Pad

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10166892-B2
Application number	US-201615333829-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2016
Priority date	Oct 27, 2015
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

A pad includes: a first pad which is elastically bendable and deformable by pressure, the first pad including a pressed portion on which a pressing force is applied; and a second pad which is harder to bend compared to the first pad, wherein the first pad and the second pad are integrally formed, wherein the pressed portion is disposed to be adjacent to the second pad in a direction orthogonal to a pressing direction of the pressing force, and wherein at least one pad of the first pad and the second pad includes a facilitating part which facilitates the pressed portion to be bent and deformed with respect to the second pad, and the facilitating part is formed of the one pad itself.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pad comprising:
a first pad which is elastically bendable and deformable by pressure, the first pad including a pressed portion on which a pressing force is applied; and
a second pad which is harder to bend compared to the first pad,
wherein the first pad and the second pad are integrally formed,
wherein the pressed portion is disposed to be adjacent to the second pad in a direction orthogonal to a pressing direction of the pressing force, and
wherein at least one pad of the first pad and the second pad includes a facilitating part which facilitates the pressed portion to be bent and deformed with respect to the second pad, and the facilitating part is formed of the one pad itself.

2. The pad according to claim 1 ,
wherein the facilitating part is disposed at a position at which the pressed portion of the first pad is disposed.

3. The pad according to claim 1 ,
wherein the facilitating part is a groove-shaped portion which is concave in a thickness direction of the one pad, and is disposed along at least a portion of a boundary between the pressed portion and the second pad.

4. The pad according to claim 3 ,
wherein the second pad is disposed around the pressed portion with respect to a surface orthogonal to the pressing direction set as a reference.

5. The pad according to claim 4 ,
wherein the facilitating part is formed along the entire boundary.

6. The pad according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pressed portion includes an integrating part which is integrated with the second pad in the boundary with the second pad, and the facilitating part is disposed in a position further away from the boundary than the integrating part.

7. The pad according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pad is a seat pad of a vehicle seat,
wherein the first pad is disposed on a seating surface side of the vehicle seat, and
wherein the second pad is disposed on a back surface side, which is opposite to the seating surface, of the vehicle seat.

8. The pad according to claim 7 ,
wherein the first pad and the second pad are integrated into one piece by being formed with integral molding.

9. The pad according to claim 1 ,
wherein the facilitating part has an opening that faces away from the pressing direction of the pressing force.

10. The pad according to claim 1 ,
wherein the facilitating part is wholly formed in the first pad.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Mochizuki Hayato
• Umemura Tadayoshi
• Taketani Hidekazu
• Sadohira Motonari
• Takagi Masashi

Classifications

• B60N2/242

  Bus seats · CPC title

• B60N2/62 Primary

  Thigh-rests {(B60N2/914 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/7017

  characterised by the manufacturing process; manufacturing upholstery or upholstery springs not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• A47C27/148

  of different resilience · CPC title

• B60N2/70 Primary

  Upholstery springs {; Upholstery} · CPC title