Vehicle seat and preparing method for seat cover of vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10843601-B2
Application number	US-201816189154-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2018
Priority date	Nov 15, 2017
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle seat including: a seat pad including: a first surface portion; a second surface portion; and a peripheral edge portion forming a boundary between the first and second surface portions, and a seat cover including: a first cover portion; a second cover portion; and a sewn portion in which a first seam allowance of the first cover portion and a second seam allowance of the second cover portion are overlapped in a state of being turned back inwardly and are sewn together, the sewn portion being arranged along the peripheral edge portion, and a portion of the sewn portion arranged along the peripheral edge portion is formed of the first seam allowance and the second seam allowance which is shorter than the first seam allowance, and the first seam allowance is tilted toward in a manner of facing either the first surface portion or the second surface portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat pad which forms a seat outer shape, the seat pad including:
a first surface portion;
a second surface portion which is arranged orthogonal to the first surface portion; and
a peripheral edge portion which forms a boundary between the first surface portion and the second surface portion, and

a seat cover which covers the seat pad, the seat cover including:
a first cover portion which covers the first surface portion;
a second cover portion which covers the second surface portion; and
a sewn portion in which a first seam allowance of the first cover portion and a second seam allowance of the second cover portion are overlapped in a state of being turned back inwardly and are sewn together by a sewing line, the sewn portion being arranged along the peripheral edge portion,

wherein a portion of the sewn portion arranged along the peripheral edge portion is formed of the first seam allowance and the second seam allowance which is shorter than the first seam allowance, and the first seam allowance is tilted toward a corresponding cover portion side so as to be arranged in a manner of facing either the first surface portion or the second surface portion,
wherein a general edge portion and a curved edge portion curved at a curvature larger than that of the general edge portion are continuously provided on the peripheral edge portion,
wherein the sewn portion arranged at the curved edge portion is formed of the first seam allowance and the second seam allowance which is shorter than the first seam allowance, and the first seam allowance is tilted toward a corresponding cover portion side so as to be arranged in a manner of facing either the first surface portion or the second surface portion,
wherein the sewn portion is divided into a general sewn portion which is arranged at the general edge portion, and a curved sewn portion which is arranged at the curved edge portion, and
wherein the first seam allowance and the second seam allowance in the general sewn portion are the same in length as the first seam allowance in the curved sewn portion.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first seam allowance and the second seam allowance in the general sewn portion and are tilted in the same direction.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 ,
wherein the seat cover is provided with other sewn portion extending in a direction different from the sewn portion, and the other sewn portion intersects the sewn portion at a boundary between the general sewn portion and the curved sewn portion.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 ,
wherein the sewn portion is provided with a dividing portion which divides the second seam allowance in the general sewn portion and the second seam allowance in the curved sewn portion.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seat cover includes a maintaining member which maintains the first seam allowance in the curved sewn portion in a state of being tilted toward the corresponding cover portion side.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 ,
wherein the maintaining member having a planar shape is attached to the first seam allowance that is tilted in a state of overlapping with the first seam allowance without being folded back.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 ,
wherein the first cover portion includes:
the sewn portion which is provided at one edge portion of the first cover portion; and
an opposite side sewn portion which is provided at the other edge portion of the first cover portion located at an opposite side of the one edge portion, and

wherein the maintaining member is a planar member shorter than a length from the one edge portion to the other edge portion of the first cover portion, and one end side of the maintaining member is attached to the sewn portion, and the other end side of the maintaining member opposite to the one end is attached to the opposite side sewn portion.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 ,
wherein the maintaining member is a planar member which is less stretchable than the seat cover.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seat pad of a seat back that is a backrest of an occupant includes a first surface which forms an upper surface and a second surface which forms a rear surface, and
wherein the curved edge portion is provided at a corner portion of an upper side of the first surface in a seat width direction.

10. A forming method for the seat cover of the vehicle seat according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seat cover includes a maintaining member which maintains the first seam allowance in the curved sewn portion in a state of being tilted toward the corresponding cover portion side, and
wherein the maintaining member is attached to the first seam allowance in a state where an aligned portion of the maintaining member is aligned with an aligning portion of the first seam allowance.

11. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat pad which forms a seat outer shape, the seat pad including:
a first surface portion;
a second surface portion which is arranged orthogonal to the first surface portion; and
a peripheral edge portion which forms a boundary between the first surface portion and the second surface portion, and

a seat cover which covers the seat pad, the seat cover including:
a first cover portion which covers the first surface portion;
a second cover portion which covers the second surface portion; and
a sewn portion in which a first seam allowance of the first cover portion and a second seam allowance of the second cover portion are overlapped in a state of being turned back inwardly and are sewn together by a sewing line, the sewn portion being arranged along the peripheral edge portion,

wherein a portion of the sewn portion arranged along the peripheral edge portion is formed of the first seam allowance and the second seam allowance which is shorter than the first seam allowance, and the first seam allowance is tilted toward a corresponding cover portion side so as to be arranged in a manner of facing either the first surface portion or the second surface portion,
wherein a general edge portion and a curved edge portion curved at a curvature larger than that of the general edge portion are continuously provided on the peripheral edge portion,
wherein the sewn portion arranged at the curved edge portion is formed of the first seam allowance and the second seam allowance which is shorter than the first seam allowance, and the first seam allowance is tilted toward a corresponding cover portion side so as to be arranged in a manner of facing either the first surface portion or the second surface portion,
wherein the sewn portion is divided into a general sewn portion which is arranged at the general edge portion, and a curved sewn portion which is arranged at the curved edge portion,
wherein the seat cover includes a maintaining member which maintains the first seam allowance in the curved sewn portion in a state of being tilted toward the corresponding cover portion side, and
wherein the maintaining member having a planar shape is attached to the first seam allowance that is tilted in a state of overlapping with the first seam allowance without being folded back.

12. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat pad which forms a seat outer shape, the seat pad including:
a first surface portion;
a second surface portion which is arranged orthogonal to the first surface portion; and
a peripheral edge portion which forms a boundary between the first surface portion and the second surface portion, and

a seat cover which covers the seat pad, the seat cover includi

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Ohtsu Hideki
• Ueno Masaru

Classifications

• B60N2/5891

  characterised by the manufacturing process; manufacturing seat coverings not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B60N2/5883 Primary

  by sewing, stitching or threading · CPC title