Abstract: A motor-vehicle headrest has a relatively stationary and relatively rigid support structure positioned horizontally rearward of a head of a person sitting in front of the headrest. A cushion has a front face with a central portion directly engageable with the head of the person and with a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion and not normally directly engageable with the head of the person. The cushion further has a rear face bearing rearward of the peripheral portion directly on the support and forming rearward of the central portion a substantially empty cavity at which the rear face is spaced forward from the support. The cushion is elastically deformable such that on forceful rearward engagement of the head of the person with the central portion of the front face the front face deforms into a forwardly concave shape cupping the head of the person.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle headrest has a relatively stationary and relatively rigid support structure positioned horizontally rearward of a head of a person sitting in front of the headrest. A cushion has a front face with a central portion directly engageable with the head of the person and with a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion and not normally directly engageable with the head of the person. The cushion further has a rear face bearing rearward of the peripheral portion directly on the support and forming rearward of the central portion a substantially empty cavity at which the rear face is spaced forward from the support. The cushion is elastically deformable such that on forceful rearward engagement of the head of the person with the central portion of the front face the front face deforms into a forwardly concave shape cupping the head of the person.