Seat having seating face made of sheet resilient material

• US 6,375,269 B1
• Filed: 05/19/2000
• Issued: 04/23/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• 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: Maeda, Minoru, Shoji, Tomomi, Ishii, Masashi, Takahashi, Naohiro, Matsuzaki, Tsutomu, Ao, Tsutomu
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): EDELL, JOSEPH F
• Application Number:
  US09/554,867
• Time in Patent Office: 704 Days
• Field of Search: 297/452.56, 297/218.2, 297/218.3
• US Class Current: 297/452.56
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/023 connecting upholstery to frames, e.g. by hooks, clips, snap fasteners, clamping means or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/282 with mesh-like supports, e.g. elastomeric membranes
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/58 Seat coverings
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/72 Attachment or adjustment thereof

Abstract

A seat having a seating face made of sheet resilient material is assembled from a seat frame comprising a substantially quadrilateral frame body, the sheet resilient material forming the seating face, a pad member forming a largely rising bank, and a skin material enclosing the pad member, wherein the sheet resilient material is stretched within a frame body of the seat frame, one end of the skin material is abutted against and fixed on the frame body of the seat frame, the pad member is assembled outside the seat frame, the skin material covers outside of the pad member from the one end which is abutted against and fixed on the frame body of the seat frame, and the other end is wound and stopped around a back of the seat frame, a bank which rises larger than the surface position of the seating face made of the sheet resilient material which is stretched within the frame of the seat frame is formed, and the bank is assembled as a strong bank with a simple structure, and the pad member prevents the seat frame from touching a sitting passenger so that the sitting passenger should not feel a sense of incongruity.

Claims

1. A seat having a seating face made of sheet resilient material, assembled from a seat frame comprising a substantially quadrilateral frame body, said sheet resilient material forming said seating face, a pad member forming a largely rising bank, and a skin material enclosing said pad member, wherein said sheet resilient material is stretched within said frame body of said seat frame, one end of said skin material is abutted against and fixed on said frame body of said seat frame, said pad member is assembled outside said seat frame, said skin material covers an outside of said pad member from said one end which is abutted against and fixed on said frame body of said seat frame, and the other end is wound and stopped around a back of said seat frame.

2. A seat having a seating face made of sheet resilient material according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of locking pawls projecting from a frame surface of said seat frame at a predetermined distance from one another, wherein said sheet resilient material comprises a resin plate around a peripheral edge of said sheet resilient material, said resin plate comprising a plate surface having a plurality of slits located in correspondence with said locking pawls on the seat frame and a plurality of projections rising from said plate surface and spaced at a predetermined distance from one another, said skin material comprising a reinforcing cord at said one end, said reinforcing cord having a plurality of holes located in correspondence with said projections of said resin plate, said resin plate is mounted to said frame body of said seat frame by said locking pawls which are inserted into said slits and bent so that said sheet resilient material is stretched within said frame body of said seat frame, and said reinforcing cord is mounted to said resin plate by said projections which are fitted into said holes and caulked, whereby said one end of said skin material is connected and fixed to said frame body of said seat frame.

3. A seat having a seating face made of sheet resilient material according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of locking pawls projecting from a frame surface of said frame body at a predetermined distance from one another, wherein said sheet resilient material comprises a resin plate around a peripheral edge of said sheet resilient material, said resin plate comprising a plate surface having first slits located in correspondence with said locking pawls of said seat frame, said skin material comprising a reinforcing cord at said one end of said skin material, said reinforcing cord having second slits at positions aligned with said first slits of said resin plate,

said resin plate of said sheet resilient material is abutted against and disposed on a frame surface of said frame body, said reinforcing cord of said skin material is superposed on said resin plate of said sheet resilient material, and said locking pawls of said seat frame are fitted in said first slits of said resin plate and said second slits of said reinforcing cord, said locking pawls are bent, whereby said resin plate and said reinforcing cord are fastened and fixed to said seat frame.

4. A seat having a seating face made of sheet resilient material according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said sheet resilient material is formed integrally with said resin plate.

5. A seat having a seating face made of sheet resilient material according to claim 2, wherein said resin plate is provided along opposite sides thereof with rising flanges which engage opposite side surfaces of said seat frame.

6. A seat having a seating face made of sheet resilient material according to claim 1, wherein said sheet resilient material is fixed to and held by said substantially quadrilateral frame body which is formed integrally with a peripheral edge of said sheet resilient material.

7. A seat having a seating face made of sheet resilient material according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of projections are provided on said frame body and disposed at a constant distance from each other, said skin material is provided at said one end of said skin material with a reinforcing cord having a plurality of holes in positions in correspondence with said projections of said frame body of said seat frame, and

said reinforcing cord is mounted to said frame body by causing said projections to be fitted in said holes and caulking said projections, whereby said one end of said skin material is connected and fixed to said seat frame.

8. A seat having a seating face made of sheet resilient material according to claim 3, wherein said resin plate is provided along opposite sides thereof with rising flanges which engage opposite side surfaces of said seat frame.

9. A seat having a seating face made of sheet resilient material according to claim 4, wherein said resin plate is provided along opposite sides thereof with rising flanges which engage opposite side surfaces of said seat frame.