Modular audio assembly for use with vehicle headrest

A modular audio assembly for use with a vehicle headrest, comprising:

• a speaker assembly including
• a support member arranged to be rotatably mounted to a bottom portion of the vehicle headrest, the support member including a track, and
• a speaker module movably mounted to the track for translation therealong, the speaker module including a housing having a front face and at least one speaker mounted therein for generating audio output;
• and
• an actuator disposed in the speaker assembly and configured to position the speaker assembly in an inactive position with the speaker assembly oriented generally vertically adjacent a lateral side of the vehicle headrest, in an active position with the speaker assembly rotated away from the lateral side of the vehicle headrest and oriented generally horizontally, and in an extended configuration of the active position with the speaker assembly oriented generally horizontally and the speaker module translated along the track away from the support member.

An audio system for use with a vehicle headrest, the audio system comprising:

• at least one modular audio assembly including
• a speaker assembly including
• a support member arranged to be rotatably mounted to the vehicle headrest, the support member including a track, and
• a speaker module coupled to the support member and movably mounted to the track, the speaker module including a housing having a front face and at least one speaker mounted therein for generating audio output;
• and
• an actuator operably connected to the speaker assembly;
• and
• a vehicle control unit in electrical communication with the actuator to position the speaker assembly in an inactive position with the front face generally adjacent a lateral side of the vehicle headrest, in an active position with the speaker assembly rotated away from the lateral side of the vehicle headrest and the front face oriented in an inward direction, and to translate the speaker module along the track away from the support member into an extended configuration of the speaker assembly in the active position.