Seat cover fastening

A method of adapting a molded seat cushion for receiving a seat cover, the method comprising

• providing an adhesive on either or both of a flexible fastener sheet and a selected area of a molded foam cushion surface;
• positioning the flexible fastener sheet to cover the selected area;
• and
• allowing the adhesive to set to permanently bond the flexible fastener sheet over the selected area of the molded foam cushion surface;
• wherein the selected area features a three-dimensional contour that the flexible fastener sheet follows as bonded;
• wherein the flexible fastener sheet further comprises a textile sheet secured to an obverse side of the resin layer;
• and
• wherein the textile sheet comprises a non-woven textile material.

A method of adapting a molded seat cushion for receiving a seat cover, the method comprising

• providing an adhesive on either or both of a flexible fastener sheet and a selected area of a molded foam cushion surface;
• positioning the flexible fastener sheet to cover the selected area;
• and
• allowing the adhesive to set to permanently bond the flexible fastener sheet over the selected area of the molded foam cushion surface;
• wherein the selected area features a three-dimensional contour that the flexible fastener sheet follows as bonded;
• wherein the flexible fastener sheet further comprises a textile sheet secured to an obverse side of the resin layer;
• and
• wherein the resin layer comprises multiple discrete islands of resin, each resin island carrying respective touch fastener elements, with adjacent islands separated by exposed textile sheet.

A method of adapting a molded seat cushion for receiving a seat cover, the method comprising

• providing an adhesive on either or both of a flexible fastener sheet and a selected area of a molded foam cushion surface;
• positioning the flexible fastener sheet to cover the selected area;
• and
• allowing the adhesive to set to permanently bond the flexible fastener sheet over the selected area of the molded foam cushion surface;
• wherein the selected area features a three-dimensional contour that the flexible fastener sheet follows as bonded;
• wherein the flexible fastener sheet comprises a resin layer and an array of discrete male touch fastener elements, each fastener element having a stem integrally formed with and extending from an outer surface of the resin layer;
• and
• wherein the resin layer comprises one or more stiffening ribs of resin in addition to the touch fastener elements, the one or more ribs positioned to locally increase a bending stiffness of the flexible fastener sheet.

A method of covering a foam seat cushion, the method comprising:

• adapting a molded seat cushion for receiving a seat cover, comprising;
• providing an adhesive on either or both of a flexible fastener sheet and a selected area of a molded foam cushion surface having a three-dimensional contour;
• positioning the flexible fastener sheet to cover the three-dimensional contour of the selected area;
• and
• allowing the adhesive to set to permanently bond the flexible fastener sheet over the selected area of the molded foam cushion surface, such that the bonded flexible fastener sheet follows the three-dimensional contour of the selected area;
• and
• positioning a seat cover over the adapted molded seat cushion, such that fibers on an underside of the seat cover are engaged by the male touch fastener elements of the flexible fastener sheet.