage in respective recesses arranged on both sides in regions of rounded portions of the holding element, and the pretensioning force produced in such a manner automatically rotates a lower edge of the head restraint in the direction of the holding element as the head restraint is transferred from the non-use position into the use position.