Trim cover for use with seats in vehicles

• US 4,718,718 A
• Filed: 08/08/1986
• Issued: 01/12/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Maruyama, Hidekazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Zugel, Francis K.
• Application Number:
  US06/894,880
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• Field of Search: 297/180, 297/219, 297/218, 297/DIG. 1, 297/DIG. 2, 297/452, 5/471, 5/470
• US Class Current: 297/180.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5685 Resistance
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 297/01 Foam

Abstract

A trim cover for use with seats in vehicles and having an electric heater housed therein wherein seams each for binding its surface skin and base cloth together are formed at the sitting area of the trim cover in the longitudinal direction thereof to form an appropriate number of elongated sack-like portions between the surface skin and the base cloth, a pulling loop traverse the sack-like portions at the middle thereof is joined together with the surface skin and the base cloth, a pair of openings are formed at the middle of each of the sack-like portions, interposing the pulling loop between the paired openings, a through-hole is provided at that portion of the pulling loop which is located between the paired openings, each of band-like portions of the electric heater is inserted through its corresponding sack-like portion, passing through the paired openings and the through-hole in the pulling loop between the paired openings, and a pulling wire is passed through the pulling loop.

Claims

1. A trim cover for covering a seat cushion of a seat in a vehicle, comprising:

a surface skin;

a base cloth connected to said surface skin;

wadding sandwiched between said surface skin and said base cloth;

an electric heater comprising a plurality of band-like portions;

a plurality of elongated sack-like portions formed between said surface skin and said base cloth, each sack-like portion being separated from adjacent sack-like portions by seams which bind said surface skin and said base cloth together, each sack-like portion receiving one of said plurality of band-like electric heater portions and having an opening formed intermediate its length;

a pulling loop traversing said plurality of sack-like portions at their openings, said pulling loop being joined together with said surface skin and said base cloth and having a plurality of through-holes permitting passage therethrough of said plurality of band-like electric heater portions, whereby each band-like portion extends from a respective sack-like portion on one side of a through-hole, through said through-hole and into the sack-like portion on the other side of said through-hole; and

a pulling wire passed through said pulling loop for securing the trim cover to the seat cushion.

2. A trim cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pulling wire is covered with rubber to prevent harmful contact with said electric heater.

3. A trim cover as claimed in claim 1 and further comprising a plurality of side pulling loops sewn together with said surface skin and said base cloth, each of said side pulling loops being positioned at an outer edge of one of the outermost of said sack-like portions and having a pulling wire passed through it for attachment to the seat.

4. A seat for a vehicle, comprising:

a seat cushion; and

a trim cover for covering said seat cushion comprising a surface skin, a base cloth connected to said surface skin, wadding sandwiched between said surface skin and said base cloth, an electric heater comprising a plurality of band-like portions, a plurality of elongated sack-like portions formed between said surface skin and said base cloth, each sack-like portion being separated from adjacent sack-like portions by seams which bind said surface skin and said base cloth together, each sack-like portion receiving one of said plurality of band-like electric heater portions and having an opening formed intermediate its length, a pulling loop traversing said plurality of sack-like portions at their openings, said pulling loop being joined together with said surface skin and said base cloth and having a plurality of through-holes permitting passage therethrough of said plurality of band-like electric heater portions, whereby each band-like portion extends from a respective sack-like portion on one side of a through-hole, through said through-hole and into the sack-like portion on the other side of said through-hole, and a pulling wire passed through said pulling loop for securing the trim cover to the seat cushion.

5. A seat as claimed in claim 4, wherein said pulling wire is covered with rubber to prevent harmful contact with said electric heater.

6. A seat as claimed in claim 4 and further comprising a plurality of side pulling loops sewn together with said surface skin and said base cloth, each of said side pulling loops being positioned at an outer edge of one of the outermost of said sack-like portions and having a pulling wire passed through it for attachment to the seat.