IP Library Granted Patent US 10,173,563
Granted Patent B2
US 10,173,563 · App. 15/523,372 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Seat having surface cover and peripheral cover with cooperative inclined piles

Inventors: Ryo Kurobe (Tokyo, JP); Taku Nagasawa (Saitama, JP); Tomoyuki Uemura (Saitama, JP); Kazuyuki Kaneko (Saitama, JP)
Assignees: TAICHI-S CO., LTD.; HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60N2/6027B60N2/5825B60N2/5833B60N2/6036B60N2/7005B61D33/0035
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Patent No.
US 10,173,563
App. No.
15/523,372
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a seat that makes it possible to easily connect the end of a surface cover when assembling the surface cover and to achieve a secure connection. To this end, a seat ( 1 ) is provided with inclined piles ( 70, 80 ) on the end of the surface cover ( 4 ) and at a location that faces the end of the surface cover ( 4 ) on a cushion member ( 2 ) that forms a seat section, the inclined pile ( 80 ) of the cushion member ( 2 ) is inclined in a direction that is the opposite of the direction in which a load resulting from a seated person occurs, and the inclined pile ( 70 ) of the end of the surface cover ( 4 ) is inclined in the direction in which the load resulting from a seated person occurs.

Claims (12)

1. A seat having a back cushion and a seat cushion, at least one of the back cushion and the seat cushion having a surface cover and a peripheral cover connected via a detachable first fastening part, wherein a first inclined pile is disposed on the one cushion in a space between opposed surfaces of the back cushion and the seat cushion at a joint part of the seat, an end of the surface cover has a second inclined pile inserted into the space and engaged with the first inclined pile, the first inclined pile is inclined in an insertion direction of the end of the surface cover into the space, and the second inclined pile is inclined in a direction opposite to the insertion direction.

2. The seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the seat cushion has the surface cover and the peripheral cover;

the surface cover and the peripheral cover are detachably connected on left, right, and front surfaces of the seat cushion via the first fastening part; and

the first and second inclined piles are engageably disposed on the seat cushion and a rear end of the surface cover, respectively.

3. The seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein the back cushion has the surface cover and the peripheral cover;

the surface cover and the peripheral cover are detachably connected on left, right, and upper surfaces of the seat back via the first fastening part; and

the first and second inclined piles are engageably disposed on the back cushion and a lower end of the surface cover, respectively.

4. The seat according to claim 1 ,

wherein a holding piece is attached to the end of the surface cover; and

the second inclined pile is formed on the holding piece.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 4, 2026
From: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
To: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075515/0925 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2017
From: KUROBE, RYO; NAGASAWA, TAKU; UEMURA, TOMOYUKI; KANEKO, KAZUYUKI
To: TACHI-S CO., LTD.; HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042417/0994 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-239357 · Nov 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170253158A1 · Sep 7, 2017
Cited By (1)
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