SEAT COVER COVERING STRUCTURE

• US 20100060069A1
• Filed: 11/27/2007
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Hoshina, Makoto, Chaza, Seiji, Shinohara, Kazukimi
• Granted Patent: US 8,128,166 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/452.580
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/585 by buckle passages

Abstract

A pull-in recess is formed in a seat pad (30). The pull-in recess is partly formed as a through hole penetrating to a back surface of the seat pad. A seat cover (40) is formed into a bag shape. A string-shaped member (50) for drawing the seat cover (40) and attaching the same to the seat pad (30) is disposed along an opening of the seat cover. The seat cover (40) is provided with a pull-in portion at a position corresponding to the pull-in recess of the seat pad (30). The pull-in portion is inserted into the through hole of the seat pad (30). A distal end of the pull-in portion is provided with a retainer portion (47a and 47b) that is capable of engaging the string-shaped member (50). The retainer portions (47a and 47b) inserted into the through holes (34a and 34b) of the seat pad (30) are engaged with the string-shaped member (50) while the drawing action force of the string-shaped member (50) is applied thereto, which force can be produced when the seat cover is attached by drawing.

Claims

1. A seat cover covering structure of a seat in which an outer surface of a seat pad having a pull-in recess is covered by a bag-shaped seat cover and in which an opening of the seat cover is fastened via a drawing structure using a string-shaped member, comprising:

a pull-in member provided to a back surface of the seat cover at a position corresponding to the pull-in recess,

wherein an action force for narrowing the opening that is produced by tightening the string-shaped member is acted on the pull-in member, so that the seat cover can be pulled into the pull-in recess while the opening is narrowed.

2. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 1, wherein at least one portion of the pull-in recess is formed as a through hole penetrating to a back surface of the seat pad,

wherein the pull-in member is provided with a pull-in portion that is inserted into the through hole penetrating to the back surface of the seat pad, the pull-in portion being integrally formed or provided as a separate piece,

wherein a distal end of the pull-in portion inserted into the through hole is provided with a retainer portion that is capable of engaging the string-shaped member;

and

wherein the retainer portion of the pull-in portion of the seat cover inserted into the through hole penetrating to the back surface of the seat pad is engaged with the string-shaped member such that the action force for narrowing the opening that is produced by tightening the string-shaped member can be applied thereto.

3. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 2, wherein both leading sections of the string-shaped member that is disposed along the opening of the bag-shaped seat cover are engaged with the retainer portion of the pull-in portion of the seat cover, and wherein both leading end portions of the string-shaped member are fixed to another construction element such that the action force can be applied to the pull-in portion in a direction along the through hole.

4. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 3, wherein the seat is constructed to be placed on a pedestal member that is position in a back side position, and wherein the pedestal member is used as the another construction element to which the leading end portions of the string-shaped member is fixed.