Patent ID: 8662592

Claim:
A motor-vehicle headrest comprising: a base fixable to a motor vehicle seat; a cushion support adapted to carry a cushion having a forwardly directed front face adapted to engage a head of a person in the seat; an upper link having a front end pivoted at an upper support axis on the cushion support and a rear end pivoted at an upper base axis on the base; a lower link having a front end pivoted at a lower support axis on the cushion support offset downward from the upper support axis and a rear end pivoted at a lower base axis on the base offset downward from the upper base axis, the lower link forming with the base, cushion support, and upper link a parallelogrammatic linkage, the cushion support being shiftable relative to the base between a rear position and a front position on pivoting of the links about the respective axes; and an upright plate on the base, extending vertically generally between the upper base axis and the lower base axis, and formed with a cutout through which the upper link can pivot.