# US 11,299,076 B2 · Seat > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,299,076 B2 - Document ID: US11299076B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/252,059 - Filed: 2019-10-17 - Published: 2021-08-26 - Granted: 2022-04-12 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-21 - Assignees: Delta Kogyo Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Delta Kogyo Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Atsushi Onji; Takafumi Fujino; Yohei Nagato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11299076B2 ## CPC - B60N 2/5825: {by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like} - A47C 31/023: {connecting upholstery to frames, e.g. by hooks, clips, snap fasteners, clamping means or the like} - B60N 2/5883: {by sewing, stitching or threading} - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A47C: CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS ## Abstract A seat has a seat cushion unit including: a seat cushion frame; a seat pad which lies over the seat cushion frame; and a trim which covers the seat pad. The trim includes: a trim main body which mainly covers a top surface of the seat pad; a first trim joiner which extends from the trim main body to a backside of the seat cushion frame at the rear of the seat pad, and is fastened to the seat cushion frame; and a second trim joiner which is connected to a back surface of the trim main body in at least one of left and right end regions of the rear of the seat cushion unit, extends to the backside of the seat cushion frame at the rear of the seat pad, and is fastened to the seat cushion frame. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A seat, comprising: a seat cushion unit including: a seat cushion frame; a seat pad which lies over the seat cushion frame; and a trim which covers the seat pad, wherein the trim includes: a trim main body which mainly covers a top surface of the seat pad; a first trim joiner which extends from the trim main body to a backside of the seat cushion frame at the rear of the seat pad, and is fastened to the seat cushion frame; and a second trim joiner which is connected to a back surface of the trim main body in at least one of left and right end regions of the rear of the seat cushion unit, extends to the backside of the seat cushion frame at the rear of the seat pad, and is fastened to the seat cushion frame, the first trim joiner is a sheet-like part extending from the trim main body, and the second trim joiner is formed of a sheet member independent from the sheet-like part, the sheet member being connected to the back surface of the trim main body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat cushion unit includes a sitting part for supporting buttocks of an occupant, and a bulge part extending in a front-rear direction on each of left and right sides of the sitting part, the trim main body has a pull-in section which extends along a boundary between the bulge part and the sitting part, and is pulled into the seat pad side, and the second trim joiner is connected to the pull-in section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The seat according to claim 2, wherein the second trim joiner is sewn with the pull-in section along a direction in which the pull-in section extends. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The seat according to claim 1, wherein the first trim joiner and the second trim joiner are fastened to a common member included in the seat cushion frame. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The seat according to claim 4, wherein the first trim joiner and the second trim joiner are fastened to the seat cushion frame via a common hook member which retains an end portion of the first trim joiner and an end portion of the second trim joiner. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The seat according to claim 5, wherein a distance from a proximal end joining position of the second trim joiner that is connected with the trim main body to a distal end joining position of the second trim joiner that is retained by the hook member is shorter than a distance from the proximal joining position to a joining position of the first trim joiner that is retained by the hook member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The seat according to claim 1, wherein the second trim joiner has a lower stretchability than the first trim joiner. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The seat according to claim 7, wherein the second trim joiner is made of an airbag sleeve as a material. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The seat according to claim 1, wherein the first trim joiner extends throughout in a width direction of the trim main body, and the second trim joiner is each provided at opposite end regions of the trim main body in the width direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The seat according to claim 9, wherein the second trim joiner is each located so as to overlap widthwise opposite ends of the first trim joiner. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The seat according to claim 1, wherein a first hook member is provided on a distal end portion of the first trim joiner, via which the first trim joiner is fastened to the seat cushion frame, and a second hook member is provided on a distal end portion of the second trim joiner, via which the second trim joiner is fastened to the seat cushion frame.