Seat fitted with garnish

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10549663-B2
Application number	US-201916387973-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2019
Priority date	Apr 4, 2017
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

A seat is provided with: a frame; a pad supported by the frame; a skin member covering a front surface of the pad and provided with a first opening; an annular plate having a second opening and attached to a part of the skin member surrounding the first opening so that the first opening opposes the second opening; and a garnish including a tubular portion passed into the first opening and the second opening, and retained onto the pad, a flange provided at a front end of the tubular portion and having a larger outer diameter than the tubular portion, and an engagement claw projecting from an outer periphery of the tubular portion, and engaging the annular plate between the flange and the engagement claw.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seat, comprising:
a seatback frame including
a pair of vertically extending back side frames,
a back upper frame connected between upper ends of the back side frames and having an inverted U shape,
a headrest frame including a first support portion, the first support portion consisting of an inverted U shaped pipe member including a pair of vertical legs having lower ends connected centrally to the front sides of the back upper frame, and a cross piece extending between upper ends of the vertical legs, and
a pair of shoulder frames each extending from a corresponding one of the vertical legs of the headrest frame to an outer end of the back upper frame of a corresponding side;
a pad supported by the seatback frame and including a pair of shoulder parts supported by the respective shoulder frames;
a skin member covering a front surface of the pad and provided with a pair of first openings in parts thereof corresponding to the respective shoulder parts;
an annular plate having a second opening and attached to a part of the skin member surrounding the first opening so that the first opening opposes the second opening;
a garnish including a tubular portion passed into the first opening and the second opening, and retained onto the pad, a flange provided at a front end of the tubular portion and having a larger outer diameter than the tubular portion, and an engagement claw projecting from an outer periphery of the tubular portion, and engaging the annular plate between the flange and the engagement claw; and
a back board covering a rear surface of the pad and attached to the seatback frame;
wherein a part of the skin member surrounding the first opening is interposed between the flange and the engagement claw jointly with the annular plate, and the pad is provided with a third opening passed therethrough in alignment with the first opening and the second opening,
a rear end of the tubular portion of the garnish being passed into the third opening, and connected to the back board.

2. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the outer end of the back upper frame is slanted downward toward the outside of the seat.

3. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the shoulder frame includes a portion located outside the two ends and above an upper edge of the back upper frame.

4. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the shoulder frame includes a portion located outside an inner edge of the corresponding backside frame.

5. The seat according to claim 1 , wherein the headrest frame is further provided with a second support portion consisting of an inverted U shaped rod member having lower ends welded to the vertical legs of the first support portion, and an upper end projecting upwardly and forwardly of the cross piece of the first support portion.

6. The seat according to claim 5 , wherein the head rest frame is further provided with a third support portion also consisting of an inverted U shaped rod member including a pair of vertical legs welded to parts of the vertical legs of the first support portion lower than parts thereof at which the vertical legs of the second support portion are welded, and an upper end projecting upwardly and forwardly of the cross piece of the first support portion and welded to the upper end of the second support portion.

7. The seat according to claim 6 , wherein a horizontal width of the upper end of the second support portion is smaller than that of the upper end of the third support portion.

8. The seat according to claim 7 , wherein the upper end of the second support portion is located between the vertical legs of the first support portion in front view.

9. The seat according to claim 8 , wherein the vertical legs of the second support portion are welded to opposing surfaces of the respective vertical legs of the first support portion.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwakata So
• Shirai Akira
• Urabe Yohei

Classifications

• B60N2/5825 Primary

  by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like · CPC title

• B60N2/7011

  of substantially two-dimensional shape, e.g. hammock-like, plastic shells, fabrics · CPC title

• B60R2022/1818

  Belt guides · CPC title

• B60N2/688 Primary

  Particular seat belt attachment and guiding · CPC title

• B60R22/26

  secured to the seat · CPC title