Mounting device for foaming in a foam part

• US 5,723,197 A
• Filed: 12/21/1995
• Issued: 03/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbH & Company KG (Adient plc)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbH & Company KG (Adient plc)
• Inventors: Grund, Wolfgang, Habersatter, Matthias, Steinmeier, Horst
• Primary Examiner(s): Epstein, Henry F.
• Application Number:
  US08/576,101
• Time in Patent Office: 803 Days
• Field of Search: 428/122, 428/358, 428/159, 297/452.18, 297/452.6
• US Class Current: 428/122
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 44/12 Incorporating or moulding on preformed parts, e.g. inserts or reinforcements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24198 Channel-shaped edge component [e.g., binding, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24504 Component comprises a polymer [e.g., rubber, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2902 Channel shape

Abstract

This invention deals with a particular mounting device--and its production--for foaming in a foam part made of polyurethane or similar material and serving as a pad for backrests, seating surfaces, and respective areas of car seats. The mounting device allows attachment of a cover onto the foam part. This invention dispenses with the use of metal inlaid wires in the foam part and uses an easily-produced foam part. The mounting device has a girder section with preferably a coarse meshwork which is at least partially foamed around by polyurethane or similar material before being placed into a mold for the foam part.

Claims

1. A foam part for a backrest or a seating surface of a vehicle seat comprising:

a molded foam pad 19; and

an elongated mounting device 1 encapsulated within the foam pad 19, the mounting device having an elongated core 2 of a coarse meshwork and a body 21 of foamed polymer resin at least partially foamed around the core, the mounting device being encapsulated into the foam pad whereby the mounting device can be used to attach a cover onto the foam pad 19.

2. The foam part according to claim 1 wherein the core 2 is made of a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, jute, gauze and fleece.

3. The foam part according to claim 1 wherein the core 2 of the mounting device has a U-shaped, circular, or rectangular sectional area.

4. The foam part according to claim 1 wherein the core 2 of the mounting device has at least one holding portion 4 which extends outward from the body 21 of the mounting device and which is not foamed around by said foamed polymer resin of the mounting device but is encapsulated in the foam of the foam pad 19.

5. The foam part according to claim 1 wherein the foamed polymer resin of the body 21 which surrounds the core 2 consists at least partially of recycled material.