Vehicle seat trim assembly including a frame sock

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11135951-B2
Application number	US-201916697576-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2019
Priority date	Nov 30, 2018
Publication date	Oct 5, 2021
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021

Abstract

A vehicle seat trim assembly includes a seat trim adapted to be located over a seat foam that is supported on a vehicle seat frame. The seat trim includes an occupant support surface and a side trim that is attached to the occupant support surface. The vehicle seat trim assembly also includes a frame sock. The frame sock has a cover having an attachment edge with a top attachment portion that is attached to the occupant support surface and a side attachment portion that is attached to the side trim. The frame sock includes a clip that is attached to the cover and is adapted to engage the vehicle seat frame. The frame sock also has a strap that is attached to the cover between the attachment edge and the clip. The strap is attached to the cover and to a resilient retainer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat trim assembly comprising:
a seat trim adapted to be located over a seat foam that is supported on a vehicle seat frame, the seat trim including an occupant support surface and a side trim attached to the occupant support surface; and
a frame sock including a cover having an attachment edge with a top attachment portion that is attached to the occupant support surface and a side attachment portion that is attached to the side trim, a clip attached to the cover and adapted to engage the vehicle seat frame, and a strap attached to the cover between the attachment edge and the clip, wherein the strap is attached to the cover at a first edge and attached to a resilient retainer at an opposed second edge.

2. The vehicle seat trim assembly of claim 1 , wherein the strap includes a cover edge that is attached to the cover, is longer than the cover edge, includes a first free end that is not attached to the cover and is located adjacent the clip, and includes a second free end that is not attached to the cover and is located adjacent the attachment edge.

3. A vehicle seat frame assembly comprising:
a first seat frame;
a second seat frame attached to the first seat frame for relative rotational movement about a seat axis;
a first seat trim supported on the first seat frame, the first seat trim including an occupant support surface that is adapted for an occupant to engage and a side trim attached to the occupant support surface; and
a frame sock including a cover with an attachment edge with a top attachment portion that is attached to the occupant support surface and a side attachment portion that is attached to the side trim, wherein the seat axis passes through the cover.

4. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 3 , wherein the frame sock includes a strap that is attached to the cover at a first edge and is attached to a resilient retainer at an opposed edge, and wherein the retainer is engaged with the first seat frame.

5. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 4 , wherein the first seat frame includes a bracket that supports the second seat frame and includes a flange that extends substantially parallel to the seat axis and toward the second seat frame so that a frame space is defined between the flange and the second seat frame, and wherein a portion of the retainer is located in the frame space.

6. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 5 , wherein the attachment edge is located on a fore side of the seat axis, and wherein the portion of the retainer that is located in the frame space is located on an aft side of the seat axis.

7. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 4 , wherein the strap includes a cover portion that extends from the cover toward the second seat frame and a retained portion that extends from the cover portion toward the cover.

8. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 7 , wherein the retainer is attached to the retained portion of the strap.

9. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 8 , wherein a portion of the retained portion of the strap is located in the frame space.

10. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 9 , wherein a portion of the retainer biases the cover portion of the strap away from the seat axis.

11. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 4 , wherein the strap includes a cover edge that is attached to the cover and is longer than the cover edge so that the strap includes a first free end that is located in the frame space.

12. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 11 , wherein the strap includes a second free end that is located between the cover and the seat axis.

13. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 3 , wherein the frame sock includes a clip attached to the cover and engaged with the vehicle seat frame.

14. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 13 , wherein the attachment edge is located on a fore side of the seat axis and the portion of the clip is located on an aft side of the seat axis.

15. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 14 , wherein the strap is attached to the cover between the attachment edge and the clip.

16. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 15 , wherein the frame sock includes a clip that is attached to the cover and engaged with the vehicle seat frame.

17. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 16 , wherein the strap is attached to the cover between the attachment edge and the clip.

18. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 5 , wherein the frame sock includes a spacer located between the cover the cover and the bracket.

19. The vehicle seat frame assembly of claim 18 , wherein the spacer includes an axle opening and an axle on the second seat frame extends into the axle opening.

20. A vehicle seat frame assembly comprising:
a first seat frame including a bracket;
a second seat frame supported on the bracket for relative rotational movement about a seat axis, wherein the bracket includes a flange that extends substantially parallel to the seat axis and toward the second seat frame so that a frame space is defined between the flange and the second seat frame;
a first seat trim supported on the first seat frame, the first seat trim including an occupant support surface that is adapted for an occupant to engage and a side trim attached to the occupant support surface; and
a frame sock including a cover positioned so that the seat axis passes through the cover, the cover including an attachment edge located on a fore side of the seat axis, a top attachment portion that is attached to the occupant support surface, and a side attachment portion that is attached to the side trim, wherein:
the frame sock includes a spacer located between the cover the cover and the bracket,
the frame sock includes a clip attached to the cover and engaged with the flange on an aft side of the seat axis,
the cover includes a strap edge located between the top attachment portion and the clip,
the frame sock includes a strap having a first edge that is attached to the strap edge and a second edge that is attached to a resilient retainer,
the strap includes a cover portion that extends from the cover toward the second seat frame and a retained portion that extends from the cover portion toward the cover,
the retainer is attached to the retained portion of the strap, a portion of the retainer is located in the frame space, and a portion of the retainer biases the cover portion of the strap away from the seat axis, and
the strap includes a cover edge that is attached to the cover and the strap is longer than the cover edge so that the strap includes a first free end that is located in the frame space and a second free end that is located between the cover and the seat axis.

Assignees

• Lear Corp

Inventors

• Marquès José
• Navarro Nathalie
• Petit Michele

Classifications

• B60N2/20

  the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/04, B60N2/22 {, B60N2/3002} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/22

  the back-rest being adjustable {(B60N2/2878 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N2/5858

  by elastic means · CPC title

• B60N2/5825 Primary

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

• B60N2/6009

  covering more than only the seat · CPC title