Abstract: A method of upholstering a seat having a seating frame, and a corresponding attachment assembly, comprises providing a diaphragm generally having a weave of warp and weft yarns with an attachment member for installation of the diaphragm to the seat. The attachment member comprises an adapter strip and a coil member. The coil member is adapted to be intertwined with the weave of the diaphragm and thereafter inserted into and held by the channel in the seating frame. The adapter strip may be connected to the coil member to facilitate feeding the assembly through the channel in the seating frame. Alternately, the adapter strip can replace the channel in the seating frame and instead provide a mounting structure to which the diaphragm can be attached through the coil member's engagement with the adapter strip. A retainer sheet may also be used to maintain a desired tension of the diaphragm during installation.

Abstract: A holder is removable from a seatback frame. The seatback frame has a back plate, a top plate extending from an upper portion of the back plate toward a front side, and a fixing plate provided below the top plate and extending from the back plate toward the front side. The top plate has two insertion holes into which two holders can be inserted from above. The fixing plate is configured so as to be able to fix the end portions of the two holders inserted through the insertion holes of the top plate.

Abstract: Provided is a seat cover (5) of a vehicle seat (1) which is formed by sewing a plurality of skin materials includes: a locked part (23) which is provided in a sewn portion (12) of two sheets of sewn skin materials (10 and 11) and is locked in a locking part (22) of a cushion pad in a state where the sewn portion is pulled into a cushion pad (20). Among seam allowances of the skin materials included in the sewn portion, a seam allowance (14) of one skin material includes a protrusion part (15) which is arranged to protrude in a pulling-in direction of the sewn portion from a seam allowance (13) of the other skin material. The locked part is directly provided in the protrusion part.

Abstract: A cover attaching device for attaching a cover to a seat body is disclosed. This device comprises a cover holder which includes one or more clip holding means capable of holding at least one clip, the cover holder being configured to hold the cover, to which the clip has been attached, via the clip being held by the clip holding means; and a distance adjusting means capable of adjusting a distance between the cover holder and a table on which the seat body can be placed.

Abstract: An assembly system permitting separate construction and transport of subcomponents for seating furniture items. The disassembled subcomponents allow for more efficient transportation by eliminating the dead space created by transporting irregularly shaped assembled furniture items. The assembly system includes a seat box having a rectangular frame defining an accessible internal cavity covered by an upper support surface. The assembly system also comprises a back rest having a seat box interface surface and at least arm rest interface surface. The back rest also defines an internal cavity accessible through closable opening for internal access to the arm rest interface surfaces. The assembly system also includes mounting an interface surface to the arm rest for securing the arm rest to the arm rest interface surface of the back rest and the rectangular frame of the seat box.

Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat component including, a cushion material forming an outer shape of the vehicle seat, a plurality of groove parts formed to the cushion material and intersecting each other, a corner part formed by intersection of the plurality of groove parts, and a skin material covering the cushion material, wherein the skin material covers the cushion material while a portion of the skin material is engaged inside the plurality of groove parts in a pulled state, wherein the cushion material includes a protruding portion protruding from an external portion of the corner part, and wherein the protruding portion covers the external portion of the corner part and shrinks toward the external portion of the corner part by a pressing force of the skin material engaged inside the plurality of groove parts in the pulled state.

Abstract: A box spring (9) having a rigid perimeter wall (16) to provide a firm foundation to support an edge of a mattress (1) where individuals normally sit. A layer of coil springs (20) rests on a center portion (2) of the box spring and extends above the rigid perimeter wall to provide active support to a center portion of the mattress where individuals normally lie.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and a method used to upholster a box-spring frame. A textile tape with a portion encapsulating a draw cord is sewn to the inner perimeter of a border material. The other edge of the border material is sewn to a top cover material. The box-spring frame is placed within this assembly, with the top side of the frame abutting the top cover. This assembly is placed in the attachment apparatus. The attachment apparatus optionally compresses the box-spring frame and is equipped with a pair of tension applicators. Once in place, each of the two draw cord ends are secured to a corresponding tension applicator, and tension is applied to the draw cord. This tension tightens the border assembly edge around the frame. With the proper tension applied, the draw cord is secured to the box-spring frame. The bottom cover is then attached in the conventional manner with a series of staples.

Abstract: A bedding foundation is manufactured with a cover having a welt cord extending upwardly to create a seal when a mattress is placed on the foundation. The cover is made using a two stage process. During the first stage a sewing machine is used to join a welt cord to a web of border material. In the second stage a second sewing machine sews a piece of non-skid decking to the border assembly. Fullness may be incorporated into the border material to enable the cover to fit around the corners of the bedding foundation with the welt cord being spaced inwardly from the perimeter of the foundation.

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 no-sew upholstery system of the invention comprises a soft or semi-soft foam which is covered by fabric through a wrap and tuck process. The form incorporates an opening through an exterior surface. The fabric employed is wrapped around the form and its ends are tucked through the exterior opening. The form may also incorporate a pocket in the interior to provide additional area for accepting the fabric. Multiple fabric accents and devices for decoration and locking function may be selectively inserted into the opening. Because of the characteristics of the foam and the close-fit force exerted on the ends of fabric, the result is to provide a form which holds the fabric in place-yet, one which is easy to cover by the purchaser without the need for any sewing, gluing or stapling to give a customized look.

Abstract: A locking device for upholstery is connected between an elongate holding element and an elongate drawing-in element which is connected to a sewing-on flag. The sewing-on flag in turn is connected to upholstery covering material. The locking device includes a one-piece structure having wall parts enclosing two consecutive hollow spaces, one of the hollow spaces receiving the drawing-in element, the other of the hollow spaces receiving the holding element. The wall part enclosing the one hollow space has an insertion slot for inserting the drawing-in element such that the wall part enclosing the one hollow space locks the drawing-in element in the one hollow space.

Abstract: A retainer apparatus for attaching a seat cover to a foam cushion, wherein the retainer apparatus has a base component embedded in the foam cushion and an anchor component connected with the seat cover, wherein further the connection of the anchor component to the seat cover is facilitated by its being selectively reconfigured for that purpose. The base component has a plurality of engagement apertures formed therein. The anchor component includes a bifurcated pedestal and a plurality of rams upstanding therefrom. Each ram has a barbed head for being anchoringly engaged with a respective engagement aperture. Each of the heads has a living hinge at its tip which serves to enable the anchor component to be reconfigured between an open configuration, used when attaching the seat cover to the bifurcated pedestal, and a closed configuration, used when the rams are inserted into the engagement apertures.

Abstract: A mattress clip to secure the fabric flange of a mattress cover to adjacent springs of the innerspring assembly, such clip having a hook end, a short lateral leg extending therefrom to an integrally formed single loop having a narrow but resiliently expandable entrance to receive and hold the ring of an adjacent coil spring therein, a longitudinal leg extending therefrom to an integrally formed double loop, a return longitudinal leg extending therefrom to terminate in a sharply pointed end adjacent the hook for reception therein after the return longitudinal leg with the sharply pointed end has been passed through the fabric flange of the mattress cover.

Abstract: A seat back for an automotive seat, wherein a trim cover assembly is affixed over a foam cushion member by means of an anchoring member fixed on the reverse side of the trim cover assembly, and there is provided an anchor securing element for pulling and securing the anchoring member onto the cushion member at an even pulling force, which comprises a rectilinear wire member and an elastic strap member connected thereto. The rectilinear wire member can easily be inserted into the anchoring member and be pulled by the elastic strp member to firmly secure the anchoring member to the cushion member.

Abstract: A combined bed structure comprises a frame support and a mattress frame. The mattress frame is placed on the top portion of the frame support and comprises a frame casing, an inflatable mattress, and a cover layer. The frame casing is placed on the top portion of the frame support. The inflatable mattress is placed in the frame casing. The cover layer is placed on the top portion of the inflatable mattress. An inner frame slot with a slot opening and a slot chamber is positioned in the inner surface of the top portion of the frame casing. A hollow inflatable elastic tube is able to fully expand in the slot chamber and is connected along the periphery of the cover layer, so the cover layer is fixedly secured by inflating air into the hollow inflatable elastic tube and the cover layer is removable by deflating the elastomer.

Abstract: Assembly for fastening upholstery to the padding of a vehicle seat, which assembly comprises a bar sunk inside the padding, and a flexible plastic section stitched to the upholstery and secured to the bar by means of a number of metal fasteners.

Abstract: A stool upholstered with a protective stool cover, and related objects are shown. The cover comprises a seat encapsulating, cover material, the lower edge of which is attached to a seat pan covering, shaped wall profile which protects against inadvertant, cover material damaging impact against the seat pan. The profile also eliminates the discernment of outlines of the edge of the interface between the seat pan and the cushioning material through the covering material. The profile includes a flange section adapted for attachment to the lower side of the seat pan, which extends at substantially right angles from one end of the seat pan edge covering collar section, as well as a seam section adapted for sewn attachment to the covering material. The seam section is offset and extends from the other end of the collar section, parallel and adjacent to a line of extension therefrom.

Abstract: A seating platform e.g. for domestic furniture or motor vehicle seats comprises at least one moulded elastic element mounted on a frame member and covered by a non-stretch sheet which, upon installation, is only lightly tensioned. The elastic element is of a substantially incompressible material, e.g. a rubber composition high in natural rubber, and includes spaced apart grooves which permit controlled transverse deformation of the element upon loading of the platform.

Abstract: A chair is provided that supplies good seat and back support and comfort, while being aesthetic and providing ready replacement of the seat and/or back upholstery. A frame component substantially defines the periphery of the chair seat or back, and cooperates with a clamping component to hold upholstery in place defining the seat or back. The upholstery comprises a fabric body and a welt of flexible but relatively incompressible material attached to the periphery of the fabric. The frame component and clamping component hold the fabric therebetween so that the welt is on the opposite side thereof from the seat, the fabric being held tight. The area encompassed by the frame component may be readily adjusted to allow ready detachment of the clamping component, and replacement of the upholstery. A bridge spans opposite sides of the clamping component, and a downwardly extending shaft attached to the bridge is received by a base to provide support for the frame component.

Abstract: A seat for use in a vehicle, airplane or the like is disclosed which comprises a top layer member incorporating heating elements therein. Each of the heating elements is enclosed by a cover which is extended with an integral hang portion for fixing the top layer member. The hang portion is fixedly secured to a fixing member provided within the seat.

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: A structural component for upholstered furniture includes a three-dimensional frame consisting of a plurality of wires which are welded together. A flexible substrate sheet and an upholstery material cover are secured together with padding held between the substrate sheet and the cover. Clips either pierce the substrate sheet or are attached to the cover and engage the border frame wires such that the upholstery is fastened to the frame. Preferably, the clips comprise extruded plastic elongated strip members having flange portions which are stitched to the material cover and snap portions which snap-fit onto the border wires.

Abstract: A seat for vehicles is described. The seat comprises a support structure for a cushion and a support structure for a seat back, as well as a respective stuffing part supported at least partially by the said structure. The main feature of this seat is that the said support structure has a cross-section having a profile such as to allow an engagement of at least partially mating surfaces, one of which pertains to the structure and the other to at least one component of the seat.

Abstract: A harness-like arrangement for securing mattress pads and the like to the top of mattresses.

Abstract: A waterproof waterbed frame safety cover is disclosed which completely encloses a waterbed decking board and upstanding rails. The waterbed frame safety cover comprises top and bottom sheets welded together along one end, wherein the remaining two sides and end are open for inserting a waterbed frame. The top sheet of the safety cover is formed to match the cavity of a waterbed frame having inwardly inclined upstanding rails and a contoured bottom mattress. A waterproof zipper closure seals the waterbed frame in the safety liner.