STITCHED SEAMS FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR COVERINGS
First Claim
1. A method of making a vehicle interior component having a decorative covering, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a sheet of covering material having an outer surface;
(b) folding the sheet of covering material along a fold line such that first and second portions of the outer surface are in facial contact;
(c) sewing a line of functional stitching through the folded sheet of covering material such that the stitching passes through both the first and second portions of the outer surface at a location proximate the fold line; and
(d) disposing the sewn covering material over a component substrate.
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Abstract
A vehicle interior component including a decorative covering includes a seam formed therein. The seam is formed in a single sheet of covering material while having the appearance of being formed by sewing two separate pieces of covering material together. The seam includes lines of functional stitching and decorative stitching and can simulate the appearance of a French seam. Sewing the decorative stitching into the single sheet of covering material can allow symmetric thread patterns to be more readily formed as part of the finished seam, and a seam can be located anywhere along the surface of a sheet of covering material to achieve a cut-and-sew appearance.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of making a vehicle interior component having a decorative covering, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a sheet of covering material having an outer surface; (b) folding the sheet of covering material along a fold line such that first and second portions of the outer surface are in facial contact; (c) sewing a line of functional stitching through the folded sheet of covering material such that the stitching passes through both the first and second portions of the outer surface at a location proximate the fold line; and (d) disposing the sewn covering material over a component substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle interior component having a decorative covering disposed over a component substrate, the decorative covering comprising:
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first and second portions of covering material having an outer surface; and a seam that includes a line of functional stitching that joins the first and second portions of covering material together and a line of decorative stitching spaced a selected distance from the line of functional stitching along the outer surface of the covering material, the line of decorative stitching being formed in a direction substantially parallel to the line of functional stitching and formed through a single layer of covering material. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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