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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7523991 | Vehicle seat structure A vehicle seat includes a seat assembly having an exposed non-seating surface that includes one of a hook material and a loop material. The seat assembly also includes at least one removable storage element having a surface portion covered with the other of the hook... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7401829 | Critical seam alignment of soft trim to automobile components An automobile interior component includes a substrate component having a seam-mating section. The seam-mating section has a welt protrusion-mating channel that is useful for accurately position a welt strip. The automobile interior component further includes a trim ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390059 | Vehicle seat Vehicle seat with a cushion body and a cover attached thereto that includes at least one medallion cover piece and at least one side cushion cover piece, which are attached to one another at the attachment points. At the attachment points a groove is provided in the... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7255405 | Cushion for seat A cushion for a seat, including a foam padding integral with a three-dimensional cover covering the padding, the three-dimensional cover including a first piece, a second piece spaced apart from the first piece and facing the first piece, the second piece having fir... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7134730 | Seat trim cover assembly aid A method of manufacturing a seat that includes the steps of attaching adjacent upholstery panels with a locator strip and attachment strip sandwiched therebetween. The attachment strip includes an enlarged edge portion that engages clips in a molded foam seat backin... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6964453 | Seat trim cover assembly aid A method of manufacturing a seat that includes the steps of attaching adjacent upholstery panels with a locator strip and attachment strip sandwiched therebetween. The attachment strip includes an enlarged edge portion that engages clips in a molded foam seat backin... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6279999 | Heat shrinkable fabric panels for facilitating seat cover installation Methods and apparatus for form-fitting covers to vehicle passenger seats are provided. A cushion is mounted on a seat frame and surrounded by a cover having one or more heat shrinkable fabric panels attached to a peripheral edge thereof. Each heat shrinka... | 08/28/2001 |
| 5858159 | Method for manufacturing automotive seat assemblies using pre-bonded adhesives A method for manufacturing automotive seat assemblies using fabrics with pre-bonded adhesives. Adhesives are pre-bonded to the back surface of fabric material using a variety of processes. The fabric with pre-bonded adhesive is then cut into pieces, which... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5833313 | Automotive seat An automotive seat comprises a seat back and a seat cushion, the seat cushion having a cushioned padding, a covering sheet covering front and middle sections of the cushioned padding, sides cover covering both side sections of the cushioned padding, and a... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5669670 | Leather trim cover assembly for vehicle seat and method for forming the same A leather trim cover assembly comprising a leather top cover layer and a foam wadding layer. Those two layers are cut in a predetermined shape, as by stamping, and then bonded together along their peripheral end portions to define a bonded area therein. S... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5632053 | Vehicle seat cushion An aircraft seat cushion comprises a foamed plastic supporting body consisting of a lower supporting part, an upper sitting part, the lower sitting part being detachable from the supper surface of the supporting part, and a detachable flameproofing layer ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5607201 | Vehicle seat having an overlayer unbound to an underlayer that is bound to a seat pad A vehicle seat includes an outer skin layer, which covers the seat cushion or seat back. The seat cushion or seat back is integrally formed with a fastener disposed on a main surface portion thereof. The main surface portion has an underlayer disposed und... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5520438 | Adjustable upholstered cushion An extendable and collapsible upholstered seat cushion is manufactured from a unitary piece of foam. The upholstery material is integrally molded with the foam cushion. Channels are molded into the foam perpendicular to the length of the seat to allow for... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5452939 | Upholstery cover and method for positively locating cover during foam molding A method and an upholstery cover for fabricating an upholstered product which includes the steps of providing an upholstery cover having a hollow interior space and at least one positioning member having a portion thereof extending from the cover; positio... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5395473 | Bonded seat assembly Seat cushions and backs comprising a foam bun and a trim cover are made by applying a molten hot melt bead to the trim cover or the foam bun in a predetermined pattern that matches or produces style conformations in the seating portion, pressing the trim ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5370444 | Adjustable cushion An extendable and collapsible seat cushion manufactured from a unitary piece of foam. Channels are molded into the foam perpendicular to the length of the seat to allow for compression of the overall length of the seat cushion. Further, channels may be mo... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5290093 | Method of seam location using vacuum A method of seam location using a vacuum in which a laminate structure is formed having a cover member with a backing material bonded thereto. The cover member is comprised of multiple pieces joined together forming seams which are bound by a non-permeabl... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5000515 | Variable density foam vehicle seat A vehicle seat assembly having a molded foam cushion body and a pair of molded foam bolster bodies covered by a cover member which is bonded to the cushion body and the bolsters during molding. The cushion body foam is poured in place onto a portion of th... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4867508 | Seat with cover secured thereto A seat comprising a cover member (3) bonded to a molded polyurethane foam (2) along a surface of the latter, wherein, instead of a continuous one-piece cover member, a cover member cut and split into individual parts or a locally-cut cover member is used,... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4844539 | Covers for vehicle seat and back and method of making same A cover member for a vehicle seat and back having smooth curved and contoured rounded corners. In forming the curved corners, a first fabric cover member is sewn with shirr stitching along the edge of the member around the corner to form a shallow pocket ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4833741 | Seat material and a method of producing the same Seat material having a covering member integrally provided on a foamed material and a patterned portion of the covering member formed by recessing the covering member in a stripe pattern and a method for producing such seat material comprising the steps o... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4798416 | Seat, particularly a vehicle seat In the case of a seat, particularly a vehicle seat having a supporting frame, there is provided a spring system that is fastened at said supporting frame, an upholstered part that rests on said spring system, and a cover that covers said upholstered part,... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4795215 | Automotive seat An automotive seat comprising a main cushion body and a sub cushion body laminated thereupon, wherein each of the main and sub cushion bodies is covered and bonded with its respective covering member, and those separate cushion bodies are further bonded t... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4772070 | Contoured seat covering for automotive vehicle bench seat A contoured seat cover is provided which converts a bench seat assembly of an automative vehicle into a seat containing simulated bucket seats. The seat cover includes a seat back cover and a seat bench cover, both of which include a plurality of separate... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4747638 | Vehicle seat A seat for use in a vehicle such as an automobile which comprises a trim cover assembly including a center portion having a fixed width, two side portions sewn to the sides of the center portion and margins produced when the two side portions are sewn to ... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4740035 | Upholstered seat for automobiles An upholstered seat for use in an automobile includes a seat cushion, seat adjusters mounted on the seat cushion and each composed of a slidable lower bracket and an upper bracket angularly movably mounted on the lower bracket, and a seat back fixedly mou... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4699427 | Vehicle seat A seat for use in vehicles such as automobiles, airplanes and the like is disclosed which is formed by adhesively attaching a trim cover assembly to a cushion member formed of a foam material. The trim cover assembly comprises a center portion and a side ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4518203 | Convertible cushion furniture Four substantially parallelopiped cushions are provided and disposed in end-to-end relation and positionable on a plane surface with either first or second corresponding face surfaces of the cushions opposing the plane surface. Each pair of adjacent cushi... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4455047 | Vehicle seat having an adjustable femur supporter In order to concentrate the creases, which are inevitably produced at the front sheet member of seat proper when the front section of the seat proper takes its lowermost position by the function of the adjustable femur supporter, at an inconspicuous porti... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4403356 | Seat cushions A seat cushion for use in a seat of, for example, an automobile is manufactured by preparing a seat surface covering including a seating portion of fabric material and side portions of suitable material joined by sewing or high-frequency welding to the se... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4115170 | Cushion or seat structure of plastic foam with integrated cover and incorporated reinforcing grid or skeleton, and method of making same An integrated cushion structure, such as automobile or aircraft seat or seat back, an office chair, or the like and the method of making it, are disclosed. The cushion structure is comprised of fabric or other pliable cover sheet material forming an envel... | 09/19/1978 |
