Trim cover for use with seats in vehicles
US4927209A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 18, 1988 |
| Grant date | May 22, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47C7/748
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A trim cover for use with seats in vehicles and having an electric heater housed therein wherein its surface skin and base cloth are linearly joined with each other at the sitting areas 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 which are closed by the pulling loop at the middle thereof, interposing the pulling loop between the paired openings, that portion of the pulling loop which corresponds to the width of each of the sack-like portions is cut away, leaving a piece of pulling loop at the border of the adjacent sack-like portions, each of band-like portions of the electric heater is inserted through its corresponding sack-like portion, passing over the pulling loop between the paired openings, and a pulling wire is passed through the pulling loop pieces each extending between the adjacent band-like portions of the electric heater.
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