Patent ID: 7097246

Claim:
A piece of furniture comprising: a seat back having a front face and an upper end; a headrest having a front face and an upper end and positioned above the seat back with the front faces both facing forward and the upper and lower ends juxtaposed; and means including a plate having an arcuate groove on the lower end of the headrest and a pair of vertically spaced follower pins on the upper end of the seat back, both pins being engaged in the groove for displacement of the headrest relative to the seat back in a continuous and synchronous tipping/sliding movement between a lower position with the headrest relatively closely juxtaposed with the seat back and with the front faces generally parallel and an upper position with the headrest spaced above the seat back and the front faces forming a large acute angle, the arcuate guide having a center of curvature forward of the front faces.