Headrest

A headrest comprising:

• a head support;
• at least one support rod extending along a rod axis on an automobile seat, carrying the head support, having a rod end, and formed with a radially outwardly open notch;
• a guide attachable to the automobile seat and having a guide passage in which the rod end is movable;
• a flexible metal or plastic latch wire movable radially of the rod and detachably engageable with the notch, the latch wire being engaged with the notch in a latching position and disengaged from the notch in a release position;
• and
• an actuating device movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position for displacing the latch wire between the latching position and the release position, the latch wire being at least partially displaceable linearly to transmit compression forces for shifting into the release position on movement of the actuating device into the actuated position;
• at least one guide surface on the guide for deflection of the latch wire radially.

A headrest comprising:

• a head support
• at least one support rod extending along a rod axis on an automobile seat, carrying the head support, having a rod end, and formed with a laterally open notch,
• a guide attachable to the automobile seat and having a guide passage in which the rod end is movable;
• a flexible U-shaped metal or plastic latch wire radially movable on the rod, having two ends and a latch portion between the ends, and detachably engageable with the notch, the latch wire being engaged with the notch in a latching position and disengaged from the notch in a release position;
• an actuating device movable between a non-actuated position and an actuated position for displacing the latch wire between the latching position and the release position, the latch wire being at least partially displaceable linearly on the guide to transmit compression forces for shifting the latch portion into the release position on movement of the actuating device into the actuated position;
• at least one guide surface on the guide for deflection of the latch wire radially.