Patent ID: 7552973

Claim:
A headrest for a seat back of an automobile vehicle seat, comprising a rod adapted to be at least partly driven into the seat back, and a body linked to the rod, wherein the rod comprises: first and second pins linked to the seat back, each of said first and second pins extending in a first and a second bent portion, a U-shaped portion having its ends connected to the first and second bent portions, a lower portion of the body being linked to the U-shaped portion by a pivoting link, and wherein the headrest further comprises: means, triggered by a driving of the rod into the seat back to a driving-in position, capable of automatically pivoting the body with respect to the rod from a use position to a non-use position; locking means for locking the body to the rod in a use position; and a shell covering the first and second bent portions in the use position and in a non-use position, wherein the locking means is partly contained in the shell.