Patent ID: 8814272

Claim:
A headrest assembly securable to a relatively fixed motor-vehicle part, the assembly comprising: a movable part shiftable in a vertical direction relative to the fixed part; a vertical rod fixed in one of the parts and having a plurality of vertically spaced catch formations; a spring carried on the other of the parts and having a pair of outer legs elastically deflectable toward and away from the rod, and biased elastically toward the rod, and a crosspiece connecting the outer legs and shiftable therewith between an engaged position fitting with one of the catch formations and preventing movement of the movable part along the rod and a released position clear of the one formation and permitting movement of the movable part along the rod; and an actuator shiftable in the other of the parts relative to the spring and having respective actuating formations each engageable with a respective one of the outer spring legs, the actuator being movable between a latching position in which the actuating formations are generally disengaged from the respective outer legs and the crosspiece is biased by the outer legs into the engaged position and an unlatching position in which the actuating formations engage the respective outer legs and press the crosspiece into the released position.