Pop-up headrest for a vehicle

In a vehicle having a seat assembly with a generally upright backrest having a front facing seating surface with an upper end and a vehicle body located behind said backrest at said upper end thereof, a headrest movable between a retracted stowed position substantially below said upper end of said backrest and a raised use position extending generally above said upper end of said backrest, said headrest having a front face forming a head engaging support surface, said front face being generally parallel with and spaced rearward of said seating surface of said backrest when said headrest is in said retracted stowed position, said front face being generally parallel with said seating surface when said headrest is in said raised use position above said upper end of said backrest and said headrest being mounted to said vehicle body at a location spaced rearwardly of said backrest.