Seat cover and vehicle seat

• US 10,703,238 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2016
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tachi-S Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Tachi-S Company Limited
• Inventors: Suzuki, Takahiko, Nagaoka, Katsunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Islam, Syed A
• Application Number:
  US16/072,998
• Publication Number:
  US 20190031063A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,345 Days
• Field of Search: 2972182, 2974526-45262
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/02 Upholstery attaching means quilting, quilting means, fastening, fixing or finishing upholstery B68G7/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5883 by sewing, stitching or threading

Abstract

Provided is a seat cover (5) of a vehicle seat (1) which is formed by sewing a plurality of skin materials includes: a locked part (23) which is provided in a sewn portion (12) of two sheets of sewn skin materials (10 and 11) and is locked in a locking part (22) of a cushion pad in a state where the sewn portion is pulled into a cushion pad (20). Among seam allowances of the skin materials included in the sewn portion, a seam allowance (14) of one skin material includes a protrusion part (15) which is arranged to protrude in a pulling-in direction of the sewn portion from a seam allowance (13) of the other skin material. The locked part is directly provided in the protrusion part.

Claims

1. A seat cover which is formed by sewing a plurality of skin materials, the seat cover comprising:

a locked part which is provided in a sewn portion of two sheets of sewn skin materials and is locked in a locking part of a cushion pad in a state where the sewn portion is pulled into a pulling-in groove extending along the sewn portion of the cushion pad of a seat covered with the seat cover, wherein;

among seam allowances of the two sheets of skin materials included in the sewn portion, a seam allowance of one of the two sheets of skin materials includes a protrusion part which is arranged in at least partial section in an extending direction of the seam allowance to protrude in a pulling-in direction of the sewn portion from a seam allowance of the other of the two sheets of skin materials, the one of the two sheets of skin materials, including the protrusion part, having a one-piece structure;

a seam allowance width of the seam allowance of the one of the two sheets of skin materials in the section provided with the protrusion part is larger than a seam allowance width of the seam allowance of the other of the two sheets of skin materials; and

the locked part is directly provided in the protrusion part.

2. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein

the seam allowance of the other of the two sheets of skin materials is sewn to the other of the two sheets of skin materials in a state of being folded back along a seam where the two sheets of skin materials are sewn.

3. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein

the locked part includes a hole bored in the protrusion part.

4. The seat cover according to claim 3, wherein

the locked part includes a reinforcement member which is provided at least in an edge side of the protrusion part in a vicinity of the hole and joined to the protrusion part.

5. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein

the locked part includes a hook member joined to the protrusion part.

6. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat cover, which is formed by sewing a plurality of skin materials, including;

a locked part which is provided in a sewn portion of two sheets of sewn skin materials; and

a cushion pad, covered with the seat cover, including;

a pulling-in groove which extends along the sewn portion of the seat cover; and

a locking part which is provided in the pulling-in groove, wherein;

the locked part of the seat cover is locked in the locking part of the cushion pad in a state where the sewn portion is pulled into the pulling-in groove;

among seam allowances of the two sheets of skin materials included in the sewn portion, a seam allowance of one of the two sheets of skin materials includes a protrusion part which is arranged in at least partial section in an extending direction of the seam allowance to protrude in a pulling-in direction of the sewn portion from a seam allowance of the other of the two sheets of skin materials, the one of the two sheets of skin materials, including the protrusion part, having a one-piece structure;

a seam allowance width of the seam allowance of the one of the two sheets of skin materials in the section provided with the protrusion part is larger than a seam allowance width of the seam allowance of the other of the two sheets of skin materials; and

the locked part is directly provided in the protrusion part.