Conveyance seat
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaoya Nishimoto, Kazuaki Mima
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Abstract
Provided is a conveyance seat including a lateral support portion that provides good appearance. A lateral support portion of a seat back includes a base member that defines an outline of the lateral support portion and a surface cover arranged to cover the base member to form an outer surface of the lateral support portion. The surface cover includes multiple surface cover pieces interfaced with each other to form the surface cover and a strip-shaped body that extends out of the interface between the surface cover pieces in a reverse side portion of the surface cover. In a state where the surface cover covers the base member, the strip-shaped body is pulled toward a side of the base member opposite to that on which the interface is positioned with respect to the base member.
Claims17
A conveyance seat, comprising:
- a back support portion configured to support the back of a seated person;
- and
- a lateral support portion positioned laterally relative to the back support portion;
- wherein:
- the lateral support portion includes i) a base member that defines an outline of the lateral support portion, and ii) a surface cover configured to cover the base member to form an outer surface of the lateral support portion;
- the surface cover includes i) a plurality of surface cover pieces interfaced with each other to form the surface cover, and ii) an extending portion that extends out of an interface between the surface cover pieces on a reverse side portion of the surface cover;
- in a state where the surface cover covers the base member, the extending portion is pulled toward a side of the base member opposite to a side on which the interface between the surface cover pieces is positioned with respect to the base member;
- and
- a reverse side of the base member has a protrusion portion on which a free end portion of the extending portion hangs, the free end portion being positioned on a side opposite to a side of a base portion of the extending portion to be attached to the interface between the surface cover pieces.
A base member for a conveyance seat, the base member comprising:
- a protrusion portion provided on a reverse side of the base member, wherein the protrusion portion is configured to be engaged with a free end portion of an extending portion that extends out of an interface between surface cover pieces that form a surface cover for covering the base cover;
- a groove portion into which the interface between the surface cover pieces gains entry and which is formed on a front surface of the base cover;
- and
- a contact portion configured to come into contact with a portion of a vehicle body of a conveyance, the contact portion being a convex portion and formed separately from the protrusion portion;
- wherein the base member is configured to define an outline of a lateral support portion of the conveyance seat.
A method for assembling a conveyance seat, the conveyance seat comprising:
- a back support portion configured to support the back of a seated person;
- and
- a lateral support portion positioned laterally relative to the back support portion;
- wherein
- the lateral support portion includes i) a base member that defines an outline of the lateral support portion, and ii) a surface cover configured to cover the base member to form an outer surface of the lateral support portion,
- the surface cover includes i) a plurality of surface cover pieces interfaced with each other to form the surface cover, and ii) an extending portion that extends out of an interface between the surface cover pieces on a reverse side portion of the surface cover,
- in a state where the surface cover covers the base member, the extending portion is pulled toward a side of the base member opposite to a side on which the interface between the surface cover pieces is positioned with respect to the base member,
- a reverse side of the base member has a protrusion portion on which a free end portion of the extending portion hangs, the free end portion being positioned on a side opposite to a side of a base portion of the extending portion to be attached to the interface between the surface cover pieces, and
- the base member has a slit hole,
- the method comprising:
- passing the extending portion through the slit hole;
- and
- hanging the free end portion of the extending portion on the protrusion potion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.