Patent ID: 7040698

Claim:
A vehicle headrest with a built-in video display device comprising: at least one hollow pillar comprising a vertical adjustment mechanism to adjust to a plurality of vertical positions relative to a seat; a headrest support tiltably connected to the seat by the at least one hollow pillar for movement in a plurality of forward tilted positions; a cable extended through the at least one hollow pillar to provide power and video input to a video display device; a headrest pillow attached to a headrest housing support, wherein the headrest pillow comprises a rearward structure and a yielding forward structure, wherein the yielding forward structure is configured to prevent the back of a seat occupant's head from receipt of a sudden, rearward whipping motion upon impact of the seat occupant's head with the headrest pillow, and wherein the rearward structure of the headrest pillow is configured to provide a video display; a monitor attachment bezel attached to the video display device within a video display housing; and a removable video display device cover hingedly mounted to the rearward structure of the headrest pillow, wherein the removable video display device cover in an open state exposes the video display device and in a closed state protects the video display device.