Armrest with cup holder
AssigneeTachi-S Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeiichiro MIYAZAKI, Takahiko Suzuki
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Abstract
An armrest with cup holder is disclosed, in which the cup holder is secured in the upper surface thereof, and that upper surface is covered with an upper cover section of trim cover assembly. Localized portions of the afore-said upper cover section, which lie between a flange of the cup holder and a lateral wall of the armrest, are each formed with an extension in the free end thereof. That extension is folded together with the corresponding end of the upper cover section and retained between the flange of cup holder and a support member provided around the flange of cup holder, thereby making protrudent the localized portions to compensate for and eliminate an objectionable recessed areas between those localized portions and cup holder flange.
Claims2
An armrest with a cup holder provided therein, in which said cup holder has a flange, comprising:
- a foam padding having an upper surface and a bore formed in said upper surface;
- a support member fixedly provided to said foam padding so as to surround said bore;
- a trim cover assembly covering said foam padding, excepting said bore of the foam padding, said trim cover assembly being formed by a foam wadding and a top cover member laminated on said foam wadding;
- said trim cover assembly including:
- an upper cover section covering said upper surface of said foam padding;
- localized connecting portions defined in said upper surface of the trim cover assembly at points corresponding to said bore of the foam padding;
- said
- localized connecting portions each having an end;
- and
- a pair of lateral cover sections covering a pair of lateral walls of said foam padding, respectively;
- and
- an extension defined integrally in said end of each of said localized conneting portions;
- and
- said end of each of said localized connecting portions being folded and sewn together with said extension to provide a folded end portion in each of said localized connecting portions,
- wherein said cup holder is received in said bore of said foam padding, such that said folded end portion of each of said localized connecting portions is sandwiched and retained between said flange of said cup holder and said support member.
An armrest with a cup holder provided therein, in which said cup holder has a flange, comprising:
- a foam padding having an upper surface and a bore formed in said upper surface;
- a support member fixedly provided to said foam padding so as to surround said bore;
- a trim cover assembly covering said foam padding, excepting said bore of the foam padding, said trim cover assembly being formed by a foam wadding and a top cover member laminated on said foam wadding;
- said trim cover assembly including:
- an upper cover section covering said upper surface of said foam padding
- localized connecting portions defined in said upper surface of the trim cover assembly at points corresponding to said bore of the foam padding;
- said
- localized connecting portions each having an end;
- and
- a pair of lateral cover sections covering a pair of lateral walls of said foam padding, respectively;
- and
- a foam wadding extension defined in said foam wadding provided in said end of each of said localized connecting portions;
- and
- said end of each of said localized connecting portions being folded and sewn together with said foam wadding extension to provide a folded end portion in each of said localized connecting portions,
- wherein said cup holder is received in said bore of said foam padding, such that said folded end portion of each of said localized connecting portions is sandwiched and retained between said flange of said cup holder and said support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.