Seat for vehicle

• US 6,332,651 B1
• Filed: 08/27/1999
• Issued: 12/25/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Horisawa, Kouta
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): VU, STEPHEN A
• Application Number:
  US09/384,090
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 297/284.1, 297/440.14, 297/219.1, 297/230.13, 297/228.13, 297/452.11
• US Class Current: 297/452.11
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/742 for ventilating or cooling A47C31/116 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6027 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7005 detachable

Abstract

A seat for a vehicle includes a seat frame having a major middle portion made of a resin, at least a part of the major middle portion having a net structure. A covering member for covering the major middle portion is detachably engaged with the seat frame such that, when the covering member is detached from the seat frame, at least a part of the net structure of the seat frame is exposed, thereby producing a ventilation. During the summer season the covering member can be detached from the major middle portion thereby providing high ventilation for the seat, while during the winter season the covering member can be engaged with the major middle portion thereby providing a high heat retaining property for the seat.

Claims

1. A seat for a vehicle, comprising:

a seat frame having a major middle portion made of a resin, at least a part of said major middle portion having a plurality of through openings formed therein to form a ventilation permitting structure, said seat frame being adapted to comfortably support a person seated directly thereon, so that the ventilation permitting structure, at least in part, enables cooling ventilation about a portion of the body of the seated person; and

a readily detachable covering member for selectively covering said major middle portion under predetermined temperature conditions, said covering member being selectively engageable with said seat frame such that, when said covering member is attached to said seat frame, at least a portion of the plurality of through openings in said seat frame is covered, thereby preventing ventilation.

2. The seat according to claim 1, wherein said covering member is detachably engaged with said net structure.

3. The seat according to claim 1, wherein said seat further comprises a seat back garnish for covering a back surface of said major middle portion of said seat frame, said seat back garnish being detachably engaged with said seat frame.

4. The seat according to claim 3, wherein said seat back garnish is detachably engaged with said net structure.

7. The seat according to claim 1, wherein said seat further comprises a seat back and a seat cushion, mid wherein said net structure is formed on each of said seat back and said seat cushion.

5. A seat for a vehicle, comprising:

a seat frame having a major middle portion made of a resin, at least a part of said major middle portion having a net structure comprised of a plurality of regularly spaced ventilating through holes formed through the major middle portion;

a selectively removable ventilation preventing covering member for covering said major middle portion, said covering member being detachably engaged with said seat frame such that, when said covering member is detached from said seat frame, at least a part of said net structure of said seat frame is exposed, thereby enabling the exposed net structure to provide ventilation between said seat frame and a person seated on said seat frame; and

a plurality of pads disposed at predetermined intervals along a surface of said major middle portion of said seat frame, said pads being made of a soft resin.

6. The seat according to claim 5, wherein each of the pads is surrounded by said net structure.

8. A seat for a vehicle comprising:

a seat frame comprising;

a major middle portion made of a resin,

a ventilation structure formed in said major middle portion, said ventilation structure comprising a plurality of regularly spaced through holes; and

a plurality of soft resin pads disposed in spaced openings formed along a middle portion of the major middle portion so as to be each surrounded by the ventilation structure.

9. The seat according to claim 8, further comprising a ventilation preventing cover which is detachably connectable to at least the major middle portion when cooling ventilation is not wanted.

10. The seat according to claim 9, wherein the ventilation preventing cover is made of a material having a high heat retaining property.