Patent ID: 7637565

Claim:
A vehicle seat with a monitor, comprising: a seatback; a headrest including: a head receiving portion receiving a back of a head of a vehicle occupant; a hollow recess being formed on a reverse side of the head receiving portion, the headrest being disposed such that a monitor unit at least partly enters the hollow recess; a stay mounting to the seatback, the stay being detachably attached to the headrest; and an actuating mechanism capable of moving back and forth the head receiving portion relatively with respect to the seatback, the actuating mechanism being provided at a connecting portion between the stay of the headrest and the head receiving portion; and the monitor unit including the monitor, the monitor unit being installed above the seatback and in a rear of the headrest, wherein the headrest and the monitor unit are respectively supported and disposed independently and separately on an upper surface portion of the seatback, both being fitted to each other relatively movably, wherein the actuating mechanism is adapted to relatively move the head receiving portion with respect to the stay between a close position in which the head receiving portion is brought close to a reverse portion of the monitor unit and a spaced-apart position in which the head receiving portion is forwardly moved to be spaced apart from the close position, wherein the head receiving portion is adapted to accept the relative approaching movement of the monitor unit by a recessed shape of the hollow recess, and wherein the monitor unit is at least partly accommodated in the recess regardless of the movement of the headrest.