Headrest for a vehicle seat

A vehicle headrest assembly comprising:

• a pivotally mounted cushion support which in use is forwardly disposed behind a vehicle occupant's head for supporting said head during normal driving operations and pivots about a pivot axis located on an upper portion of the headrest,
• cushioning upholstery fitted over the cushion support,
• a collision responsive adjusting device for automatically pivotally moving the cushion support to a position where the cushioning upholstery is more closely adjacent a head and nape of a neck of a seat occupant in response to collision induced inertial forces, and
• a manually operable operating member engageable with an adjusting support and operably connected to the headrest for selectively changing the pivotal position of the cushion support and cushioning upholstery for improving occupant head support comfort during normal driving operations,
• whereby the adjusting support provided for the event of a collision and operably connected to the headrest is also used for selective adjustment of the position of the cushion upholstery.

A vehicle headrest assembly comprising:

• a cushion support with cushioning upholstery fitted thereover which in use is forwardly disposed behind a vehicle occupant's head for supporting said head during normal driving operations,
• pivotal mounting means located on an upper portion of the headrest for accommodating pivotal movement of the cushion support about a pivot axis,
• collision responsive adjusting support means for automatically pivoting the cushion support toward a position where the cushioning upholstery is moved to a position further supporting a nape of the neck and back of the head of an occupant in response to rear end collision induced inertial forces, and
• manually operable adjusting means engageable with the adjusting support means and operably connected to the headrest to accommodate selective occupant adjustment of the pivotal position of the cushion support for improving occupant head cushion support during normal driving operations without adversely affecting operation of the collision response adjusting support means.