Vehicle seat cushion

• US 5,283,918 A
• Filed: 04/20/1992
• Issued: 02/08/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: CA Greiner & Sohne GmbH
• Original Assignee: C A Greiner & Sohne
• Inventors: Moseneder, Johann, Weingartner, Rudolf
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Saether, Flemming
• Application Number:
  US07/870,959
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 5/459, 5/481, 5/483, 5/470, 5/653, 297/DIG. 1, 297/DIG. 5, 297/452, 297/459, 297/458, 297/DIG. 6, 297/DIG. 2, 297/218
• US Class Current: 297/452.21
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/00 Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/20 with reinforcement in the foam layer
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/26 with reinforcement of the external layer of the upholstery, e.g. vandal resistant
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/242 Bus seats
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0647 Seats characterised by special upholstery or cushioning features
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 1/22 specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 21/14 Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threads; Fabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes pile fabrics D04B21/02; non-woven fabrics in general D04H
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2505/08 Upholstery, mattresses
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 50/40 Weight reduction
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 297/05 Fireproof
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 297/06 Hook and loop type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 297/07 Rocker/recliner
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/902 High modulus filament or fiber
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/92 Fire or heat protection feature
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 5/922 with hook and loop type fastener

Abstract

A seat cushion is disclosed, in particular for an aircraft seat, with a supporting body of a foamed plastic with a spring core embedded therein, and a flameproofing layer of flame-retardant plastics foam, to which a covering material is secured, preferably detachably. The supporting body is formed from a lower supporting part of foamed plastic having the spring core embedded therein and a sitting part, also of foamed plastic, preferably of a different density.

Claims

1. In combination with an aircraft seat, a seat cushion comprising:

(a) supporting body of foamed plastic material, the supporting body comprising

(1) a major lower supporting part having lateral, front and rear edges, and a planar upper surface and a lower surface extending therebetween, and

(2) a minor upper sitting part having an upper surface remote from the supporting part and a planar lower surface in contact with substantially the entire upper surface of the support part, the upper and lower surfaces of the sitting part extending between lateral edges of the sitting part,

(b) a spring core formed of wires, the spring core being embedded in, and surrounded by, the foamed plastic material of the lower supporting part,

(c) detachable connecting means for attaching the supporting and sitting parts to each other,

(d) a flameproofing layer of a flame-retardant foamed plastic material covering at least the upper surface of the sitting part and overlapping the supporting part along the edges thereof, and

(e) an outer covering material attached to the flameproofing layer.

2. The seat cushion of claim 1, wherein the covering material is detachably attached to the flameproofing layer.

3. The seat cushion of claim 1, wherein the detachable connecting means comprises burred closure means.

4. The seat cushion of claim 1, further comprising burred closure means detachably connecting the outer covering material to the supporting part.

5. The seat cushion of claim 1, further comprising burred closure means detachably connecting the flameproofing layer to the supporting part.

6. The seat cushion of claim 1, further comprising a flame-retardant material covering at least a surface portion of the supporting part not in contact with the sitting part.

7. The seat cushion of claim 6, wherein the flame-retardant covering material is elastically deformable.

8. The seat cushion of claim 6, wherein the flame-retardant covering material is bonded to the surface portion by an adhesive layer.

9. The seat cushion of claim 1, further comprising an intermediate layer arranged between the supporting body and the flameproofing layer, the intermediate layer being comprised of a high temperature resistant material selected from fibers and threads.

10. The seat cushion of claim 1, wherein the spring core in the supporting part is positioned further from the front edge than the rear edge of the supporting part.

11. The seat cushion of claim 1, wherein the spring core, when unstressed, has a height greater than that of the supporting part and is prestressed in the supporting part to a height less than that of the supporting part.

12. The seat cushion of claim 1, wherein the spring core has upper and lower bearing surfaces spaced, respectively, from and inwardly of the upper and lower surfaces of the supporting part.

13. The seat cushion of claim 12, wherein the spring core has intersecting longitudinal and transverse wires extending between the upper and lower bearing surfaces, and the lower surface of the supporting part defines grooves in alignment with the points of intersection of the wires.

14. The seat cushion of claim 1, wherein the lower surface of the sitting part defines recesses int he sitting part.

15. The seat cushion of claim 14, wherein the recesses are situated in the region of the lateral edges of the sitting part.

16. The seat cushion of claim 1, wherein the flameproofing layer covers the lateral edges of the sitting and supporting parts.

17. The seat cushion of claim 16, wherein the outer covering material extends over the lateral edges of the sitting and supporting parts, and the covering material is detachably secured to the lower surface of the supporting part.

18. The seat cushion of claim 1, wherein the supporting and sitting parts are made of open-celled foamed plastic materials of different densities, he density of the plastic material of the sitting part being less than that of the plastic material of the supporting part.

19. The seat cushion of claim 1, wherein the supporting part is comprised of a plurality of vertically extending regions of different foamed plastic materials.

20. The seat cushion of claim 1, wherein the flameproofing layer comprises an open-celled foamed plastic material having a density corresponding approximately to the density of the foamed plastic material of the sitting part.

21. The seat cushion of claim 1, wherein the flameproofing layer comprises an open-celled foamed plastic material having a density corresponding approximately to the density of the foamed plastic material of the supporting part.

22. The seat cushion of claim 1, further comprising a fluid-tight intermediate layer between the foamed plastic material of the supporting part and the covering layer.