Patent · US Expired

Automotive seat

US4784437A · kind A · utility

21Cited by
7References
11Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1987
Grant dateNov 15, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 29, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S297/02
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automobile seat comprising a main foam pad and a sub-pad made of a softer foam material relative to the foam cushion body, the sub-pad being mounted on the main foam pad. In this seat, a covering member is provided over those pads such that the section of the covering member which covers the sub-pad is fixed in a dotted manner to the section thereof which covers the main foam pad. With this arrangement, a plurality of decorative creases are created in the lateral side portions of the covering member section which covers the lateral surfaces of the sub-pad.

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