Headrest exhibiting a widthwise bar engaging side sectors in combination with a strap engaging/lift feature for permitting forward and/or rearward dump

A pivoting headrest, comprising:

• a pair of upwardly projecting supports associated with a vehicle seatback and terminating in a pair of spaced apart sectors, said sectors further comprising a first pair of edge configured notches corresponding to an upright design position and a second arcuately offset pair of notches corresponding to a rotated fold position;
• a headrest bun supporting frame pivotally secured to said sectors and including a pair of elongated and side members and a lower interconnecting housing;
• a widthwise extending bar supported within said housing, opposite extending ends of said bar engaging said sectors at a first upright position and seating within channels in said side supports;
• a strap connected at a first end to said housing and extending within said housing an underneath said bar, a projecting loop end of said strap being accessible from a rear of said headrest and, upon being pulled, upwardly displacing said rod along said side support channels to the unseating position from said sectors;
• said bar being biased in a first engaging direction against said sectors and, upon being displaced in a reverse direction, causing its ends to unseat from said sectors and said bun to rotate about said sectors to a dump position.

A pivoting headrest, comprising:

• a pair of upwardly projecting supports associated with a vehicle seatback and terminating in a pair of spaced apart sectors, said sectors further comprising a first pair of edge configured notches corresponding to an upright design position and a second arcuately offset pair of notches corresponding to a rotated fold position;
• a headrest bun supporting frame pivotally secured to said sectors and including a pair of elongated and side members and a lower interconnecting housing;
• a pair of rivets establishing pivotal engagement between said headrest bun support frame and said sectors, a selected rivet further comprising an elongated and inwardly extending stem upon which is seated a torsion spring, a first end of said spring engaging a location established upon a proximately located sector at a location offset from its pivotal location, a second end of said spring engaging a location associated with said housing and in order to bias said housing to the dump position;
• a widthwise extending bar supported within said housing, opposite extending ends of said bar engaging said sectors at a first upright position and seating within channels in said side supports;
• a strap connected at a first end to said housing and extending within said housing an underneath said bar, a projecting loop end of said strap being accessible from a rear of said headrest and, upon being pulled, upwardly displacing said rod along said side support channels to the unseating position from said sectors;
• said bar being biased in a first engaging direction against said sectors and, upon being displaced in a reverse direction, causing its ends to unseat from said sectors and said bun to rotate about said sectors to a dump position.