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US 10,328,830 B2Granted
Seat assembly having a bolster subassembly
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsBradley C. Duncan, Richard A. Sams, Ronald L. Miotto
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Abstract
A seat assembly having a seat back and a bolster subassembly. The bolster subassembly may have a bolster frame and a bolster trim subassembly. The bolster frame may be mounted to a back panel of the seat back. The bolster trim subassembly may be received between the bolster frame and the back panel when the bolster subassembly is mounted to the seat back.
Claims20
A seat assembly comprising:
- a seat back that includes:
- a seat back frame;
- a back panel that is disposed on the seat back frame, the back panel having a plurality of mounting tabs that extend away from the seat back frame;
- and
- a bolster subassembly that includes:
- a bolster frame having a plurality of openings that receive corresponding ones of the mounting tabs of the back panel to mount the bolster frame to the back panel;
- a bolster cushion that is disposed on the bolster frame;
- and
- a bolster trim subassembly that is disposed on the bolster cushion and that includes a bolster trim cover and a bolster trim cover stiffener that extends from an edge of the bolster trim cover, wherein the bolster trim cover and the bolster trim cover stiffener are received between the bolster frame and the back panel when the bolster subassembly is mounted to the seat back frame and wherein the bolster frame has a mounting channel that receives the back panel and the bolster trim subassembly.
6 more elements
A seat assembly comprising:
- a seat back that includes:
- a seat back frame;
- a back panel that is fixedly disposed on the seat back frame and that defines a back side of the seat back;
- and
- a bolster subassembly that includes:
- a bolster frame that is mounted to the seat back frame, the bolster frame having a mounting channel that is disposed along a lateral side of the seat back and a mounting arm that extends away from the mounting channel, wherein the mounting arm is fastened to the seat back frame and the back panel;
- and
- a bolster trim subassembly that includes a bolster trim cover and a bolster trim cover stiffener that is attached to the bolster trim cover, wherein the bolster trim cover, the bolster trim cover stiffener, and the back panel are received in the mounting channel.
5 more elements
A seat assembly comprising:
- a seat back that includes:
- a seat back frame;
- a back panel disposed on the seat back frame;
- and
- a bolster subassembly that includes:
- a bolster frame that is disposed on the seat back frame and the back panel, wherein the bolster frame has a perimeter wall and a front wall that at least partially define a mounting channel that receives the back panel;
- and
- a bolster trim subassembly that is disposed on the bolster frame and that includes a bolster trim cover and a bolster trim cover stiffener that is attached to the bolster trim cover, wherein the bolster trim cover and the bolster trim cover stiffener are received in the mounting channel and the bolster trim cover stiffener is secured between the back panel and the bolster frame.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.