A head restraint for a convertible motor vehicle

摘要

A motor vehicle 5 is disclosed having one or more seat assemblies 10 each of which is fitted with an automatically lowered head restraint 13. In one embodiment the motor vehicle has a front roof panel 6 that is moveable to a lowered position and a cable linkage 14, 15, 16 connected to arm 21 forming part of a mechanism 20 used to raise and lower the front roof panel 6 is used to release a latch mechanism used to hold the head restraint 13 in a raised position when the front roof 6 is lowered. By lowering the head restraints as the roof is folded part of the roof may be stored between front and rear seats of the vehicle.