Headrest for motor-vehicle seat

A headrest comprising:

• a generally vertical rod mountable in a motor-vehicle seat and formed with a plurality of vertically spaced and horizontally open notches;
• a support vertically movable along the rod and adapted to carry a head cushion;
• a latch element carried on the support and shiftable between a latched position engaged in one of the notches and locking the support on the rod against downward movement and an unlatched position disengaged from the rod and permitting free vertical movement of the support on the rod;
• an actuating element pivotal about an axis on the support between an actuated position holding the latch element in the unlatched position and a rest position with the latch element in the latched position;
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• a control element having a V-shaped notch with two flanks, the actuating element engaging centrally between the flanks in the notch in the respective rest position and being pressed into the actuated position by either of the flanks on displacement of the control element into a respective actuated position, whereby displacement of the control element in one direction brings one of the flanks into engagement with the actuating element and displacement in an opposite direction brings the other of the flanks into engagement with the actuating element.

A headrest comprising:

• a pair of generally vertical and parallel rods mountable in a motor-vehicle seat and each formed with a plurality of vertically spaced and horizontally open notches;
• a support vertically movable along the rods and adapted to carry a head cushion;
• a spring having one part fixed to the support and a pair of other parts each engageable in the notches of a respective one of the rods, the other parts being shiftable between latched position engaged in respective ones of the notches and locking the support on the rod against downward movement and an unlatched positions disengaged from the respective rod and permitting free vertical movement of the support on the rod;
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• two respective actuating elements engageable with the other spring parts and pivotal about an axis on the support between actuated positions holding the respective other spring parts in the respective unlatched positions and rest positions with the respective other spring parts in the latched positions.