VEHICLE SEAT

• US 20120306256A1
• Filed: 06/01/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: NAKANE, Masami, OKUYAMA, Sakae
• Granted Patent: US 9,193,286 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/452.6
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/02 Upholstery attaching means quilting, quilting means, fastening, fixing or finishing upholstery B68G7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/18 having foamed material included in cushioning part foamed material mattresses A47C27/14
• 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 2/5841 by clamping means

Abstract

A vehicle seat including: a seat component including, a cushion material forming an outer shape of the vehicle seat, a plurality of groove parts formed to the cushion material and intersecting each other, a corner part formed by intersection of the plurality of groove parts, and a skin material covering the cushion material, wherein the skin material covers the cushion material while a portion of the skin material is engaged inside the plurality of groove parts in a pulled state, wherein the cushion material includes a protruding portion protruding from an external portion of the corner part, and wherein the protruding portion covers the external portion of the corner part and is shrinks toward the external portion of the corner part by a pressing force of the skin material engaged inside the plurality of groove parts in the pulled state.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat component such as a seat cushion or a seat back, the seat component including,

a cushion material forming an outer shape of the vehicle seat,

a plurality of groove parts formed to the cushion material and intersecting each other,

a corner part formed by intersection of the plurality of groove parts, and

a skin material covering the cushion material,

wherein the skin material covers the cushion material while a portion of the skin material is engaged inside the plurality of groove parts in a pulled state,

wherein the cushion material includes a protruding portion protruding from an external portion of the corner part, and

wherein the protruding portion covers the external portion of the corner part and shrinks toward the external portion of the corner part by a pressing force of the skin material engaged inside the plurality of groove parts in the pulled state.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the cushion material and the protruding portion are integrally molded from elastically stretchable resin.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the external portion of the corner part includes an upper surface of the cushion material and an inner surface of the groove part.

4. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat component such as a seat cushion or a seat back, the seat component including;

a cushion material having a plurality of groove parts intersecting each other and a corner part defined by intersection of the plurality of groove parts,

an engagement part provided inside the groove part, and

a skin material covering the cushion material while a portion of the skin material is fitted into the groove part in a pulled state, the skin material engaging with the engagement part,

wherein the cushion material includes a protruding portion protruding from an external portion of the corner part, and

wherein the protruding portion covers the external portion of the corner part and shrinks toward the external portion of the corner part by a pressing force of the skin material.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4,

wherein the cushion material and the protruding portion are integrally molded from elastically stretchable resin.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 4,

wherein the external portion of the corner part includes an upper surface of the cushion material and an inner surface of the groove part.