CA1291410C - Vehicle seat with molded in-place suspension system - Google Patents
Vehicle seat with molded in-place suspension systemInfo
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- CA1291410C CA1291410C CA000580815A CA580815A CA1291410C CA 1291410 C CA1291410 C CA 1291410C CA 000580815 A CA000580815 A CA 000580815A CA 580815 A CA580815 A CA 580815A CA 1291410 C CA1291410 C CA 1291410C
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
- A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
- A47C7/02—Seat parts
- A47C7/28—Seat parts with tensioned springs, e.g. of flat type
- A47C7/282—Seat parts with tensioned springs, e.g. of flat type with mesh-like supports, e.g. elastomeric membranes
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T29/00—Metal working
- Y10T29/48—Upholstered article making
- Y10T29/481—Method
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T29/00—Metal working
- Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
- Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
- Y10T29/49885—Assembling or joining with coating before or during assembling
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A vehicle seat assembly including a seat cushion suspension assembly consisting of a flexible elastic fabric sheet having a foam body molded thereto forming a bun. me bun is formed by attaching the fabric sheet to retainers and in turn the retainers to spaced apart receivers on the inside of a mold. The mold is closed, expandable foam is injected, and the positioned fabric sheet is thus molded to and bonded to the fabric. The bun so formed is then positioned on a vehicle seat frame by attaching the retainers to laterally separated side rails of the frame thus forming a support for seating loads.
A vehicle seat assembly including a seat cushion suspension assembly consisting of a flexible elastic fabric sheet having a foam body molded thereto forming a bun. me bun is formed by attaching the fabric sheet to retainers and in turn the retainers to spaced apart receivers on the inside of a mold. The mold is closed, expandable foam is injected, and the positioned fabric sheet is thus molded to and bonded to the fabric. The bun so formed is then positioned on a vehicle seat frame by attaching the retainers to laterally separated side rails of the frame thus forming a support for seating loads.
Description
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VEHIfT~ SE~T WITH MOLDED IN-PL~CE SUSPENSICN SYST~M
_ ~GROUND AND S~MMARY OE THE INvENTIoN
This invention relates generally to the field of seating and more particularly to vehicle seat asse~blies. Previously, most vehicle seating involved the use of a frame having an arrangement of springs upon which a padding such as foam rubber was positioned. This seat is then covered with a fabric or other sheet material which is attached to the frame. In a co-pendmg application serial no. 437,715, filed October 29, 1982, commonly assigned, a seat assembly is disclosed having a foam encapsulated load ~upporting fibrous matrlx stretched between laterally spaced frame member6 of a seat. In this seat assembly the foam pad is molded in place onto the load supporting fibrous matrLx that is prepo~itioned on the frame. Thus, the foam encapsulation covers both the fibrous matrix or fabric sheet and the side rails of the frame upon which the seat cushion is to be mounted.
The seat assembly of the above mentioned copending application must ~e positioned partially inside a mold cavity where the foam i8 injected to expand the foam pad over the fabric matrix and portions of the frame.
In contrast, the present invention provides a vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly that will be mounted on a frame having laterally separated side rails but which is produced without the necessity of premounting the fabric sheet between the side rails of a vehicle seat frame. The result is a vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly that is more versatile and simpler to produce. In addition, the elimination of the requirement for a mold to accommodate the seat frame permits the mold to be smaller and more compact as well as enabl mg one mold to be utilized for a variety o~ ~eating configurations. me frame thus is not a constraint to the mold configuration in ~he present invention.
me vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly of this invention for carrying seating load~ on a vehicle seat having laterally separated side rails comprises a flexible elastic woven fabric material, generally rectan~ular in ~hape, having a ~oam body integrally molded and bonded thereto. The load supporting fabric sheet is formed of woven flexible elastic filaments. ~ foam cushion body is integrally molded and bonded to the ~abric such that the fabric and the foam body molded together act in concert to elastically support seating loads when the assembly is mounted on and eositioned between side rails of a vehicle seat frame.
The fabric material effectively transfers the loads from the cushion to the side rails while the foam in the body functions to lock all of the filaments together to provide for the desir~d dlstribution of seating load6 throughout the sheet and avoid areas of stress concentration.
m e vehicle seat cushion 6uspension asse~bly of this invention applies equally well to the formation of the vehicle seat back. A seat back assembly having laterally separated side rails may also have a flexible elastic fabric supported between them with a foam body integrally molded and bonded thereto that act together to support seating loads on the seat back.
The seat cushion suspension assembly according to the present invention is produced in a foam mPld. The flexible woven fabric sheet is ~ ~ ;29~4~
mounted inside one-half of a hollow mold, the other half of the mold is closed over the irs~ half, and the expandable foam is injected into the mold cavity. As the foam expands and encapsulate~ the fabric contained therein the fabric i6 effectively bonded to the foam body formed therein.
The mold is then opened and the foam body with fabric attached is removed. ~he abric she2t, with the foam body integrally molded and bonded thereto can then be attached to the side rails d a seat frame.
In addition, once the foam body with the fabric sheet bonded thereto is removed from the mold a seat trim cover may then be bonded to the oam body. This is done by taking a preformed seat trim cover having a complim ntary shape to that of the outside surface o the foam kody, coating the cover or the body with adhesive, and positioning the seat trim cover onto the foam body in complimentary relation and then applying heat and pressure which bonds the seat cover to the foam pad or body The resulting assembly can then ke m~unted on a ~eat frame such hat the fabric sheet is suspended between side rails of the frame and the edges of the æat cover may be wrapped around and attached to the underside of the seat frame thus completing the seat asse~bly.
Further objects, features, and advantages of this invention will become apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the appended claim~ and accompanyin~ drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTICN CF THE DRAWnNGS
Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view o~ a portion of a seat assembly of this invention~ w~th ~owe parts broken away and other parts shown in section for the porpose of clarity;
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Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly of thiB invention in a mold 6hown in section or the purpose of clarity;
Figure 3 is a partial sectional view of the vehicle seat suspension a~6emb1y of the present lnvention showing a seat cover in complimentary relation to the foam pad;
Figure 4 iB a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the completed 6eat assembly of this invention.
DE~AI~D DF~gCRIPTICN OF THE PREFERRED EM~ODIMENT
Turning now to the drawings, the vehlcle seat cushion suspension assembly or bun 10 is shown in Figure 1 mounted on frame assembly 11.
Bun 10 is comprised of flexible elastic fabric sheet 12 which is generally rectangular in shape. Sewn to opposite edges of abric sheet 12 are retainers 14 and 16 constructed frvm a plastic strip haviny a J-6haped cross ~ection. ~olded ~nd bonded to ~heet 12 with retainers 14 and 16 attached, is foam body 18.
Bun 10 is mounted on frame assembly 11 by hooking the short legs of J-shaped retainers 14 and 16 over receivers or ~langes 18 and 20 on side rails 22 and 24 re6pectively of frame assembly 11. Side rails 22 and 24 are maintained in spaced apart relation by horizontal frame l~mber 26.
Retainers 14 and 16 may also be snaps, hooks, rivets, barhed tabs, or other attachment means for connecting to corresponding receivers on side rails 22 and 24. However, in this preferred embodiment, J-strips and flanges are used.
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Bun 10, comprising Eabric sheet 12, retainers 14 and 16, and foam body 18 is ~ormed in mold 28, shcwn in Figure 2. Mold 28 includes a first mold half member 30 having ~paced apart flanges 32 and 34 on the insic~ surface of mold ~ember 30. Flanges 32 and 34 are spaced apart the 6ame distance and are oriented the fiame as flanges 18 and 20 on frame assembly 11. Thus when fabric sheet 12 is attached between flanyes 32 and 34 by hooking retainers 14 and 16 over flanges 32 and 34, fabric 12 i8 positioned in the ~ame configuration within the mold ca~ity as the fabric ~heet will be positioned when attached to frame 11.
A second mold half member 32 is closed against ~ember 30 completing the mold enclosure. An expandable foam material is injected into the mold. m e foam expands to fill the mold interior. In so cloing, foam body 18 is bonded to fabric sheet 12 completing the assembly of the bun 10. Mold halves 30 and 32 are then separated, and the completed bun may then be slid of off flanges 32 and 34 or alternately the bun may be flexed to disengaged the ~ strips 14 and 16 from flanges 32 and 34. This molding operation effectively encapsulates the flexible fabric sheet with the J-shaped retainers attached.
me foam body 18 bonded to fabric sheet 12 functions to lock all of the filaments together to provide for the desired distribution of seating loads throughout sheet 12 and avoid areas of stress concentration when the bun 10 in rnounted on the frame assernbly 11. Fabric sheet 12 is preferably stretched taut between flanges 32 and 34 in rnold rnen~er 30.
Correspondingly~ when the bun is mounted on fra~e assembly 11, fabric 12 wll~ be stretched between side rails 22 and 24.
The completed bun 10, removed from rnold halE 30 may then be placed on a bonding machine die also having spaced apart flanges - ~9~4~
corresponding to the width between side rails 22 and 24. The outer surface 36 of bun 10 may then be coated with a suitable adhesive or the inside surface 38 of a fabric trim cover ~0 BO coated. '~he trim cover 40 iB then applied to bun 10 by positioning the trim cover which has a complimentary shape to the ~hape of the outer surface of the bun onto a bonding machine die 42 and then pressing ~he die against the ~un. In addition, heat may be applied to the trim cover 40 through the bonding machine die to speed the bonding process.
As shcwn in Figure 3, the trim cover positioned in the bonding machine die 42 has a complimentary surface relationship to the surface 36 of bun 10. The completed vehicle seat cushion assembly with trim cover attached can then be positioned on frame 11 as shown in Figure 1. To oomplete the assembly/ ~-shaped retainer strips 44, presewn to the edges of trim cover 40 are then hooked over flanges 46 on frame assembly 11 as shown in Figure 4. The completed assembly may then be mounted on a vehicle seat or back frame and mounted within the vehicle.
Fr~m the above description, it is seen that this invention provides an improv0d versatile vehicle seat with a molded in place suspension system to provide a wide distribution of seating loading forces when applied b~ the seat cushion. A seat or back with improved cG~fort, versatility and ease of manufacture is thus achieved.
VEHIfT~ SE~T WITH MOLDED IN-PL~CE SUSPENSICN SYST~M
_ ~GROUND AND S~MMARY OE THE INvENTIoN
This invention relates generally to the field of seating and more particularly to vehicle seat asse~blies. Previously, most vehicle seating involved the use of a frame having an arrangement of springs upon which a padding such as foam rubber was positioned. This seat is then covered with a fabric or other sheet material which is attached to the frame. In a co-pendmg application serial no. 437,715, filed October 29, 1982, commonly assigned, a seat assembly is disclosed having a foam encapsulated load ~upporting fibrous matrlx stretched between laterally spaced frame member6 of a seat. In this seat assembly the foam pad is molded in place onto the load supporting fibrous matrLx that is prepo~itioned on the frame. Thus, the foam encapsulation covers both the fibrous matrix or fabric sheet and the side rails of the frame upon which the seat cushion is to be mounted.
The seat assembly of the above mentioned copending application must ~e positioned partially inside a mold cavity where the foam i8 injected to expand the foam pad over the fabric matrix and portions of the frame.
In contrast, the present invention provides a vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly that will be mounted on a frame having laterally separated side rails but which is produced without the necessity of premounting the fabric sheet between the side rails of a vehicle seat frame. The result is a vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly that is more versatile and simpler to produce. In addition, the elimination of the requirement for a mold to accommodate the seat frame permits the mold to be smaller and more compact as well as enabl mg one mold to be utilized for a variety o~ ~eating configurations. me frame thus is not a constraint to the mold configuration in ~he present invention.
me vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly of this invention for carrying seating load~ on a vehicle seat having laterally separated side rails comprises a flexible elastic woven fabric material, generally rectan~ular in ~hape, having a ~oam body integrally molded and bonded thereto. The load supporting fabric sheet is formed of woven flexible elastic filaments. ~ foam cushion body is integrally molded and bonded to the ~abric such that the fabric and the foam body molded together act in concert to elastically support seating loads when the assembly is mounted on and eositioned between side rails of a vehicle seat frame.
The fabric material effectively transfers the loads from the cushion to the side rails while the foam in the body functions to lock all of the filaments together to provide for the desir~d dlstribution of seating load6 throughout the sheet and avoid areas of stress concentration.
m e vehicle seat cushion 6uspension asse~bly of this invention applies equally well to the formation of the vehicle seat back. A seat back assembly having laterally separated side rails may also have a flexible elastic fabric supported between them with a foam body integrally molded and bonded thereto that act together to support seating loads on the seat back.
The seat cushion suspension assembly according to the present invention is produced in a foam mPld. The flexible woven fabric sheet is ~ ~ ;29~4~
mounted inside one-half of a hollow mold, the other half of the mold is closed over the irs~ half, and the expandable foam is injected into the mold cavity. As the foam expands and encapsulate~ the fabric contained therein the fabric i6 effectively bonded to the foam body formed therein.
The mold is then opened and the foam body with fabric attached is removed. ~he abric she2t, with the foam body integrally molded and bonded thereto can then be attached to the side rails d a seat frame.
In addition, once the foam body with the fabric sheet bonded thereto is removed from the mold a seat trim cover may then be bonded to the oam body. This is done by taking a preformed seat trim cover having a complim ntary shape to that of the outside surface o the foam kody, coating the cover or the body with adhesive, and positioning the seat trim cover onto the foam body in complimentary relation and then applying heat and pressure which bonds the seat cover to the foam pad or body The resulting assembly can then ke m~unted on a ~eat frame such hat the fabric sheet is suspended between side rails of the frame and the edges of the æat cover may be wrapped around and attached to the underside of the seat frame thus completing the seat asse~bly.
Further objects, features, and advantages of this invention will become apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the appended claim~ and accompanyin~ drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTICN CF THE DRAWnNGS
Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view o~ a portion of a seat assembly of this invention~ w~th ~owe parts broken away and other parts shown in section for the porpose of clarity;
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Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly of thiB invention in a mold 6hown in section or the purpose of clarity;
Figure 3 is a partial sectional view of the vehicle seat suspension a~6emb1y of the present lnvention showing a seat cover in complimentary relation to the foam pad;
Figure 4 iB a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the completed 6eat assembly of this invention.
DE~AI~D DF~gCRIPTICN OF THE PREFERRED EM~ODIMENT
Turning now to the drawings, the vehlcle seat cushion suspension assembly or bun 10 is shown in Figure 1 mounted on frame assembly 11.
Bun 10 is comprised of flexible elastic fabric sheet 12 which is generally rectangular in shape. Sewn to opposite edges of abric sheet 12 are retainers 14 and 16 constructed frvm a plastic strip haviny a J-6haped cross ~ection. ~olded ~nd bonded to ~heet 12 with retainers 14 and 16 attached, is foam body 18.
Bun 10 is mounted on frame assembly 11 by hooking the short legs of J-shaped retainers 14 and 16 over receivers or ~langes 18 and 20 on side rails 22 and 24 re6pectively of frame assembly 11. Side rails 22 and 24 are maintained in spaced apart relation by horizontal frame l~mber 26.
Retainers 14 and 16 may also be snaps, hooks, rivets, barhed tabs, or other attachment means for connecting to corresponding receivers on side rails 22 and 24. However, in this preferred embodiment, J-strips and flanges are used.
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Bun 10, comprising Eabric sheet 12, retainers 14 and 16, and foam body 18 is ~ormed in mold 28, shcwn in Figure 2. Mold 28 includes a first mold half member 30 having ~paced apart flanges 32 and 34 on the insic~ surface of mold ~ember 30. Flanges 32 and 34 are spaced apart the 6ame distance and are oriented the fiame as flanges 18 and 20 on frame assembly 11. Thus when fabric sheet 12 is attached between flanyes 32 and 34 by hooking retainers 14 and 16 over flanges 32 and 34, fabric 12 i8 positioned in the ~ame configuration within the mold ca~ity as the fabric ~heet will be positioned when attached to frame 11.
A second mold half member 32 is closed against ~ember 30 completing the mold enclosure. An expandable foam material is injected into the mold. m e foam expands to fill the mold interior. In so cloing, foam body 18 is bonded to fabric sheet 12 completing the assembly of the bun 10. Mold halves 30 and 32 are then separated, and the completed bun may then be slid of off flanges 32 and 34 or alternately the bun may be flexed to disengaged the ~ strips 14 and 16 from flanges 32 and 34. This molding operation effectively encapsulates the flexible fabric sheet with the J-shaped retainers attached.
me foam body 18 bonded to fabric sheet 12 functions to lock all of the filaments together to provide for the desired distribution of seating loads throughout sheet 12 and avoid areas of stress concentration when the bun 10 in rnounted on the frame assernbly 11. Fabric sheet 12 is preferably stretched taut between flanges 32 and 34 in rnold rnen~er 30.
Correspondingly~ when the bun is mounted on fra~e assembly 11, fabric 12 wll~ be stretched between side rails 22 and 24.
The completed bun 10, removed from rnold halE 30 may then be placed on a bonding machine die also having spaced apart flanges - ~9~4~
corresponding to the width between side rails 22 and 24. The outer surface 36 of bun 10 may then be coated with a suitable adhesive or the inside surface 38 of a fabric trim cover ~0 BO coated. '~he trim cover 40 iB then applied to bun 10 by positioning the trim cover which has a complimentary shape to the ~hape of the outer surface of the bun onto a bonding machine die 42 and then pressing ~he die against the ~un. In addition, heat may be applied to the trim cover 40 through the bonding machine die to speed the bonding process.
As shcwn in Figure 3, the trim cover positioned in the bonding machine die 42 has a complimentary surface relationship to the surface 36 of bun 10. The completed vehicle seat cushion assembly with trim cover attached can then be positioned on frame 11 as shown in Figure 1. To oomplete the assembly/ ~-shaped retainer strips 44, presewn to the edges of trim cover 40 are then hooked over flanges 46 on frame assembly 11 as shown in Figure 4. The completed assembly may then be mounted on a vehicle seat or back frame and mounted within the vehicle.
Fr~m the above description, it is seen that this invention provides an improv0d versatile vehicle seat with a molded in place suspension system to provide a wide distribution of seating loading forces when applied b~ the seat cushion. A seat or back with improved cG~fort, versatility and ease of manufacture is thus achieved.
Claims (8)
1. A vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly for carrying seating loads on a frame having laterally separated side rails comprising:
a flexible woven elastic fabric material having a foam body integrally molded and bonded to said fabric prior to said fabric being mounted between said side rails; and retaining means for attaching said sheet having said body bonded thereto to receivers on said side rails, said fabric and foam body molded thereto acting together to elastically support seating loads when said assembly is mounted on said receivers.
a flexible woven elastic fabric material having a foam body integrally molded and bonded to said fabric prior to said fabric being mounted between said side rails; and retaining means for attaching said sheet having said body bonded thereto to receivers on said side rails, said fabric and foam body molded thereto acting together to elastically support seating loads when said assembly is mounted on said receivers.
2. A vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly according to claim 1 wherein said fabric is in a stretched configuration when said body is molded and bonded thereto.
3. A vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly according to claim 1 wherein said retaining means comprises J-strips hooked over said receivers, said receivers comprising flanges protuding from said side rails.
4. A method of manufacturing a vehicle seat cushion suspension assembly for mounting on a frame having laterally separated side rails, said method comprising the steps of:
a) providing a rectangular woven elastic fabric sheet having parallel opposite edges having retaining means attached to each of said edges of said fabric sheet;
b) positioning said sheet within a mold cavity;
c) injecting foam into said mold to form said foam body molded and bonded to said sheet;
d) removing said body from said mold with said fabric molded and bonded to said body;
e) mounting said opposite edges of said fabric with said foam body encapsulated thereto onto the laterally separated side rails of said frame.
a) providing a rectangular woven elastic fabric sheet having parallel opposite edges having retaining means attached to each of said edges of said fabric sheet;
b) positioning said sheet within a mold cavity;
c) injecting foam into said mold to form said foam body molded and bonded to said sheet;
d) removing said body from said mold with said fabric molded and bonded to said body;
e) mounting said opposite edges of said fabric with said foam body encapsulated thereto onto the laterally separated side rails of said frame.
5. The method according to claim 4 wherein the step of positioning said sheet further comprises stretching said sheet between and attaching said retaining means to support members fixed within said mold thereby tensioning said sheet.
6. The method according to claim 4 wherein said retaining means comprises a plastic strip having a J-shaped cross section, the method further comprising the step of sewing said strip to each of said edges of said fabric sheet.
7. A method of manufacturtng a vehicle seat assembly comprising a frame having laterally separated side railsl a load supporting elastic fabric sheet stretched between said rails, a foam body molded and bonded in place on said sheet stretched therebetween, and a seat cover positioned over said body and said rails and secured to said frame, said method comprising the steps of:
a) attaching retainers to opposite edges of said fabric sheet;
b) stretching aid sheet and fastening said retainers onto spaced apart mounting members within a first mold member thereby mounting said sheet within said first member ;
c) positioning a second mold member onto said first mold member to form a mold enclosing said sheet;
d) injecting expandable foam into said mold to form said foam body molded and bonded to said sheet;
e) removing said body from said mold with said stretched fabric molded and konded to said body;
f) coating said body with an adhesive;
g) placing a seat trim cover having a complimentary shape to the shape of the outer surface of said foam body in complimentary position on said foam body;
h) bonding said seat cover to said body; and i) attaching said fabric sheet to said rails and said seat trim cover to said frame thereby completing the assembly of said vehicle seat.
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a) attaching retainers to opposite edges of said fabric sheet;
b) stretching aid sheet and fastening said retainers onto spaced apart mounting members within a first mold member thereby mounting said sheet within said first member ;
c) positioning a second mold member onto said first mold member to form a mold enclosing said sheet;
d) injecting expandable foam into said mold to form said foam body molded and bonded to said sheet;
e) removing said body from said mold with said stretched fabric molded and konded to said body;
f) coating said body with an adhesive;
g) placing a seat trim cover having a complimentary shape to the shape of the outer surface of said foam body in complimentary position on said foam body;
h) bonding said seat cover to said body; and i) attaching said fabric sheet to said rails and said seat trim cover to said frame thereby completing the assembly of said vehicle seat.
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8. The method of manufacturing a vehicle seat assembly according to claim 7 wherein the step of stretching said sheet tensions said sheet between said spaced apart mounting members within said first mold member.
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- 1987-10-26 US US07/113,651 patent/US4852228A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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1988
- 1988-10-20 CA CA000580815A patent/CA1291410C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1988-10-24 GB GB8824851A patent/GB2211404B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1988-10-25 JP JP63269288A patent/JPH023553A/en active Pending
- 1988-10-25 DE DE3836312A patent/DE3836312A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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| GB8824851D0 (en) | 1988-11-30 |
| GB2211404A (en) | 1989-07-05 |
| GB2211404B (en) | 1990-12-12 |
| DE3836312A1 (en) | 1989-05-03 |
| US4852228A (en) | 1989-08-01 |
| JPH023553A (en) | 1990-01-09 |
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