Seat

• US 10,654,384 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2015
• Issued: 05/19/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company), Tachi-S Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Tachi-S Company Limited
• Inventors: Nagasawa, Takahiko, Fujikake, Tsutomu, Kurobe, Ryo, Nagasawa, Taku, Uemura, Tomoyuki, Kaneko, Kazuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Islam, Syed A
• Application Number:
  US15/523,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20170253157A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,638 Days
• Field of Search: 2972182, 29722813, 2972184, 29745261, 29745262, 29722812, 29722811, 2972281, 2971951-21516
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/58 Seat coverings
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5816 attachments thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5833 by hook-and-loop type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/60 Removable protective coverings
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6018 attachments thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6027 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6036 by hook and loop-type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7005 detachable
• CPC Class Codes: B61D 33/0035 Cushions or the like; Covers

Abstract

The present invention provides a seat which is unlikely to cause wrinkles or slack in a surface cover thereof, makes surface cover attachment and detachment simple, and is also capable of withstanding long-term use. To this end, a second fastening part 50 for attachably/detachably connecting a cushion material 2 and a surface cover 4 to one another is formed as a zipper in a seat 1.

Claims

1. A seat comprising a cushion having a main cushion part and a side cushion part, a surface cover having a main surface part disposed on the main cushion part and a side surface part disposed on the side cushion part, and a peripheral cover disposed on an outer side surface of the side cushion part,

wherein the side surface part of the surface cover and the peripheral cover are connected via a detachable first fastening part,

the surface cover and the cushion are connected via a detachable second fastening part along a pulling-over part of the cushion,

the second fastening part is a slide fastener including a first slide fastener half part having a first row of teeth and fixed to the cushion in a recess extending along the pulling-over part, a second slide fastener half part disposed on the surface cover and having a second row of teeth detachably engaged with the first row of teeth in the recess, and a pull tab for engaging and disengaging the first and second rows of teeth to fasten and unfasten the second fastening part, and

the first slide fastener half part includes a resin member having an inverted T-shaped cross-section, and the resin member includes a resin base material projecting from an upper side of a longitudinally long flat resin plate integral with the base material, the resin base material having an upper edge portion extending along a longitudinal direction of the recess with the first row of teeth being mounted on the upper edge portion, and the flat resin plate having a lower side adhesively secured directly to a bottom surface of the recess.

2. The seat according to claim 1, wherein the first fastening part is a hook-and-loop fastener.

3. The seat according to claim 1, wherein the first fastening part is a hook fastener.