Method and a cover for covering a cushion of a motor vehicle seat
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1. A cover for covering a cushion of a motor vehicle seat, the cushion comprising a top, flanks and a bottom, said cover comprising:
- a panel having an outer edge for covering the top of the cushion;
a skirt for covering the flanks of the cushion, said skirt having a top edge joined to said outer edge of said panel and having a bottom edge;
a margin having pleats therein, formed along the bottom edge of said skirt; and
a non-stretch cord positioned on one side of said pleated margin at an edge thereof and fastened to said previously pleated margin by stitching for holding the margin against the bottom of the cushion.
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The cover comprises a panel, a skirt (6) and a margin (7) that extend mutually one from the other and that are designed respectively to cover the top of the cushion, at least a major fraction of its flanks (3b), and a corresponding marginal band around its bottom (3c), at least the major fraction of the length of the free edge of the margin (7) being pleated and tensioned by being sewn (at 14) in a prefolded state to a non-stretch cord that extends without folds along said edge.
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1. A cover for covering a cushion of a motor vehicle seat, the cushion comprising a top, flanks and a bottom, said cover comprising:
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a panel having an outer edge for covering the top of the cushion; a skirt for covering the flanks of the cushion, said skirt having a top edge joined to said outer edge of said panel and having a bottom edge; a margin having pleats therein, formed along the bottom edge of said skirt; and a non-stretch cord positioned on one side of said pleated margin at an edge thereof and fastened to said previously pleated margin by stitching for holding the margin against the bottom of the cushion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of covering a cushion for a motor vehicle seat, said cushion comprising a top, flanks and a bottom, said method comprising the steps of:
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constructing a cover comprising a panel and a skirt having a margin at a bottom edge; forming pleats in said margin; positioning a non-stretch cord on one side of said pleated margin; fastening the pleated margin to said non-stretch cord by stitching; attaching a top edge of said skirt to outer edges of said panel; and installing the cover on the cushion such that the panel covers the top of the cushion, the skirt covers the flanks of the cushion and the non-stretch cord holds the margin against the bottom of the cushion. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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