Seat cover covering structure

• US 8,128,166 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2007
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Shinohara, Kazukimi, Hoshina, Makoto, Chaza, Seiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Barfield, Anthony D
• Application Number:
  US12/518,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20100060069A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,561 Days
• Field of Search: 297/218.1, 297/218.2, 297/218.3, 297/218.4, 297/218.5, 297/228.11, 297/228.12
• US Class Current: 297/218.4
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/585 by buckle passages

Abstract

A pull-in recess is formed in a seat pad (30). The pull-in recess is partly formed as a through hole penetrating to a back surface of the seat pad. A seat cover (40) is formed into a bag shape. A string-shaped member (50) for drawing the seat cover (40) and attaching the same to the seat pad (30) is disposed along an opening of the seat cover. The seat cover (40) is provided with a pull-in portion at a position corresponding to the pull-in recess of the seat pad (30). The pull-in portion is inserted into the through hole of the seat pad (30). A distal end of the pull-in portion is provided with a retainer portion (47a and 47b) that is capable of engaging the string-shaped member (50). The retainer portions (47a and 47b) inserted into the through holes (34a and 34b) of the seat pad (30) are engaged with the string-shaped member (50) while the drawing action force of the string-shaped member (50) is applied thereto, which force can be produced when the seat cover is attached by drawing.

Claims

1. A seat cover covering structure of a seat in which an outer surface of a seat pad having a pull-in recess is covered by a bag-shaped seat cover and in which an opening of the seat cover is fastened via a drawer using a string-shaped material, comprising:

a pull provided to a back surface of the seat cover at a position corresponding to the pull-in recess,

wherein an action force for narrowing the opening that is produced by tightening the string-shaped material is acted on the pull, so that the seat cover is pulled into the pull-in recess while the opening is narrowed;

wherein at least one portion of the pull-in recess is formed as a through hole penetrating to a back surface of the seat pad, wherein the pull is provided with a pull-in portion that is inserted into the through hole penetrating to the back surface of the seat pad, the pull-in portion being one of integrally formed and provided as a separate piece, wherein a distal end of the pull-in portion is inserted into the through hole and provided with a retainer portion that is capable of engaging the string-shaped material; and

wherein the retainer portion of the pull-in portion of the seat cover inserted into the through hole penetrating to the back surface of the seat pad is engaged with the string-shaped material such that the action force for narrowing the opening that is produced by tightening the string-shaped material is applied to the pull-in portion via the retainer portion.

2. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 1, wherein two leading sections of the string-shaped material that are disposed along the opening of the bag-shaped seat cover are engaged with the retainer portion of the pull-in portion of the seat cover, and

wherein two leading end portions of the string-shaped material are fixed to another construction element such that the action force is applied to the pull-in portion in a direction along the through hole.

3. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 2, wherein the seat is constructed to be placed on a pedestal that is positioned in a back side position, and

wherein the pedestal is used as the another construction element to which the two leading end portions of the string-shaped material are fixed.

4. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the string-shaped material extends about a periphery of the opening of the seat cover.

5. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 4, wherein the string-shaped material is connected to the pull.

6. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 5, wherein a middle portion of the string-shaped material is connected to the pull.

7. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 5, wherein end portions of the string-shaped material are connected to the pull.

8. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 5, wherein the string-shaped material extends through the pull.

9. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the seat cover includes a plurality of pulls provided to the back surface of the seat cover,

each of the plurality of pulls are independent from others of the plurality of pulls, and

the string-shaped material is continuously connected to each of the plurality of pulls.

10. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 9, wherein the string-shaped material generally extends about a periphery of the opening of the seat cover.

11. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 1, wherein the pull is attached to the back surface of the seat cover via a single point.

12. The seat cover covering structure of the seat as defined in claim 11, wherein the string-shaped material generally extends about a periphery of the opening of the seat cover and is connected to the pull.