Patent ID: 8746800

Claim:
A vehicle head restraint assembly, comprising: a head restraint body for providing support to a vehicle occupant's head; a lower frame assembly for mounting said head restraint body to an associated vehicle structure, said head restraint body longitudinally adjustable relative to said lower frame assembly in a forward or rearward direction with respect to the associated vehicle structure, wherein said lower frame assembly includes at least one guide defining a guiding aperture and a locking aperture defined in said at least one guide; an upper frame assembly secured to said head restraint body and movably secured to said lower frame assembly for longitudinally adjusting said head restraint body relative to said lower frame assembly, said upper frame assembly including at least one guided portion having a plurality of positioning apertures defined therealong, said at least one guided portion received in said guiding aperture to guide longitudinal movement of said head restraint body; and a locking device that locks said head restraint body by engaging one of said plurality of positioning apertures, said locking device including a locking portion received through said locking aperture and into one of said plurality of positioning apertures that is in registry with said locking aperture.