Seat cover for all types of seats in motor vehicles or planes

• US 6,935,699 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2001
• Issued: 08/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CAR TRIM
• Original Assignee: Car Trim Fahrzeugausstattungen Produktionsgesellschaft Mbh
• Inventors: Biermann, Ernst
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US10/257,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20030227212A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,595 Days
• Field of Search: 297/452.64, 297/452.63, 297/452.58, 297/452.62, 297/218.1, 297/219.1, 297/229
• US Class Current: 297/452.64
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/56 Heating or ventilating devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5883 by sewing, stitching or threading
• CPC Class Codes: D04C 1/02 made from particular materials

Abstract

A cover for a seat in a motor vehicle or plane. The seat cover is made of a leather material which is provided with a braided area consisting of cord-like or strip-like elements in at least one point which comes under particular stress.

Claims

1. A seat cover for at least one of an automobile seat and an airplane seat comprising a leather material having a plaited area made of a plurality of intersecting elements arranged in at least one location in the leather material, said intersecting elements being ribbon-shaped and attached at an edge of the leather material.

2. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein the elements are cut from a leather base material in such a way that lateral cutting surfaces of said elements possess a rounded shape.

3. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein the plaited area is arranged on a cover component covering a center area of a seat component of at least one of an automobile seat and an airplane seat.

4. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein the plaited area is arranged in a center area of a cover component covering a back rest of at least one of an automobile seat and an airplane seat.

5. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein some of said plurality of elements of the plaited area are dyed differently from others of said plurality of elements in order to achieve an optical effect.

6. The seat cover according to claim 5, wherein the elements of the plaited area running in one direction are dyed differently than are the elements of the plaited area running in a different direction.

7. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein the elements of the plaited area are arranged on a base made of an air permeable and moisture discharging material.

8. The seat cover according to claim 7, wherein the air permeable material includes at least one of felt, non-woven fabric, batting, and foam material.

9. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein the elements of the plaited area are punched from a leather base material, and lateral areas of the elements are folded in order to form rounded longitudinal edges, said folded areas being attached to an interior surface of the elements.

10. The seat cover according to claim 9, wherein the folded lateral areas are dimensioned in such a way that they are butted against each other at a location at a rear side of the elements.

11. The seat cover according to claim 9, wherein the folded areas are attached to the interior surface of the elements by stitching.

12. The seat cover according to claim 9, wherein the folded areas are attached to the interior surface of the elements by gluing.

13. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein the elements are punched from a leather base material in such a way that lateral punched surfaces of said elements possess a slanted shape.

14. The seat cover according to claim 13, wherein the punched surfaces of the elements are equipped with an overlay of the leather base material.

15. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein the plaited area is inset in a cut-out in the leather material.

16. The seat cover according to claim 15, wherein the plaited area is attached to an adjacent edge of said leather material by stitching.

17. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein the plaited area is attached to said leather material edge by stitching.

18. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein the elements are cut from a leather base material in such a way that lateral cutting surfaces of said elements possess a slanted shape.

19. The seat cover according to claim 18, wherein the cutting surfaces of the elements are equipped with an overlay of the leather base material.

20. The seat cover according to claim 1, wherein the elements are punched from a leather base material in such a way that lateral punched surfaces of said elements possess a rounded shape.

21. A seat cover for at least one of an automobile seat and an airplane seat comprising a leather material having a plaited area made of a plurality of intersecting elements arranged in at least one location in the leather material, lateral areas of said elements being folded in order to form rounded longitudinal edges, said folded lateral areas being dimensioned in such a way that free edges of said folded lateral areas are butted against one another at a location at a rear side of said elements.

22. A seat cover for at least one of an automobile seat and an airplane seat comprising a leather material having a plaited area made of a plurality of intersecting elements arranged in at least one location in the leather material, said plaited area being inset in a cut-out in the leather material.