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US 10,780,805 · App. 16/151,331 · Granted Sep 22, 2020

Vehicle seat

Inventor: Hideki Kamata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
B60N2/5875B60N2/5883
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Patent No.
US 10,780,805
App. No.
16/151,331
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An objective is to provide a vehicle seat that ensures a reduced effect on an appearance even when a sewn portion made by sewing the trim cover is bonded in a groove. A vehicle seat formed by bonding a trim cover to a foam pad is configured such that the trim cover includes a sewn portion made by sewing a plurality of skin materials, the foam pad has a groove, the vehicle seat is formed by the sewn portion of the trim cover and the sewn portion is bonded in the groove of the foam pad, and the groove includes a guiding portion that guides a seam allowance of the sewn portion to the groove, and a restricting portion that restricts the seam allowance of the sewn portion to support the seam allowance of the sewn portion in a state where the seam allowance of the sewn portion does not open.

Claims (14)

1. A vehicle seat formed by bonding a trim cover to a foam pad,

wherein the trim cover includes a sewn portion made by sewing a plurality of skin materials,

the foam pad has a pre-formed groove,

the sewn portion is bonded in the pre-formed groove of the foam pad, and

the groove includes a guiding portion and a restricting portion, the guiding portion guiding a seam allowance of the sewn portion to the restricting portion, the restricting portion being directly bonded to the seam allowance and restricting the seam allowance so as to support the seam allowance in a state where the seam allowance does not open.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the restricting portion supports the seam allowance of the sewn portion in a standing state.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the groove is in a Y groove shape.

4. A vehicle seat formed by bonding a sewn portion of a trim cover, made by sewing a plurality of skin materials, to a pre-formed groove in a foam pad, wherein the groove includes a guiding portion and a restricting portion, the guiding portion guiding a seam allowance of the sewn portion to the restricting portion, the restricting portion being bonded directly to the seam allowance and restricting the seam allowance so as to support the seam allowance in a state where the seam allowance does not open.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein the restricting portion supports the seam allowance of the sewn portion in a standing state.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein a shape of the groove is in a Y groove shape.

7. A vehicle seat formed by bonding a sewn portion of a trim cover, made by sewing a plurality of skin materials, to a pre-formed groove in a foam pad, wherein the pre-formed groove includes a guiding portion and a restricting portion, the guiding portion guiding a seam allowance of the sewn portion to the restricting portion, the restricting portion being dug down with respect to the guiding portion by a length of the seam allowance.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein the restricting portion supports the seam allowance of the sewn portion in a standing state.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein a shape of the groove is in a Y groove shape.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein a portion of the trim cover adjacent to the sewn portion is bonded directly to the guiding portion and the restricting portion is bonded directly to the seam allowance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2018
From: KAMATA, HIDEKI
To: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047060/0942 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-198137 · Oct 12, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190111814A1 · Apr 18, 2019
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