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US 11,890,998 B2Granted
Seat trim panel
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsRochelle Kirzhner, Laura Schulz, Ron Miotto
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Abstract
A trim panel is sized to be attached to a lower region of a seat back and extend over a portion of a seat bottom. The trim panel is formed from a flexible material without carpet.
Claims20
A seat assembly comprising:
- a seat bottom comprising a first central recess formed in a rear region of the seat bottom;
- a seat back connected for movement relative to the seat bottom, wherein a second central recess is formed in a lower, rear region of the seat back, and wherein the second central recess of the seat back is aligned with the first central recess of the seat bottom;
- a rear panel attached to a rear surface of the seat back, wherein the rear panel is contoured to extend into the first central recess;
- a trim panel attached to a lower end of the rear panel at a lower region of the seat back and extending over a portion of the seat bottom, to cover the portion of the seat bottom in various positions of the seat back relative to the seat bottom, wherein the trim panel is contoured with a pair of lateral outboard regions to extend into the first central recess of the seat bottom and the second central recess of the seat back, and wherein a series of apertures are formed through the trim panel and the series of apertures are configured to receive fasteners to connect the trim panel to the rear panel.
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A seat assembly comprising:
- a seat bottom, wherein a first central recess is formed in a rear region of the seat bottom;
- a seat back connected for movement relative to the seat bottom, wherein a second central recess is formed in a lower, rear region of the seat back, aligned with the first central recess;
- a trim panel attached to a lower region of the seat back to extend over a portion of the seat bottom, wherein the trim panel is contoured with a pair of lateral outboard regions and a central region to extend into the first central recess and the second central recess;
- wherein the trim panel is formed from a flat layer with slots between the central region and each of the pair of lateral outboard regions and the lateral outboard regions are attached to the central region at webs beneath the slots;
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- a trim panel cover that is oversized relative to the trim panel, wherein the trim panel cover and the trim panel are sewn together to contour to the first central recess and the second central recess of the seat back and the seat bottom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.