Abstract: A seat has a seat cushion unit including: a seat cushion frame; a seat pad which lies over the seat cushion frame; and a trim which covers the seat pad. The trim includes: a trim main body which mainly covers a top surface of the seat pad; a first trim joiner which extends from the trim main body to a backside of the seat cushion frame at the rear of the seat pad, and is fastened to the seat cushion frame; and a second trim joiner which is connected to a back surface of the trim main body in at least one of left and right end regions of the rear of the seat cushion unit, extends to the backside of the seat cushion frame at the rear of the seat pad, and is fastened to the seat cushion frame.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back is coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly from the seat bottom. The seat back includes a seat-back frame and a comfort integrator unit to be mounted to the seat-back frame, as well as a seat-cover shell that can be positioned over the mounted comfort integrator unit.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including a frame-shaped seat frame, a seat pad, a separate member provided to the seat frame, and a seat cover covering the seat pad and the seat frame, wherein the seat pad includes a main body portion configured to be arranged to a seating side of the seat frame and a hooking portion protruding in a direction opposite to the seating side from an edge of the main body portion, wherein at least a portion of the separate member protrudes into the frame shape of the seat frame and is exposed from the hooking portion at a rear side of the seat frame, wherein an extending portion is provided to the hooking portion and protrudes into the frame shape of the seat frame at the rear side of the seat frame, and wherein the extending portion greatly protrudes into the frame shape of the seat frame as compared to the separate member and is arranged between the seat cover and the separate member.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat pad that defines an outer shape of the vehicle seat and elastically supports a body of a seated occupant; and a seat cover that is formed by sewing a plurality of parts, the seat cover covering a seating surface of the seat pad. The seating surface includes a recessed surface portion that is recessed in a thickness direction of the seat pad. The seat cover includes a covering material and a first cover pad that is disposed on and fixed to a reverse surface of the covering material. A plurality of through holes is provided in the first cover pad in a portion of the seat cover, the plurality of through holes extending through the first cover pad in a thickness direction of the first cover pad, and the portion of the seat cover corresponding to the recessed surface portion.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat pad that forms a supporting surface that supports a seated occupant; and a skin that is made of a knitted fabric or a woven fabric and covers the seat pad. The skin has a first region and a second region arranged adjacent to each other on the supporting surface, and the first region is lower in density and thinner than the second region.

Abstract: A chair including a dynamically-flexible back and seat having a shape that adjusts to the movements of a user seated in the chair to enhance user comfort. Each of the back and seat has an air gap formed therewithin and a resilient frame or liner with a spring memory. The resilient liner is adapted to flex in response to compressive forces that are generated as the user slides his body back or from side-to-side in the chair. Accordingly, some of the chair back and some of the chair seat move into respective air gaps so that the shapes of the back and seat change to conform to the movements of the user. The air gaps also establish air flow ventilation channels which run laterally through the back and seat of the chair.

Abstract: A skin for a seat back of a vehicle seat includes a rear upper piece arranged on the upper rear surface of the seat back, and a rear lower piece arranged on the lower rear surface of the seat back. The rear upper piece has a rear upper piece pocket portion that extends downward in front of the rear lower piece. A left end portion, a right end portion, and a lower end portion of the rear upper piece pocket portion are sewn to the rear lower piece to form a pocket, and an opening of the pocket is formed between the upper end portion of the rear upper piece pocket portion and the rear lower piece. The rear upper piece and the rear lower piece are sewn together at a seam that extends laterally from the opening of the pocket.

Abstract: A composite part includes a sub-material having a compression hardness of up to 50 kPa with a compression of 40% and a recess formed in the sub-material. A first skin and a second skin are connected at a seam that is disposed within the recess. A holding profile that includes a groove having side walls and a base and at least one wing is introduced into the recess.

Abstract: A trim attachment retainer having a body portion including a proximal end and an engagement end. At least one cross member is integral with and substantially orthogonal to the body portion. At least one barb extends from the engagement end. The at least one barb includes a base and a distal end. The distal end is closer than the base to the at least one cross member.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion and a seat back. The seat back includes a skin material including first and second skin sections which cover a rear surface and a side surface therefore, respectively, and a fastener member which couples the first and second skin sections. The first skin section is attached with a carpet member at an end portion thereof. The carpet member has a higher rigidity than the first skin section and being movable between a first position and a second position. The carpet member includes an extended section which faces the end portion of the fastener member at the second position. The end portion of the fastener member is attached to the extended section, and when rotating the carpet member into the first position, the extended section is inserted between the cushion material and the skin material with the end portion of the fastener member.

Abstract: A center-foldable seat back has a seat back upper part that can be tilted forward relative to a seat back lower part. A trim cover is provided, sewn along the entire periphery at the mutual contact position of an upper and lower cover, the pulled-in state is modulated by cloth pieces, thereby preventing wrinkles. The seat back is provided with the trim cover in which one cloth piece one side edge of which is sewn to the ends of the lower and upper cover is provided at least in the central portion on the inside of the trim cover, the cloth piece is extended inward, the other side edge thereof is sewn to a fastener, the central portion on the back side is extended inward and sewn to the fastener, and the central portion on the inside of the trim cover is sewn to open and close by one fastener.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vehicle seat cushion assembly includes providing a first material to define an outer seating surface. A second material is sewn to the first material using first and second sewing lines disposed generally parallel to each other. A wadding material is disposed between the first and second materials and between the first and second sewing lines, and additional wadding material is disposed between the first and second materials adjacent to and not between the first and second sewing lines. The first and second materials are further sewn together using two additional sewing lines respectively disposed adjacent edges of the additional wadding material opposite the first and second sewing lines.

Abstract: A trim cover is inwardly hung into inward hanging grooves of a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat includes a cushion pad having right and left bank faces. A number of workpieces are cut out. Portions of the cut out workpieces are gathered. There portions correspond to lateral inward hanging ends located at lateral end portions of inward hanging margins of the cut out workpieces. The gathered portions are sewn so as to curve, into inward hanging directions, the inward hanging margin portions of the workpieces thereby contracting obverse surface materials of the workpieces. Inward hanging members are mounted to the trim cover. the inward hanging members are inserted into longitudinal inward hanging grooves. Fasteners engage the inward hanging members and engagement members of the cushion pad.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion and a seat back. The seat back includes a skin material including first and second skin sections which cover a rear surface and a side surface therefore, respectively, and a fastener member which couples the first and second skin sections. The first skin section is attached with a carpet member at an end portion thereof. The carpet member has a higher rigidity than the first skin section and being movable between a first position and a second position. The carpet member includes an extended section which faces the end portion of the fastener member at the second position. The end portion of the fastener member is attached to the extended section, and when rotating the carpet member into the first position, the extended section is inserted between the cushion material and the skin material with the end portion of the fastener member.

Abstract: A suspended pixelated seating structure provides ergonomic, adaptable seating support. The suspended pixelated seating structure includes multiple cooperative layers to maximize global comfort and support while enhancing adaptation to localized variations in a load, such as in the load applied when a person sits in a chair. The cooperative layers each use independent elements such as pixels, springs, support rails, and other elements to provide this adaptable comfort and support. The suspended pixelated seating structure also uses aligned material to provide a flexible yet durable suspended seating structure. Accordingly, the suspended pixelated seating structure provides maximum comfort for a wide range of body shapes and sizes.

Abstract: A cushion for a seat of good appearance.

Abstract: A piece for a skin member of a vehicular seat has a base member and a leather laminated to the base member. The base member has a cushion having elastic properties and a base cloth adhered to the cushion. The base member and the leather include an adhering portion bonded by an adhering agent, a sewing portion formed by being sewn at outer peripheral portions of the base member and the leather, and a nonbonding portion in which the base member and the leather are not bonded between the adhering portion and the sewing portion.

Abstract: A trim cover is inwardly hung into inward hanging grooves of a vehicle seat. The vehicle seat includes a cushion pad having right and left bank faces. A number of workpieces are cut out. Portions of the cut out workpieces are gathered. There portions correspond to lateral inward hanging ends located at lateral end portions of inward hanging margins of the cut out workpieces. The gathered portions are sewn so as to curve, into inward hanging directions, the inward hanging margin portions of the workpieces thereby contracting obverse surface materials of the workpieces. Inward hanging members are mounted to the trim cover. the inward hanging members are inserted into longitudinal inward hanging grooves. Fasteners engage the inward hanging members and engagement members of the cushion pad.

Abstract: A suspended pixelated seating structure provides ergonomic, adaptable seating support. The suspended pixelated seating structure includes multiple cooperative layers to maximize global comfort and support while enhancing adaptation to localized variations in a load, such as in the load applied when a person sits in a chair. The cooperative layers each use independent elements such as pixels, springs, support rails, and other elements to provide this adaptable comfort and support. The suspended pixelated seating structure also uses aligned material to provide a flexible yet durable suspended seating structure. Accordingly, the suspended pixelated seating structure provides maximum comfort for a wide range of body shapes and sizes.

Abstract: Seat pads of the present invention are sewn by hollow weave, and includes skins having single sheets of woven cloth integrally continuously having single layer portions and laminated layers portions in a shape of a hollow bag, and cushioning members enclosed at inner portions of the laminated layers portions and having a shape the same as that of the laminated layers portion and having an elasticity, the laminated layers portions are formed at portions of the single sheets of woven cloth intended to support the physical body of a seated person, the cushioning members are provided with predetermined thicknesses, the laminated layers portion are formed with recesses and projections of the same shape projected by a predetermined amount from head and tail faces of the single layer portions, and attachably and detachably mounted to a seating face of a seat, a recessed portion constituting a shape the same as that of the laminated layers portion is formed at a position of the seating face of the seat facing the lam

Abstract: 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 material and the loop material. The removable storage element further removably attaches to a portion of the exposed non-passenger supporting surface in any one of a plurality of orientations and positions.

Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a first seat back and a second seat back. The seat backs are spaced apart to define a gap therebetween. Each seat back is pivotally coupled in the vehicle for independent angular adjustment relative to each other. Each of the first and second seat backs has a trim cover. The trim cover of at least one of the seat backs has a flap that conceals the gap between the seat backs. The flap is flexible to accommodate the independent angular adjustment of the seat backs relative to each other.

Abstract: A chair has a supporting frame, a seat portion, a back portion, and a recline mechanism. The mechanism moves the seat portion upon a reclining action of the back portion. The mechanism has a rear deformable member and a front deformable member operatively connecting the seat portion and the supporting frame. The recline mechanism also has a lower deformable member operatively connecting a lower part of the back portion and the supporting frame, and a puller member above the lower deformable member. The recline mechanism is configured such that as the back portion is reclined, the lower deformable member deforms and the puller member applies a rearward pulling action which causes the seat portion to move and the front and rear deformable members to deform.

Abstract: 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 cover having at least one join seam. A welt strip having a welt protrusion section is attached to the trim cover. The welt strip allows positioning of the trim cover over the substrate in that the welt protrusion section is positioned in the welt protrusion-mating channel. A method for manufacturing the automobile interior component is also provided.

Abstract: 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 cushion body. Vehicle seat of this type that makes it possible not only for a manufacturer but also for a consumer, namely an automobile owner or driver, to individually configure a seat. The medallion cover piece and the side cushion cover piece are attached to one another by use of a slide fastener that is integrated into the attachment. The side cushion cover piece can be separably hooked into the structure of the vehicle seat at its end that is opposite the slide fastener.

Abstract: 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 first and second spaced apart sections, and a connecting section adjacent one ends of the first and second sections and interconnecting the first and second spaced apart sections, a peripheral piece disposed between the first and second pieces, extending along peripheral edges of the first and second pieces except an edge of one side of each of the first and second pieces, and attached at edges thereof to the peripheral edges of the first and second pieces, an intermediate piece attached at an edge of one side thereof to an edge of the connecting section of the second piece between the first and second sections so as to be disposed between the first and second sections, a third piece attached at an edge of one side thereof to the edge of the side of t

Abstract: 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 backing. At least a portion of the locator strip is torn away along a line of perforations formed therein.

Abstract: 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 backing. At least a portion of the locator strip is torn away along a line of perforations formed therein.

Abstract: 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 shrinkable fabric panel is attached to the seat frame and heat is applied. The heat causes each panel to shrink along a predetermined direction, thereby drawing the cover taut around the cushion and frame.