Patent ID: 7926871

Claim:
Headrest for a backrest of an automobile seat, the headrest comprising a headrest box and a foam base body surrounding the headrest box, wherein in an event of a rear impact on the automobile, a head of the seat occupant is movable into contact with the headrest at least two different heights of the headrest so as to form a two-point support and a head center of gravity between these heights of the headrest, wherein the two-point support is formed (i) in an upper region of the headrest in a first height of the headrest box, substantially through the foam base body with a dynamic characteristic of a foam and (ii) in a lower region of the headrest in a second height of the headrest box, substantially through a crash beam as a solid or hollow body integrated in the headrest box as one piece, inside of the foam base body near a contact surface at the headrest with a dynamic characteristic of the crash beam and the foam, wherein the crash beam is adapted to stabilize the head of the seat occupant, in an event of an accident, by changing the dynamic characteristic in the lower region of the headrest, relative to the remaining upper region of the headrest.