Trim cover for use with seats in vehicles
US4718718A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S297/01
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A trim cover for use with seats in vehicles and having an electric heater housed therein wherein seams each for binding its surface skin and base cloth together are formed at the sitting area of the trim cover in the longitudinal direction thereof to form an appropriate number of elongated sack-like portions between the surface skin and the base cloth, a pulling loop traverse the sack-like portions at the middle thereof is joined together with the surface skin and the base cloth, a pair of openings are formed at the middle of each of the sack-like portions, interposing the pulling loop between the paired openings, a through-hole is provided at that portion of the pulling loop which is located between the paired openings, each of band-like portions of the electric heater is inserted through its corresponding sack-like portion, passing through the paired openings and the through-hole in the pulling loop between the paired openings, and a pulling wire is passed through the pulling loop.
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