Abstract: A laminated composite interior part includes a first member made of synthetic resin and having a mating surface; and a second member made of elastically deformable synthetic resin and having a plate portion substantially parallel to the mating surface. The plate portion has integrally-formed and interspersed protrusions protruding toward the mating surface. The second member is placed on the first member with distal end portions of the protrusions being in contact with the mating surface. Cushioning properties are provided by elastic deformation of the protrusions, caused as the protrusions' distal end portions are relatively pressed against the mating surface. Flexural rigidity of each of the protrusions against a compressive load is anisotropic about its axis, so that the protrusion is flexurally deformed in one direction about its axis with the distal end portion thereof sliding on the mating surface. Surface roughness of the mating surface is less than 0.20.

Abstract: An occupant support includes a vehicle seat and an occupant support covering. The occupant-support covering may be configured to be selectively installed on the vehicle seat and an option of a user.

Abstract: A seat for automobile in which a back board equipped with a base material and a cover for covering that base material is attached to a back side of a seat back, wherein the back board has a first region in which a first member of the base material is set, and a second region that is softer than the first region, and a coupling member for coupling the back board to the seat back is attached to the second region.

Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seatback, a seat cushion. The seat assembly also includes a seat frame having a first seat frame structure configured to support the seatback and a second seat frame structure configured to support the seat cushion. A hideaway table is positioned in the seat cushion. The first seat frame structure is operatively connected to the second seat frame structure. The seat cushion defines a seat cushion support surface for an occupant of the seat assembly and includes a first cushion portion fixed to the second seat frame structure and a second cushion portion operatively connected to the first cushion portion. The second cushion portion is configured to pivot relative to the first cushion portion to selectively cover and uncover the table. A vehicle having such a seat assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to securing a trim cover to a vehicle seat cushion. In at least one embodiment, a seat cushion assembly comprises a foam cushion having an “A” surface, a “B” surface, and at least one slot extending therebetween, a trim cover extending over the foam cushion, and a trim cover attachment assembly secured to the trim cover for securing the trim cover adjacent the foam cushion. In at least one embodiment, the trim cover attachment assembly comprises a flexible sheet having a first end attached to the trim cover and a second end having a paddle that sits adjacent the “B” surface of the foam cushion, the fabric extending through the slot of the foam cushion.

Abstract: Some embodiments of a furniture cover device provide a protective covering for a selected furniture piece, such as a couch, loveseat, or chair, and the furniture cover device can be readily removed or repositioned by user. In particular embodiments, the furniture cover device includes a main body comprising a flexible web and a plurality of elongate anchor members extending in a parallel manner through the flexible web.

Abstract: A clip for use in a cushion for a vehicle seat, wherein the cushion includes a cushioned pad and a trim cover , the cushioned pad having a recess portion and a wire embedded in the cushioned pad so as to be partially exposed to the recess portion from the cushioned pad, the trim cover having a portion, a longitudinal tensioning cord attached to the portion of the trim cover, a longitudinal bulged member provided along a longitudinal edge portion of the cord, and a laterally elongated through-hole formed in the cord.

Abstract: A protective cover for furniture from pet hair, dander and dirt. The cover is contained within a housing in a rolled state so that it can be easily extended and retracted as desired. Furthermore, the cover has at least one transverse pocket within the body of the cover containing a rigid member that can be tucked between the seat and back rest to keep the cover taut and prevent casual displacement during use. Also provided is a weighted leading edge that will keep the cover taut on the seat and front of the furniture.

Abstract: A seam for use in a vehicle armrest or other interior component. The seam includes a first material and a second material joined to the first material. The seam also includes a T-member connected to the first material and the second material to form a French seam appearance on the outer surface of the material. The T-member is then used to align with a groove in a foam of an armrest or other interior component to create an exterior seam on an armrest or interior component of a vehicle. The seam is created using a guide member attached to a sewing machine that will allow for sewing of the first material and second material to the T-member in a simultaneous process at a predetermined speed thus increasing efficiency of manufacturing the upholstery panel and reducing costs to the manufacturer.

Abstract: Slipcovers are provided for covering a variety of seating structures. The slipcovers can include a fabric sheet, multi-layered components, extensions, anchors, relaxation mechanisms, and holders, and can be configured to cover all or a portion of a seating structure. The multi-layered components can be removably secured to the fabric sheet by decouplable fasteners or by friction or interaction with a friction enhancing material, non-removably secured to the fabric sheet by sewing, quilting, tufting, gluing, and/or applying an adhesive or bonding agent, or secured to the fabric sheet by extensions inserted into a crevice. The internal layers of a multi-layered component can also be removable, or a multi-layered component can be configured to allow additional layers to be inserted.

Abstract: Slipcovers are provided for covering a variety of seating structures. The slipcovers can include a fabric sheet, multi-layered components, extensions, anchors, relaxation mechanisms, and holders, and can be configured to cover all or a portion of a seating structure. The multi-layered components can be removably secured to the fabric sheet by decouplable fasteners or by friction or interaction with a friction enhancing material, non-removably secured to the fabric sheet by sewing, quilting, tufting, gluing, and/or applying an adhesive or bonding agent, or secured to the fabric sheet by extensions inserted into a crevice. The internal layers of a multi-layered component can also be removable, or a multi-layered component can be configured to allow additional layers to be inserted.

Abstract: Slipcovers are provided for covering a variety of seating structures. The slipcovers can include a fabric sheet, multi-layered components, extensions, anchors, relaxation mechanisms, and holders, and can be configured to cover all or a portion of a seating structure. The multi-layered components can be removably secured to the fabric sheet by decouplable fasteners or by friction or interaction with a friction enhancing material, non-removably secured to the fabric sheet by sewing, quilting, tufting, gluing, and/or applying an adhesive or bonding agent, or secured to the fabric sheet by extensions inserted into a crevice. The internal layers of a multi-layered component can also be removable, or a multi-layered component can be configured to allow additional layers to be inserted.

Abstract: A seat attaching means for connecting a non-rigid push chair seat to a push chair frame said attaching means including an elongate member, attachable to at least one of the side edges of the seat, and the seat attaching means including a corresponding groove in the frame, into which the elongate member is inserted. The elongate member includes a planar part and an enlarged part, the planar part being attachable along at least one of the side edges of the seat and the enlarged part being insertable in the corresponding groove in the frame. The elongate member is insertable in a first corresponding groove in the frame and in a second corresponding groove in the frame, the first and second corresponding grooves being separated by a hinge. The first and second grooves are co-linear.

Abstract: A foam pad comprising a surface to which a trim cover can be secured, the surface comprising a channel having a width of up to about 15 mm. Disposed in the channel is one of a male portion or a female portion of a releasably engageable male-female trim cover attachment system. A trim cover having the other of the male or female portion attached thereto may be readily attached to the foam pad. A process and a mold for producing the foam pad are also described. The foam pad is particularly useful as a component of a vehicular seat system (e.g., seat bottom, seat back and the like).

Abstract: The seat pad as a free-standing structure which provides a seat and back. A pair of contoured rigid bars are enclosed within opposite sides of a fabric sleeve to shape the sleeve into a seat and back. In addition, a web of densified padding is disposed between the bars and within the fabric sleeve to bias the rigid bars outwardly of each other to flatten the sleeve. Rows of stitching are employed to secure the padding to the fabric to provide not only reinforcement but also a pleasing aesthetic appearance to the seat pad.

Abstract: A securable protective seat cover, system and method. For a manually adjustable vehicle seat, a securable protective seat cover apparatus includes a seat cushion and an adjustor bar. The apparatus also includes a plastic film shaped to cover the vehicle seat. The film includes a front portion that includes a first seal portion, a second seal portion, and a surrounding portion. The first and second seal portions are directly secured to one another at a side of the adjustor bar so as to attach the surrounding portion to the adjustor bar. For a power adjustable vehicle seat, a temporary plastic protective seat cover system includes a front cover mounted below the power adjustable vehicle seat. The front cover includes a hook. The system also includes a plastic film that is shaped to cover the vehicle seat and is adapted to be secured to the hook.

Abstract: A vehicle seat back comprises firstly a rigid frame having first and second side uprights and top and bottom cross-members interconnecting the first and second side uprights, and secondly a resilient supporting sheet fixed to the rigid frame and placed so as to come directly into contact with the back of a user. The supporting sheet forms a bag that is fitted onto the rigid frame over its first side upright so as to cover the top and bottom cross-members and the first side upright, the resilient supporting sheet being fixed to the second side upright.

Abstract: A bonding strip that functions as a carrier for a load bearing fabric. The bonding strip includes a pair of bonding strip halves that sandwich the fabric. The bonding strip halves are intersecured by an adhesive that extends through and is intimately interconnected with the fabric. The bonding strip halves each define at least one bonding groove. The adhesive extends into the bonding grooves to mechanically interconnect the adhesive, the bonding strip halves and the fabric.

Abstract: A seating unit illustrated as a mobile office chair includes a base, a back upright operably supported on the base for reclining movement and a back construction. The back construction includes a cushion assembly attached to a back support shell with quick-attach top and bottom connectors. Specifically, the back support shell includes top apertures, and the cushion assembly includes hooks for drop-in attachment to the top apertures. The back support shell also includes a molded bottom section defining a recess, and the back cover includes a stiffened edge flange configured to frictionally engage the recess to retain the back cover to the back support. The cushion assembly includes a cover assembly with an upholstered front panel, and a rear panel formed by a first sheet section having a one-directional stretch in a vertical direction, and a second section having a high-stretch property.

Abstract: An inflatable seat, especially a ball-shaped seat, that includes an air-tight envelope surrounding a cavity filled with a gaseous medium such as air or gas, and a removable cover over the outer surface of the envelope which defines an opening for a portion of the outer surface to contact a flooring surface.

Abstract: A chair includes a base, a back upright operably supported on the base for movement between an upright position and a reclined position, and a back construction. The back construction includes a back support shell attached to the back upright, and further includes a cushion assembly attached to the back support shell with quick-attach top and bottom connectors. Specifically, the back support shell includes top apertures, and the cushion assembly includes hooks for drop-in attachment to the top apertures. The back support shell also includes a molded bottom section defining a horizontally extending recess, and the back cover includes a stiffened edge flange configured to frictionally engage the recess to retain the back cover to the back support along the bottom section of the back construction. The cushion assembly includes a cover assembly that includes an upholstered front panel, and a rear panel forming a sock that can be pulled upwardly onto a cushion.

Abstract: A seat and/or backrest part of folding furniture, especially garden or camping furniture, comprising a frame and a cover which may be anchored to this frame. The frame includes two hollow sections which are arranged at a distance from one another determining the width or length of the seat or backrest surface and are open on at least one face and with a longitudinal slot, in such a way that the cover may be led into and through the open face of the hollow sections and their longitudinal slot. The edges of the cover are held inside the hollow sections by edge strips formed on same. The edge strips may be displaced inside the hollow sections in a direction perpendicular to their longitudinal extension with corresponding tensioning of the cover.

Abstract: A device for placement into a gap or crevice of a piece of upholstered furniture such that debris and small articles that fall below the seating cushions of such furniture are retained on the device as opposed to passing through the gap or crevice area and into the interior of the piece of furniture. Frictional protuberances on the device maintain the device firmly in the gap or crevice area such that the device's seal integrity in the gap or crevice area is not interrupted by normal movement by a person on the piece of furniture.

Abstract: A seat cover preferably made of washable fabric has flexible foam attachment members and a flexible foam flap and is removably installed on a vehicle's seat. The basic structure of the seat cover consists of a seat portion and a back portion with a flap portion longitudinally extending between the seat and back portions. The flap portion has one or more deformable pad members affixed to the flap portion for insertion of the flap portion into the seat between the back and the seat cushion of the seat. Two or more strap members extend transversely from the opposite comers of the seat cover and have at least one deformable pad affixed to the end of the strap member for insertion of the end of the strap member between the seat and the car body.

Abstract: A three-dimensional continuously knitted fabric cover knitted from yarn in a generally double jersey construction for covering a three-dimensional core, the fabric cover having an exposed front layer with a rear layer adjacent the core, the cover having a tubular portion which has loose knit attachment zones for receiving hog rings when the cover is secured to a seat frame or support.

Abstract: Shape-adaptable furniture has a core element to which interchangeable portions are easily added or removed to alter the appearance and function of the furniture to suit a user's tastes. Different seat back coverings, having varied padding and styling are added to the L-shaped core element using fasteners to hold the seat back in place. Two embodiments for armrests are provided. One embodiment uses fastening devices similar to those used for the seat back covering to hold arm rest covers with varied padding and styling which match the back covering style. In a second embodiment, the arm rests are easily interchangeable units separable from the core element. Accessories for use with the furniture are also provided.

Abstract: A one-piece elongated member which can be used in combination with a piece of upholstered furniture for stabilizing a slipcover to the furniture, is, or can be formed into a V-shaped structure that has a compressed position for being slid into a flexible crease of the furniture, and an expanded condition for being wedged in the crease. The member is wrapped with a portion of the slipcover. Once the member is wedged into the crease, it securely holds and stabilizes the slipcover in the crease so that it is not removed even with use of the upholstered furniture. The elongated member includes a pair of resilient wings, which are connected to each other at an elongated apex. Each wing has a width between the apex and an outer edge of the wing, which is small in comparison to the length of the member in a direction of elongation.

Abstract: A stabilizing device comprises an elongated V-shaped timber having a nose and a pair of arms forming the V-shape. The member is made of an elastic material such that the pair of arms are collapsible from a first naturally open stable position to a second unstable closed position without undue force.

Abstract: Webbing is attached to a furniture frame by a hem and welting, which are laid in a channel and locked in with a strip that is slipped under the webbing and into the channel. This arrangement also holds the locking strip in place. The strip is removable so the webbing can be cleaned or replaced. The channel can be formed by welding flexible stock to a steel frame of any shape.

Abstract: A piece of upholstery fabric for covering three-dimensional supports such as vehicle seat bases and seat backs is machine knitted, preferably in a mainly double jersey structure, with integral tubular portions. These serve as anchorage devices for securing the fabric piece to the support which it is to cover using rods or tapes which are threaded through the tubular portions. The tubular portions may be located at the margins of the fabric piece and also at intermediate positions where the fabric piece needs to be held down, for example in a depression in the support. They may project from a surface of the fabric piece and may be like loops or they may be in the form of tubular hems or a tube lying between front and rear surfaces of a double jersey structure.

Abstract: A lightweight seating arrangement having an envelope with an upper layer and a lower layer defining a pad-receiving, air-tight cavity. A pad is positioned within the cavity and preferrably bonded to the upper layer and lower layer. The pad folds along a fold line from a flat position to a position in which a back portion extends upwardly from the seat portion and the back portion is movable towards and away from the seat portion along the fold line. The pad may be comprised of two parts, one in the seat portion and one in the back portion, with a space therebetween to provide the fold line. Flaps extending completely across the seating arrangement are provided at the remote ends thereof and overly a portion of both the back portion and the seat portion. Tab portions are coupled to the flaps at the sides thereof and flexible straps, which are detachably coupled together, are provided on the tab portions.

Abstract: An upholstery system for a vehicle accessory includes a substrate with a U-shaped channel adjacent an edge and including a lip extending from one wall. A trim member includes spaced locking tabs which underlie the lip for compressibly holding an edge of upholstery material in the channel. In one embodiment, pins in the trim ring extend through the material and into apertures in an outer flange of the channel. In another embodiment, the locking tabs are formed on the substrate and the trim member includes interengaging locking slots.

Abstract: This stroller has a series of seats at cut-out areas in a tray supported on columns secured to a wheeled floor panel. A tongue is also secured to the floor panel, the entire assembly being marketable as a kit of a easily assembled components. The seats are slings of fabric, the ends of which traverse slots in the tray. These are secured with dowels engaging loops in the fabric above the tray. The slots are enlarged on the top surface of the tray to retain the dowels against endwise slippage.

Abstract: An improved multiple seat chair structure is disclosed which includes a pair of longitudinally spaced, vertically oriented, end support members; a longitudinally extending brace member fixed to and interconnecting the end support members; at least one intermediate support member positioned between the end support members, each of the intermediate support members including a vertically extending leg member thereon having an upper end portion; first and second seat sections carried by the various support members, the seat sections each including first and second side rail members thereon and a seat member extending between and supported by the side rail members; and at least one generally wedge-shaped fitting rigidly interconnecting the leg member, the brace member and at least one of the side rail members from each of two of the seat sections.

Abstract: The invention herein disclosed relates to an improved method of upholstering seating units having rigid frames. After the rigid frame is constructed and various surfaces including its seat and back portions covered with a resilient foam layer, an upholstery cover 26 is positioned over the frame and secured thereto through the use of rigid bars 34 carried in casings 32 that extend around the perimeter of the bottom of the cover 26. The bars 34 have adjustment holes 36 which engage studs 16 on the frame. Wing nuts 38 secure the bars 34 to the studs 16.

Abstract: A structure for securing the trim cover assembly of a seat back in an automotive seat is disclosed in which the seat back is formed in the back thereof with a slit extending along the internal periphery of the seat back. The end portions of a front-side trim cover assembly for covering the front side of the seat back are inserted through the slit and are fixed to the interior of the seat back. The securing portions of hard material disposed in the peripheral end portions of a back-side trim cover assembly for covering the back side of the seat back are inserted through the slit and thereafter, due to the tension of the back-side trim cover assembly, are engaged with the inner side of the slit.

Abstract: A seat cover fixing construction for fixing a bag shaped seat cover to a seat. An engagement portion of the seat extends around the part of the seat near the edge of the seat cover, extends from the seat in the general direction away from the closed end of the bag shape of the seat cover, and is formed with a free edge. A resilient band is shaped as an endless ribbon, and a first edge of this band is coupled to and extends around the edge of the open end of the seat cover. The two edges of the band are of approximately the same length. The band is thinner at its central portion than at its two edges. The resilient band is engaged inside and around the engagement portion of the seat, with the first edge of the band lying generally next to the free edge of the engagement portion of the seat. Thus, the band has been turned inside out to fit under the engagement portion.

Abstract: An article of furniture includes frame members, a seat member supported on the frame member, a concealed joint for pivotally coupling two frame members to each other, and an attachment for coupling the seat to the frame members. The two frame members include truncated bores for concealing the joint. The pivotal joint includes a pair of connecting members which are received in the truncated bores in fixed relationship to the frame members. Each connecting member has an opening for receiving a bearing member. A retainer is inserted through the bearing member and engages both connecting members to prevent lateral separation of the frame members. Each connecting member is independently rotatable on the bearing member.

Abstract: A connection for securing upholstery and an arm to an article of furniture. A body supporting frame is provided which includes a continuous channel extending along the peripheral edge of the frame. An elongated strip is adapted to be secured to the frame and projects partly into the channel to restrict the opening into the channel. A compressible welt cord is utilized and has a width dimension at least greater than the restricted dimension into the channel. Upholstery covers at least a portion of the frame and has an edge portion thereof received into the channel. The welt cord is utilized to effect a securement of the upholstery to the frame. The arm has a bracket with an extension member thereon which extends through an opening in the upholstery and between the frame and a fastener member. The fastener member effects a clamping of the extension member between the fastener and the frame.

Abstract: A detachable cushion for the seat of ski lift chairs. A long, flat bar inserted into a pocket at one end of a seat pad is adapted to hook over the front edge of a conventional ski lift seat when the cushion is placed on the seat and, a rod sewn into a flap on the other end of the pad acts as a connector for springs which are adapted to hook to structure on the underside of the seat to hold the cushion tight.

Abstract: A flexible back panel for collapsible or folding chairs, the flexible back panel having fastening means so it can be utilized with two different types of folding chairs.

Abstract: A cushioned seat, especially a motor vehicle seat which includes a spring box, a cushion shaped-part arranged on the spring box, a cover provided with at least one of rows of stitches (seams), stitched junctions (tucks), fused (welded) connections, and tacks on the seat cushion and possibly also on the backrest; a sleeve (hose) constituted by a band is sewed on or welded on in the longitudinal direction of at least one of the rows of stitches, stitched junctions and fused connections whereby the sleeve is disposed in a recess of the cushion shaped-part and includes a rod-shaped retaining member inserted into the sleeve while means are provided at each point of tacking which securely connect the retaining member with the shaped-part of the cushion.