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US 9,987,959 · App. 15/162,906 · Granted Jun 5, 2018

Seat cover and vehicle seat

Inventors: Nobuki Hayashi (Aichi-ken, JP); Katsuhito Yamauchi (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/5816B60N2/48
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Patent No.
US 9,987,959
App. No.
15/162,906
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seat cover of a vehicle seat configured to cover an outer surface of a seat pad, wherein a part of the seat cover which is configured to cover at least a seating surface of the seat pad consists of a seating surface piece made of a piece of cloth, and wherein, when covering the outer surface of the seat pad, the seat cover is bonded only to the seating surface.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle seat, comprising:

a seat back having a seat pad, wherein the seat pad has a front-facing seating surface configured to provide a back rest for an occupant; and

a seat cover covering an outer surface of the seat pad and including:

a first piece of cloth entirely covering the front-facing seating surface of the seat pad; and

a second piece of cloth covering a portion of the outer surface of the seat pad which is not covered by the first piece of cloth,

wherein the seat cover is bonded only to the front-facing seating surface,

wherein the seat pad includes a seat portion and a headrest portion integrally connected to the seat portion and configured to support a head of the occupant, each of the seat portion and the headrest portion having a seating surface,

wherein the first piece of cloth covers both the seat portion and headrest portion,

wherein the first piece of cloth is bonded to the seating surface of the seat portion and is not bonded to the seating surface of the headrest portion, and

wherein an opening portion is formed in the seat cover so as to wrap the seat pad.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat cover consists of the first piece of cloth and the second piece of cloth.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2016
From: HAYASHI, NOBUKI; YAMAUCHI, KATSUHITO
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-106636 · May 26, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160347221A1 · Dec 1, 2016