MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202421013568 A) filed by Tata Motors Limited, Maharashtra, on Feb. 25, 2024, for 'headrest with an inflatable airbag.'

Inventor(s) include Yash Soni; and Prasanna Kumar Venkatarajan.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a headrest (100) is disclosed. The headrest (100) may include a spool (102) mounted on a housing (104), such that the spool (102) may rotate about an axis. The headrest (100) may further include an inflatable airbag (106) configured to be folded on and unfolded from the spool (102) upon a rotation of the spool (102). The inflatable airbag (106) may be configured to be inflated upon pumping of air therein, when at least a part of the inflatable airbag (106) is unfolded from the spool (102). The headrest (100) may further include an air pressure source pneumatically coupled with the inflatable airbag (106) that may pump air into the inflatable airbag (106) to inflate the inflatable airbag (106) and to thereby create a cushion for upper body of a user."

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