Adjustable head restraint assembly for vehicle seats

A vehicle head restraint assembly comprising:

• a support adapted to be mounted proximate to a seat back frame;
• a transverse shaft pivotally mounted to the support;
• at least one post connected to the transverse shaft for extending from the seat back frame;
• a head restraint mounted to the at least one post;
• a biasing member connected to the support and the transverse shaft for biasing the at least one post to a collapsed position of the head restraint;
• an eccentric projection extending from the transverse shaft;
• and
• a latching mechanism provided on the head restraint support and oriented within a path of rotation of the eccentric projection to engage the eccentric projection and maintain the head restraint in an upright position, wherein retraction of the latching mechanism permits the biasing member to pivot the head restraint to the collapsed position, and wherein an input force to actuate the latching mechanism is provided generally parallel to the transverse shaft.

A vehicle head restraint assembly comprising:

• a support adapted to be mounted proximate to a seat back frame;
• a transverse shaft pivotally mounted to the support with a portion of the transverse shaft offset from a pivot axis of the shaft;
• at least one post formed integrally with the transverse shaft for extending from the seat back frame;
• a head restraint mounted to the at least one post;
• a biasing member connected to the support and the transverse shaft for biasing the at least one post to a collapsed position of the head restraint;
• and
• a latching mechanism provided on the support and oriented within a path of rotation of the transverse shaft offset portion to engage the offset portion and maintain the head restraint in an upright position, wherein retraction of the latching mechanism permits the biasing member to pivot the head restraint to the collapsed position.