Patent ID: 8616625

Claim:
A seat assembly comprising: a seatback pivotally coupled to a seat cushion and moveable relative to said seat cushion between an upright position and a folded position; a headrest coupled to said seatback with at least one extension tube and moveable between a lowered position and a raised position; wherein said headrest includes a linkage arrangement that automatically expands said headrest in a front-to-back direction in response to said seat assembly moving to a configuration with said seatback in said upright position and said headrest in said lowered position and automatically flattens said headrest in the front-to-back direction in response to at least one of said seatback moving to said folded position and said headrest moving to said raised position; and said linkage arrangement in said headrest including a fixed link that is fixed with said extension tube and an intermediate link pivotally coupled to said fixed link and a distal link that is pivotally coupled to said intermediate link and a push rod that is coupled with said intermediate link and is manipulatable to displace said intermediate link in said front-to-back direction.