Vehicle seat, a skin material for a vehicle seat and a method of manufacturing the vehicle seat
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1. A vehicle seat comprising:
- a cushioning material having a ridge defining a seating area on said cushioning material;
a skin material covering said cushioning material and bonded to said cushioning material only within said seating area, said skin material comprising, as successive layers in a laminate, a PVC layer, a substrate fabric made of a knitted material and a closed-cell cellular synthetic resin material.
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Abstract
The vehicle seat of the invention includes a cushioning material having a ridge surrounding and defining a seating area on the cushioning material and a skin material covering the cushioning material. The skin material and cushioning material are bonded together only within the seating area. The skin material is a laminate including, in succession, a PVC layer, a knitted fabric and a closed-cell synthetic resin foam. A water proof film may be interposed between the cushioning material and the skin material outside of the seating area.
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1. A vehicle seat comprising:
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a cushioning material having a ridge defining a seating area on said cushioning material;
a skin material covering said cushioning material and bonded to said cushioning material only within said seating area, said skin material comprising, as successive layers in a laminate, a PVC layer, a substrate fabric made of a knitted material and a closed-cell cellular synthetic resin material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
wherein a concave groove is formed in the cushioning material on the seating area side of the ridge, at a predetermined position including the joining line; and
further comprising;
a water proof film disposed between the second skin portion and the cushioning material, but not between the cushioning material and the first skin portion covering the seating area, with an inner peripheral edge located at the concave groove.
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5. A vehicle seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the PVC layer is overlaid with an acrylic or vinyl chloride surface material.
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6. A vehicle seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the surface material comprises a vinyl chloride-acrylic ester copolymer resin or a vinyl chloride-methacrylate copolymer resin.
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7. A vehicle seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the substrate fabric is a knitted material comprising nylon yarns, polyester yarns or rayon yarns.
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8. A vehicle seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the closed-cell cellular synthetic resin material is a crosslinked cellular material.
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9. A vehicle seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the closed-cell cellular synthetic resin material is a PVC cellular material.
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10. A vehicle seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the skin material contains a protein.
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11. A vehicle seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the PVC layer, the substrate fabric and the closed-cell cellular synthetic resin material are laminated and bonded by a urethane type adhesive.
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