Vehicle seat for accommodating an occupant-worn object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9409505-B2
Application number	US-201414575697-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2014
Priority date	Dec 20, 2013
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

The present disclosure described a vehicle seat that includes a seat part with an elastic seat padding, a backrest part with an elastic backrest padding, and a seat cover for the seat part and a seat cover for the backrest part. The elastic seat padding has a primary seat padding part and at least one secondary seat padding part. The elastic backrest padding has a primary backrest padding part and at least one secondary backrest padding part. The secondary seat padding and the secondary backrest padding part are softer than the primary seat padding and the primary backrest padding part, respectively.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat for a motor vehicle having a seat part with an elastic seat padding, a backrest part with an elastic backrest padding, a seat cover for the seat part and a seat cover for the backrest part, wherein the vehicle seat comprises:
at least one primary padding part and at least one secondary padding part secured to the primary padding part, wherein the at least one secondary padding part is softer than the primary padding part;
at least one fastener securing the secondary padding part on a first side of the primary padding part, the at least one fastener including:
a first fastening element having a void formed in a second side of the primary padding part and a bore defined by a boundary, the bore extending through the primary padding part from the first side and to the void; and
a second fastening element located on the at least one secondary padding part, the second fastening element including a neck extending from the secondary padding part and configured to be inserted into the bore and a thickening on a distal end of the neck positioned in the void;
wherein a diameter of the thickening is greater than a diameter of the bore such that the second fastening element is fastened on the boundary of the bore with the thickening; and
a recess formed in at least one of the primary padding part and the at least one secondary padding part configured to accommodate an object on an occupant seated in the vehicle seat.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one secondary padding part is realized on the first side of the primary padding part such that the seat cover for the seat part lies on the at least one secondary padding part.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the elastic seat padding comprises a foam material.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the seat part and the backrest part comprises a shell structure and the elastic padding thereof is fastened on the shell structure.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one primary padding part includes a primary backrest padding part and the at least one secondary padding part includes at least one secondary backrest padding part.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the second fastening element on the at least one secondary padding part is realized integrally with and made of the same matetial as the at least one secondary padding part.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 6 , wherein the first fastening element on the at least one primary padding part is realized integrally with and made of the same material as the at least one primary padding part.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one primary padding part includes a primary seat padding part and the at least one secondary padding part includes at least one secondary seat padding part.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one primary padding part includes a primary backrest padding part and the at least one secondary padding part includes at least one secondary backrest padding part.

10. A motor vehicle with at least one said vehicle seat according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Tabbert Christian
• Schwarz Romina
• Linden Michael

Classifications

• B60N2/5891

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

• B60R2011/0012

  Seats or parts thereof · CPC title

• B60N2/7017

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

• B60R11/00

  Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• Y10T29/481

  Method · CPC title