Vehicle passenger headrest support arrangement

Claim 1

An arrangement for securing the position of a support rod means for a vehicle headrest, including locking means for preventing an unintentional manual removal of said headrest support rod from a support by an operator, and release means for disengaging said locking means to permit removal of said headrest, said release means being configured such that an external manual force is unnecessary to maintain said locking means in its disengaged state whereby said headrest may be removed with both hands by the operator using a minimal force, wherein said release means includes an operating rod which at its lower end pivotally receives one arm of a two-armed lever projecting from a catch and pivoted at a bearing on a stationary closing part surrounding a headrest rod guiding means, and an extension of the catch with a cam guide surface having defined upper and lower end positions for the reception of said one arm of said two arm lever, said release means so constructed that when the operating rod is moved downward against the force of a spring, the one arm of said lever is guided into the lower end position of said surface, and at the same time, the catch is lifted off a recess of the support rod allowing removal of said headrest and the second arm of said lever is swivelled into the path which the support rod takes upon reinsertion of said rod into said support.