Suspension seating surface edge encapsulation method, seating surface carrier and seat made therewith
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsCraig Martin Oomen, Randy James Sayers, Robert A. Bratty, Kelly Washburn, Michael Long, Michael Stanton
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Abstract
A seat includes a seat surface having a periphery and a carrier overmolded onto the seat surface over the periphery. The carrier has a periphery and a frame is overmolded onto the carrier over the carrier periphery. The seat is assembled without fasteners. A method for making the seat includes overmolding a carrier onto a periphery of a seat surface to form a seat surface/carrier assembly, tensioning the seat surface/carrier assembly in a mold and overmolding a frame onto a periphery of the seat surface/carrier assembly.
Claims20
A seat, comprising:
- a seat surface having a seat periphery;
- a carrier overmolded onto the seat surface over the seat periphery such that the carrier forms a seat edge of the seat surface, the carrier having a carrier periphery;
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- a frame overmolded onto a portion of the carrier over the carrier periphery and in contact with the seat surface such that the carrier is at least partially received in the frame and a character line is formed between the frame and the carrier, the character line being located along the carrier between the seat edge and the carrier periphery.
A seat, comprising:
- a seat surface having a seat periphery;
- a carrier overmolded onto the seat surface over the seat periphery under a first tension, the carrier having a carrier periphery;
- and
- a frame overmolded onto the carrier over the carrier periphery under a second tension, the second tension being greater than the first tension,
- wherein the carrier is at least partially received in the frame and the frame abuts the seat surface.
A seat, comprising:
- a seat surface having a seat periphery;
- a carrier overmolded onto the seat surface over the seat periphery such that the carrier forms a seat edge of the seat surface, the carrier having a carrier periphery;
- and
- a frame overmolded onto a portion of the carrier over the carrier periphery such that the carrier is at least partially received within the frame and a character line is formed between the frame and the carrier with the frame abutting the seat surface adjacent to the seat edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.