ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,069, issued on April 21.

"Automotive headrest with emergency adaptations" was invented by Alyse Laudonio (Mount Pleasant, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seatback-engageable automotive headrest including a buoyant cushion body within a casing, a rigid structure with an internal portion within the casing and an external portion outside the casing for detachable connection with the top of an automobile seatback, all as typical for automotive headrests, but also having the improvement of the casing being configured to define an accessibility opening, and a tether inside the casing adjacent to the accessibility opening and permane...