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US 12,589,684 B2Granted
Seat pad and method for manufacturing seat pad
AssigneeArchem Inc.
InventorsAkira Hashizume, Masaki Shinagawa
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Abstract
A seat pad including a cushion pad 1. The cushion pad (1) includes a soft foam (2) and a beaded foam (3) embedded in the soft foam (2). The bottom surface of the cushion pad (1) is formed by the bottom surface (2f2) of the soft foam (2).
Claims10
A seat pad comprising a cushion pad,
- the cushion pad comprising a soft foam and a beaded foam embedded in the soft foam, wherein
- the bottom surface of the cushion pad is the bottom surface of the soft foam,
- the seat pad is for a rear seat of a vehicle, and
- the beaded foam has two below-buttocks openings and a through hole positioned between the two below-buttocks openings.
1 more element
A method for manufacturing a seat pad, using a mold including a gas venting portion and a beaded foam with a through hole, wherein the outer surface of the beaded foam with the through hole opening is covered by a soft foam, the method comprising:
- beaded foam setting, wherein the beaded foam is positioned in the interior of the mold so that a space is formed between the mold and the beaded foam and the through hole of the beaded foam is positioned offset from the gas venting portion;
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- foam material supplying after completion of the beaded foam setting, wherein soft foam material is supplied to the interior of the mold so that the soft foam material passes through the through hole in the beaded foam toward the space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.