IP Library Granted Patent US 10,561,246
Granted Patent B2
US 10,561,246 · App. 15/571,595 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Seat pad

Inventors: Kenji Kumagai (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiyuki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Toshimitsu Shinohara (Tokyo, JP); Taisuke Yonezawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
A47C7/18A47C27/14B60N2/90B68G5/02
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Patent No.
US 10,561,246
App. No.
15/571,595
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a seat pad ( 10 ) having a placing surface ( 11 ), wherein a lateral slit section ( 15 ) extending from an outer side toward an inner side of the seat pad ( 10 ) is formed in a first lateral direction (B 1 ) along the placing surface ( 11 ), and at least a portion of the lateral slit section ( 15 ) gradually becomes smaller in a thickness direction (H) perpendicular to the placing surface ( 11 ) from the outer side toward the inner side of the seat pad ( 10 ) in the first lateral direction (B 1 ).

Claims (31)

1. A seat pad having a placing surface and a side opposite to the placing surface,

wherein a lateral slit section extending from an outer side toward an inner side of the seat pad is formed in a first lateral direction, which is a lateral direction of an occupant, along the placing surface,

at least a portion of the lateral slit section gradually becomes smaller in a thickness direction perpendicular to the placing surface from the outer side toward the inner side of the seat pad in the first lateral direction,

side surfaces of the seat pad include a first side surface extending in a direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction and a second side surface perpendicular to the first side surface, and

the lateral slit section is open at only the first side surface of the seat pad and in a second lateral direction, and is not open at the second side surface and at the side opposite to the placing surface, and

the lateral slit section extends in the second lateral direction when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a placing surface of the seat pad.

2. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral slit section gradually becomes smaller in the thickness direction from the outer side toward the inner side of the seat pad throughout the length in the first lateral direction.

3. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral slit section is curved to be convex in the thickness direction.

4. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal slit section extending from the lateral slit section toward the placing surface in the thickness direction is formed in an end portion of the lateral slit section in the second lateral direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction along the placing surface.

5. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein concavo-convex sections that are continuous in a restricting direction along the placing surface are formed on a first inner surface disposed at the placing surface side in the thickness direction and a second inner surface disposed at a side opposite to the placing surface in the thickness direction in an inner surface that divides the lateral slit section, and

a concave section and a convex section of a first concavo-convex section that is the concavo-convex section formed on the first inner surface and a second concavo-convex section that is the concavo-convex section formed on the second inner surface face each other in the thickness direction.

6. The seat pad according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral slit section is gradually elongated in the first lateral direction from the outer side toward the inner side in the second lateral direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction along the placing surface.

7. A seat pad having a placing surface,

wherein a lateral slit section extending from an outer side toward an inner side of the seat pad is formed in a first lateral direction, which is a lateral direction of an occupant, along the placing surface,

at least a portion of the lateral slit section gradually becomes smaller in a thickness direction perpendicular to the placing surface from the outer side toward the inner side of the seat pad in the first lateral direction,

side surfaces of the seat pad include a first side surface extending in a direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction and a second side surface perpendicular to the first side surface, and

the lateral slit section is open at the first side surface of the seat pad and in a second lateral direction, and is not open at the second side surface,

wherein the lateral slit section is curved to be convex in the thickness direction.

8. A seat pad having a placing surface,

wherein a lateral slit section extending from an outer side toward an inner side of the seat pad is formed in a first lateral direction, which is a lateral direction of an occupant, along the placing surface,

at least a portion of the lateral slit section gradually becomes smaller in a thickness direction perpendicular to the placing surface from the outer side toward the inner side of the seat pad in the first lateral direction,

side surfaces of the seat pad include a first side surface extending in a direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction and a second side surface perpendicular to the first side surface, and

the lateral slit section is open at the first side surface of the seat pad and in a second lateral direction, and is not open at the second side surface,

wherein a longitudinal slit section extending from the lateral slit section toward the placing surface in the thickness direction is formed in an end portion of the lateral slit section in the second lateral direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction along the placing surface.

9. A seat pad having a placing surface,

wherein a lateral slit section extending from an outer side toward an inner side of the seat pad is formed in a first lateral direction, which is a lateral direction of an occupant, along the placing surface,

at least a portion of the lateral slit section gradually becomes smaller in a thickness direction perpendicular to the placing surface from the outer side toward the inner side of the seat pad in the first lateral direction,

side surfaces of the seat pad include a first side surface extending in a direction perpendicular to the first lateral direction and a second side surface perpendicular to the first side surface, and

the lateral slit section is open at the first side surface of the seat pad and in a second lateral direction, and is not open at the second side surface,

wherein concavo-convex sections that are continuous in a restricting direction along the placing surface are formed on a first inner surface disposed at the placing surface side in the thickness direction and a second inner surface disposed at a side opposite to the placing surface in the thickness direction in an inner surface that divides the lateral slit section, and

a concave section and a convex section of a first concavo-convex section that is the concavo-convex section formed on the first inner surface and a second concavo-convex section that is the concavo-convex section formed on the second inner surface face each other in the thickness direction.

Assignments (2)
ABSORPTION-TYPE COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Aug 26, 2022
From: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
To: ARCHEM INC.
Reel/Frame 061328/0297 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2017
From: KUMAGAI, KENJI; TAKAHASHI, YOSHIYUKI; SHINOHARA, TOSHIMITSU; YONEZAWA, TAISUKE
To: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044029/0252 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-108150 · May 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180132620A1 · May 17, 2018