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US 10,377,282 B2Granted
Method for manufacturing of upholstered mass transit vehicle chairs
OwnerMaciej Szymanskiinventor
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Abstract
A method of method of manufacturing an upholstered chair for a mass transit vehicle includes forming a seat insert and a backrest insert, injection molding a layer of upholstery having enveloping flanges and beads at a periphery thereof, placing the upholstery onto the seat and backrest inserts such that the flanges and beads engage with an underside of the inserts, and attaching the seat insert and the backrest insert onto a chair frame. The flanges and beads secure the upholstery to the seat and backrest insert.
Claims2
A method of manufacturing an upholstered chair for a mass transit vehicle, the method comprising:
- forming a seat insert and a backrest insert, each of the seat insert and the backrest insert having a underside;
- injection molding a layer of upholstery from a plastic material such that the layer of upholstery has enveloping flanges at a periphery thereof, each of the enveloping flanges having a bead at an edge thereof;
- placing the injection molded layer of upholstery onto the seat insert and the backrest insert such that the enveloping flanges and the beads are at the underside of the seat insert and the backrest insert such that the injection molded layer of upholstery is securely retained in position against the seat insert and the backrest insert;
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- attaching the seat insert and the backrest insert onto a chair frame after the step of placing.
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