Vehicle seat

US10220741B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-10220741-B2
Application numberUS-201715493766-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 21, 2017
Priority dateApr 26, 2016
Publication dateMar 5, 2019
Grant dateMar 5, 2019

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Abstract

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A vehicle seat includes: a trim cover including: a plurality of surface materials joined each other; a core material; a welt surface material wrapping the core material; a welt provided along a seam of two pieces of joined surface materials; and an empty core part provided with the welt, the empty core part reaching one end of the welt; and a seat element overlapped on the empty core part.

First claim

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What is claimed is: 1. A vehicle seat comprising: a trim cover including: a plurality of surface materials joined to each other; a welt provided on the trim cover, the welt being provided along a seam of two pieces of joined surface materials, the welt including: a part where a welt surface material wraps a core material; and an empty core part where the core material is not received, the empty core part reaching one end of the welt; and a seat element overlapped on the empty core part. 2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein: the welt is provided along a seam of a surface material which forms a bearing surface of a seat cushion and a surface material which forms a side surface of the seat cushion; and the seat element is a side finish which covers the side surface of the seat cushion. 3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat element is another surface material which is joined with the two pieces of joined surface materials.

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Classifications

  • covering more than only the seat · CPC title

  • B60N2/5883Primary

    by sewing, stitching or threading · CPC title

  • B60N2/5816Primary

    attachments thereof · CPC title

  • B60N2/58Primary

    Seat coverings · CPC title

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What does patent US10220741B2 cover?
A vehicle seat includes: a trim cover including: a plurality of surface materials joined each other; a core material; a welt surface material wrapping the core material; a welt provided along a seam of two pieces of joined surface materials; and an empty core part provided with the welt, the empty core part reaching one end of the welt; and a seat element overlapped on the empty core part.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Tachi S Co
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60N2/5883. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 05 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).