Seat Cover for Vehicle and Seat Having the Same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSang Ho KIM, Ki Jin KWON, Jong Kweon PYUN, Jae Young Kim
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Abstract
The present invention provides a seat cover for a vehicle which is configured such that when a side airbag is initially deployed, an airbag can be smoothly guided in a lateral direction. The seat cover includes a front sheet, a rear sheet and a side sheet. A reinforcing fabric is provided on an inner surface of the front sheet. The side sheet is sewn at a first edge thereof to the front sheet and sewn at a second edge thereof to the rear sheet. A reinforcing liner is adhered or welded to an inner surface of the side sheet. The reinforcing fabric is less extensible or stretchable than the reinforcing liner.
Claims14
A seat cover for covering a side support of a seat back for a vehicle, comprising:
- a front sheet provided with reinforcing fabric on an inner surface thereof;
- a rear sheet;
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- a side sheet sewed at a first edge thereof to the front sheet and sewed at a second edge thereof to the rear sheet, with a reinforcing liner secured to an inner surface of the side sheet, wherein
- the reinforcing fabric is less extensible or stretchable than the reinforcing liner.
A seat for a vehicle having a seat cushion and a seat back, with a side airbag module provided in a side support of the seat back that is adjacent to a door, the side support of the seat back being covered with a seat cover, the seat cover comprising:
- a front sheet for covering a front surface of the side support;
- a rear sheet for covering a rear surface of the side support, the rear sheet being more extensible or stretchable than the front sheet;
- a side sheet for covering a side surface of the side support, the side sheet sewed at a first edge thereof to the front sheet and sewed at a second edge thereof to the rear sheet, the side sheet being more extensible or stretchable than the front sheet and being less extensible or stretchable than the rear sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.