Vehicle seat cover

• US 6,151,926 A
• Filed: 06/30/1998
• Issued: 11/28/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: True Textiles Incorporated (Duvaltex, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Inventors: Tiensivu, Debra Jean, Leeke, Gary John
• Primary Examiner(s): WORRELL JR, LARRY D
• Application Number:
  US09/107,922
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 66/171, 66/170, 66/196, 66/198, 66/202, 297/218.1, 297/218.4, 297/226, 297/225, 297/452.59
• US Class Current: 66/170
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 1/22 specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/0123 Both surfaces including hollow piping or integrated straps, e.g. for inserts or mountings
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2505/08 Upholstery, mattresses

Abstract

A vehicle seat fabric cover (1) and a method of knitting the cover knitted from yarn (31-33) in generally a double jersey construction for covering a seat, the cover having an exposed front layer (12) and a rear layer (21) having formed integrally therewith a first coursewise extending single jersey tubular portion (22) with a second coursewise extending single jersey tubular portion (23) adjacent thereto, both tubular portions (22,23) being connected to the front layer (12) in the same course or adjacent courses.

Claims

1. A method of knitting a fabric cover of a generally double jersey construction on a flat "V" bed knitting machine having a front needle bed for knitting the front layer of the fabric and a rear needle bed for knitting the rear layer of the fabric, the method including knitting a double jersey fabric on both needle beds, and at a predetermined course of knitting the front needle bed is held up, and knitting continues on selected needles on the rear needle bed for a plurality of courses, after said plurality of courses yarn is looped around selected needles on the front needle bed, knitting then continues on the rear needle bed for a further plurality of courses and after said further courses yarn is looped around selected needles on the front needle bed, thereafter knitting continues on both needle beds.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein after knitting the plurality of courses on the rear needle bed the yarn is looped around the selected needles on the front needle bed using tuck stitches.

3. A method as claimed in claim 2 wherein after knitting said further courses on the rear needle bed the yarn is looped around selected front needle bed using tuck stitches.

4. A method as claimed in claim 2 wherein after knitting said further courses on the rear needle bed the yarn is looped around selected front needles by transferring loops from the rear needle bed.