IP Library Granted Patent US 10,753,015
Granted Patent B2
US 10,753,015 · App. 15/705,969 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

High performance wool blend fabric

Inventors: Naoyuki Taniguchi (Tokyo, JP); Rose Morgan (Wilmington, NC)
Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,753,015
App. No.
15/705,969
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cover for a vehicle seat is provided. The cover may include a woven top layer and a woven bottom layer, interwoven with the woven top layer. The woven top layer may include a plurality of first warp yarns and a plurality of first weft yarns. The woven bottom layer may include a plurality of second warp yarns and a plurality of second weft yarns. The plurality of second warp and weft yarns may include wool.

Claims (14)

1. A cover for a vehicle seat comprising:

a top layer consisting of synthetic materials; and

a bottom layer connected to the top layer including wool wherein the bottom layer is configured to absorb moisture from the top layer of the synthetic materials when the cover is used on the vehicle seat and a seat occupant is positioned on the cover, wherein the top layer and bottom layer are interwoven with some yarn of the bottom layer extending to the top layer.

2. The cover of claim 1 , wherein the bottom layer has a moisture absorption rate that is at least 40% greater than the moisture absorption rate of the top layer.

3. The cover of claim 2 , wherein the bottom layer has a moisture absorption rate of at least 8%.

4. The cover of claim 1 , wherein the top layer is woven and includes a synthetic material and the bottom layer is woven and includes wool.

5. The cover of claim 4 , wherein the top layer comprises a plurality of first warp yarns and a plurality of first weft yarns, arranged orthogonally to the plurality of first warp yarns, and the bottom layer comprises a plurality of second warp yarns and a plurality of second weft yarns, arranged orthogonally to the plurality of second warp yarns, wherein the plurality of second warp yarns and the plurality of second weft yarns each include wool.

6. The cover of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of first warp yarns and the plurality of first weft yarns are arranged to be adjacent to an occupant when the cover is mounted on the vehicle seat and the occupant is positioned on the vehicle seat.

7. The cover of claim 1 , wherein the woven top layer comprises a series of microfiber threads.

8. A cover for a vehicle seat comprising:

a top layer consisting of synthetic materials; and

a bottom layer connected to the top layer including wool wherein the bottom layer is configured to absorb moisture from the top layer of the synthetic materials when the cover is used on the vehicle seat and a seat occupant is positioned on the cover, wherein the top layer and bottom layer are interknitted by a connecting layer that extends between bottom layer and the top layer, wherein the top layer and bottom layer are interknitted by a connecting layer of at least 90% synthetic material.

9. The cover of claim 8 , wherein the top layer is a knit fabric.

10. The cover of claim 8 , wherein the bottom layer is a knit fabric.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2017
From: TANIGUCHI, NAOYUKI; MORGAN, ROSE
To: LEAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043636/0166 →
Continuity (1)
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