Fixed attachment for hog ring tie-down trench
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsTIMOTHY KRAUSE, MARK DUSO, JOSH A. VAN BERGEN
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a foam body having a first region, a second region, a top surface, and a bottom surface, and a trench defined by and between the first and second regions. The trench includes at least one section including a narrow portion having a first width and extending downwardly into the trench from the top surface, and a base portion below the narrow portion having a second width greater than the first width. The vehicle seat further includes a trim attachment fixture disposed in the foam body below the trench, wherein the trim attachment fixture is configured to be secured to a trim cover by an attachment member disposed in the base portion.
Claims20
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a foam body having a first region and a second region, the foam body having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a trench defined by and between the first and second regions, the trench having at least one section including a narrow portion extending downwardly into the trench from the top surface, the narrow portion having a first width, and a base portion below the narrow portion having a second width, the second width being greater than the first width;
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- a trim attachment fixture disposed in the foam body below the trench,
- wherein the trim attachment fixture is configured to be secured to a trim cover by a trim attachment member disposed in the base portion.
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a foam body having a first region and a second region, the foam body having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a trench defined by and between the first and second regions, the trench having a plurality of sections, each section including a narrow portion extending downwardly into the trench from the top surface of the foam body, the narrow portion having a first width, and at least one of the plurality of sections including a corresponding base portion below the narrow portion, the base portion having a second width and configured to receive an attachment member, the second width being greater than the first width;
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- a trim attachment fixture disposed in the foam body below the trench;
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- a trim cover configured to be secured to the trim attachment fixture by the attachment member at the base portion at each section of the trench.
A method of making a vehicle seat assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a foam body having a first region, second region, and a trench defined by and between the first and second regions, the trench having at least one section including a narrow portion extending into the trench from a surface of the foam body, the narrow portion having a first width, and a base portion below the narrow portion having a second width and configured to receive an attachment member, the second width being greater than the first width;
- providing a trim attachment fixture in the foam body below the trench;
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- securing a trim cover to the trim attachment fixture by deploying the attachment member in the base portion of the section of the trench.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.