Patent ID: 8857904

Claim:
A headrest of a vehicle seat comprising: a deformable, central supporting body which forms an impact zone for a head of a vehicle occupant, and in which the kinetic energy of the head is introduced during an accident; lateral supporting surfaces adjacent to both sides of the central supporting body, which are extendable from a plane of the headrest, and which inwardly deform, for laterally supporting the head; and a component for absorbing the kinetic energy introduced into the central supporting body and for outputting the absorbed energy for activating lateral supporting surfaces, wherein the component includes at least one lattice-like supporting structure that has a structure with a fin ray effect, and wherein the at least one lattice-like supporting structure having a front supporting strap and a rear supporting strap, which is not parallel thereto, a first end of the front supporting strap being connected to a first end of the rear supporting strap at an acute angle, a second end of the front supporting strap being disposed at a distance from a second end of the rear supporting strap, and cross-struts which interconnect the front supporting strap and the rear supporting strap being disposed in a free space between the front supporting strap and the rear supporting strap.