Motor vehicle seat

• US 4,746,168 A
• Filed: 07/22/1986
• Issued: 05/24/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sicam Societa' Italiana Cuscini A Molle SPA
• Original Assignee: Sicam S.r.l. (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Bracesco, Roberto
• Primary Examiner(s): Aschenbrenner, Peter A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rendos, Thomas A.
• Application Number:
  US06/888,922
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 297/DIG. 3, 297/443, 297/444, 297/284, 297/440, 297/452
• US Class Current: 297/440.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5816 attachments thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/66 Lumbar supports
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/665 using inflatable bladders

Abstract

In a motor vehicle seat including a seat part and a back each formed by a support frame and a padding of foamed plastics material with an outer cover fixed to the support frame, attachment counterframes provided with rapid engagement parts which are releasably engageable with complementary engagement parts the support frames are incorporated in the padding of the seat part and the back.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle seat comprising a seat part and a back part, wherein at least one of said seat part and said back part includes:

a support frame;

a padding of foamed plastic material having an outer cover;

an attachment counterframe incorporated within said padding;

rapid engagement coupling means provided on said support frame and said attachment counterframe, for releasably connecting said attachment counterframe and said padding carried thereon to the support frame, said coupling means including at least one coupling member on one of said support frame and said counterframe, said coupling member further being snap-engageable in a cooperating aperture of the other one of said support frame and said counterframe, so as to rigidly connect the counterframe to the support frame without deformation of the counterframe, said coupling member being located at a position which is accessible from under the support frame when said counterframe is connected to the support frame, and said coupling member being resiliently deformable, as a result of an external action, into a contracted configuration to permit disengagement of the counterframe from the support frame.

2. A motor vehicle seat as in claim 1, wherein said back part includes a support frame having two upper attachment pins projecting upwardly and two lower attachment brackets having slots, said back part having an attachment counterframe which includes an upper portion with a pair of holes which are slidably engageable by said attachment pins, the attachment counterframe of the back part also including a pair of coupling members on its lower portion engageable within said slots.

3. A motor vehicle seat as in claim 1, wherein said support frame has a rear surface with an attachment recess and an upper surface with two front apertures, the corresponding counterframe incorporated within the padding of the seat part having two substantially horizontal attachment projections in its rear sides which are slidably engageable with said attachment recess in the rear surface of said support frame and the counterframe of said seat part further including two coupling members projecting downwardly from its front side which are snap-engageable in said front apertures of the support frame.

4. A motor vehicle seat as in claim 3, further including a contractable and expandable pneumatic device for adjusting the height of the front part of the seat padding mounted onto the front side of the seat counterframe.

5. A motor vehicle seat comprising a seat part and a back part, wherein at least one of said seat part and said back part includes:

a support frame having two upper attachment pins projecting upwardly, two lower attachment brackets having slots, and two intermediate abutments;

a padding of foamed plastic material having an outer cover;

an attachment counterframe incorporated within such padding which includes an upper portion with a pair of holes which are slidably engageable by said attachment pins, a pair of coupling members on its lower portion engageable within said slots, and an intermediate cross member which bears against the abutments, said intermediate cross member extending outwardly and rearwardly to the padding of the back part, and carrying a contractable and expandable pneumatic device for adjusting the arching of the padding; and

rapid engagement coupling means provided on said support frame and said attachment counterframe, for releasably connecting said attachment counterframe and said padding carried thereon to the support frame, said coupling means including at least one coupling member on one of said support frame and said counterframe, said coupling member further being snap-engageable in a cooperating aperture of the other one of said support frame and said counterframe, so as to rigidly connect the counterframe to the support frame without deformation of the counterframe, said coupling member being located at a position which is accessible from under the support frame when said counterframe is connected to the support frame, and said coupling member being resiliently deformable, as a result of an external action, into a contracted configuration to permit disengagement of the counterframe from the support frame.

6. A motor vehicle seat as in claim 5, wherein said back part further comprises a back panel of flexible material adaptable for engaging the support frame of the back part.