Seat headrest

Abstract

A seat headrest comprising: a headrest back panel defined by a frame; a first side flap hingedly attached to a first end of the back panel; a second side flap hingedly attached to a second end of the back panel, opposite the first end; a locking and release mechanism provided at each of the hinge between the back panel and the first side flap and the hinge between the back panel and the second side flap, each locking and release mechanism comprising a first and second engaging parts biased by a spring into locking engagement to lock the side flaps in a first hinged position relative to the back panel, and a torsion spring to bias the respective side flaps to a second hinged position relative to the back panel, and each locking and release mechanism further comprising a push button operable by a user to push the first and second engaging parts out of engagement causing the side flaps to move to the second hinge position under the force of the torsion spring.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.