Vehicle-seat covering system

• US 20020050734A1
• Filed: 10/24/2001
• Published: 05/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHK Spring Company Limited
• Original Assignee: NHK Spring Company Limited
• Inventors: Takezawa, Kiyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,588,290 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/452.58
• 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

The object of this invention is to provide a simple mechanism whereby the material of a seat-cover assembly of the side section of the front of a vehicle seat stretches so as to snugly fit the shape of the seat'"'"'s seat-pad assembly, thereby covering the seat so that it has a good appearance.

This invention is characterized such that a material-puller is arranged, on the boundary of the side section of the seat and the central section of a seat-cover assembly that covers the seat, in such a way that (a) said material-puller'"'"'s top-end side of an appropriate length is affixed to the boundary between the rear-bottom part of said central section and the rear-bottom part of the side section, (b) said material-puller'"'"'s bottom end is affixed to the front of a trail gore at the back-face bottom end of said main-part seat-cover assembly in the last step of sewing the cover on the seat, and (c) said seat-cover assembly is attached to the seat by pulling the bottom end of said seat-cover assembly in the backside direction. Also, said material-puller is characterized such that it is composed of a material having less stretching capability than that of said seat-cover.

Claims

1. A system for installing a seat cover on a the seat of a vehicle, whereby a material-puller is arranged such that said material-puller'"'"'s top-end side section of an appropriate length is affixed to a boundary between the back-face bottom part of the central section and the back-face bottom part of a side section of the front of a seat-cover assembly that is used to cover the seat, and such that said material-puller'"'"'s bottom end is affixed to the front of a trail gore at the back-face bottom end of said central section in the last step of sewing the cover on the seat, and wherein the bottom end of said seat-cover assembly is pulled in the backside direction in order to attach said seat-cover assembly to the seat.

2. A system for installing a seat cover on the seat of a vehicle, as described in claim 1, whereby said material-puller is composed of a material having less stretching capability than that of said seat-cover.