Seat having seating face made of sheet resilient material

• US 6,152,534 A
• Filed: 03/17/1999
• Issued: 11/28/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company), TS Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company), TS Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Takahashi, Naohiro, Ishii, Masashi, Maeda, Minoru, Matsuzaki, Tsutomu, Shoji, Tomomi, Ao, Tsutomu
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US09/271,312
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 297/218.1, 297/218.3, 297/218.4, 297/218.5, 297/228.13, 297/452.47, 297/452.56, 297/452.59
• US Class Current: 297/452.56
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5833 by hook-and-loop type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5883 by sewing, stitching or threading
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/70 Upholstery springs ; Upholstery

Abstract

A trim cover 5 capable of vending and deforming together with the sheet resilient material by pressure of a body of a sitting passenger is stretched within the frame of the frame body such as to face a front surface side of the sheet resilient material 2. With this structure, it is possible to suppress the air from an air conditioner in a vehicle from directly flowing from the seating face to a sitting passenger, thereby preventing the excessive effect of the air conditioner in the vehicle. Further, the design of the entire seat can be enhanced.

Claims

1. A seat having a seat cushion and a seat back wherein the seat cushion comprises:

a first frame;

first support means made of a first sheet of breathable, resilient material;

first attachment means affixed to said first support means on a periphery thereof for attaching said first support means on said first frame;

a first trim cover disposed on a sitting side of said first support means;

first reinforcing means attached along a periphery of said first trim cover and adapted lord attaching said first trim cover to said first frame; and

a plurality of first retainer means disposed around a periphery of said first frame for retaining said first attachment means and said first reinforcing means on said first frame, whereby said first support means and said trim cover arc stretched within said first frame.

2. A seat as set forth in claim 1 wherein the seat back comprises:

a second frame;

second support means made of a second sheet of breathable, resilient material;

second attachment means affixed to said second support means on a periphery thereof for attaching said second support means on said second frame;

a second trim cover disposed over a sitting side of said second support means;

second reinforcing means attached along a periphery of said second trim cover and adapted for attaching said second trim cover to said second frame; and

a plurality of second retainer means disposed around a periphery of said second frame for retaining said second attachment means and said second reinforcing means on said second frame, whereby said second support means and said second trim cover are stretched within said second frame.

3. A seat as set forth in claim 2 wherein said first trim cover is formed of a material that is capable of bending and deforming together with said first support means in response to pressure from a body of a person sitting on said seat.

4. A seat as set forth in claim 3 wherein said second trim cover is formed of a material that is capable of bending and deforming together with said second support means in response to pressure from the body of a person sitting on said seat.

5. A seat as set forth in claim 2 wherein said first and second trim covers are formed of a breathable material.

6. A seat as set forth in claim 2 wherein said first trim cover comprises a sheet of padding material facing the sitting side of said first support means and a sheet of covering material layered on top of said padding material.

7. A seat as set forth in claim 2 wherein said first and second trim covers each comprises a sheet of padding material facing the sitting side of said first and second support means respectively, and a sheet of covering material layered on top of said padding material.

8. A seat as set forth in claim 2 wherein said first attachment means comprises a first rigid plate formed integrally with the first sheet of breathable, resilient material and said second attachment means comprises a second rigid plate formed integrally with the second sheet of breathable, resilient material, said first and second rigid plates each having a plurality of holes formed therein and spaced about the periphery thereof.

9. A seat as set forth in claim 8 wherein said first retainer means comprises a plurality of first pawls attached to said first frame and said second retainer means comprises a plurality of second pawls attached to said second frame, said first pawls being adapted on said first frame for engaging with the holes in said first rigid plate and said second pawls being adapted on said second frame for engaging with the holes in said second rigid plate.

10. A seat as set forth in claim 8 wherein said first reinforcing means comprises a first reinforcing cord having a plurality of holes formed therein and spaced about a periphery thereof, said second reinforcing means comprises a second reinforcing cord having a plurality of holes formed therein and spaced about a periphery thereof, said holes in said first reinforcing cord being aligned with the holes in said first rigid plate, and said holes in said second reinforcing cord being aligned with the holes in said second rigid plate.

11. A seat as set forth in claim 10 wherein said first retainer means comprises a plurality of first pawls attached to said first frame and said second retainer means comprises a plurality of second pawls attached to said second frame, said first pawls being adapted on said first frame for engaging with the holes in said first rigid plate and said first reinforcing cord and said second pawls being adapted on said second frame for engaging with the holes in said second rigid plate and said second reinforcing cord.

12. A seat as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first attachment means comprises a rigid plate formed integrally with the first sheet of breathable, resilient material, said rigid plate having a plurality of holes formed therein and spaced about the periphery thereof.

13. A seat as set forth in claim 12 wherein said first retainer means comprises a plurality of pawls attached to said first frame and adapted thereon for engaging with the holes in said rigid plate.

14. A seat as set forth in claim 12 wherein said first reinforcing means comprises a reinforcing cord having a plurality of holes formed therein and spaced about a periphery thereof, said holes being aligned with the holes in said rigid plate.

15. A seat as set forth in claim 14 wherein said first retainer means comprises a plurality of pawls attached to said first frame and adapted thereon for engaging with the holes in said rigid plate and said reinforcing cord.