Patent ID: 7070240

Claim:
A head restraint arrangement ( 8 ) for a vehicle seat ( 2 ) having a backrest ( 4 ) and a lower seat surface part ( 6 ), the head restraint arrangement comprising: a head-supporting part ( 12 ) coupled to the backrest ( 4 ) via a retainer ( 10 ), configured to provide the head-supporting part ( 12 ) an operative position (A) above the backrest ( 4 ), and an inoperative position (B) with the retainer locked releasably in both positions, wherein the head-supporting part ( 12 ), in the inoperative position (B), firstly being lowered relative to the operative position (A) in the direction of the seat surface part ( 6 ) and, secondly, positioned in a region of a backrest front side ( 14 ) in front of the backrest ( 4 ), wherein the retainer ( 10 ) comprises a retaining-rod element ( 16 ) having two retaining rods ( 20 , 22 ) which are parallel to each other and are guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner in guides ( 18 ) of the backrest ( 4 ) and configured to be locked in at least two different positions, the retaining rods ( 20 , 22 ) being connected, in one piece via a transverse web ( 24 ), in their end region which is situated outside the guides ( 18 ), wherein the head-supporting part ( 12 ) is guided via a bearing arrangement ( 28 ) on the transverse web ( 24 ) of the retaining-rod element ( 16 ) and configured to be pivoted about an axis of rotation ( 30 ) defined by the transverse web ( 24 ) and locked in at least two different positions; and wherein the retaining rods ( 20 , 22 ) are curved in their end region in such a manner that the transverse web ( 24 ) is arranged offset with respect to a guide plane ( 26 ), which is defined by the two parallel retaining rods ( 20 , 22 ), in the direction of the backrest front side ( 14 ).