Method and apparatus for attachment of upholstery to seats

A method for securing fabric to a seat or a component thereof, the seat or seat component having a plurality of sides and an outer edge extending around the plurality of sides, said method comprising the steps of:

• cutting the fabric to a desired size and shape, the fabric having a perimeter which is to be secured to the seat or seat component;
• providing a web about the perimeter of the fabric, the web having a length and first and second ends;
• incorporating a continuous cord into the web along the entire length of the web so that ends of the cord extend from the web at the first and second ends of the web;
• providing at least one fastening device on the seat or seat component along each one of the plurality of sides of the seat or seat component adjacent the outer edge, each fastening device being associated with at least one opening in the web and all of said fastening devices having at least a portion thereof extending away from the adjacent outer edge of the seat or seat component;
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• attaching the cord to the extending-away portions of associated ones of the fastening devices at the openings such that the cord passes around each of said devices on a side thereof opposite the adjacent outer edge of the seat or seat component.

A fastening arrangement for securing fabric to a seat or a component thereof, the fabric being configured to conform to a size and shape of the seat or the component and having an outer perimeter, the seat or seat component having a plurality of sides and an outer edge extending around the plurality of sides, said arrangement comprising:

• a web disposed about the perimeter of the fabric, said web having a longitudinal direction extending generally parallel to the perimeter of the fabric and having a length measured in the longitudinal direction, said web having first and second ends;
• a continuous cord disposed within said web and extending along the entire length of said web in said longitudinal direction, said cord having two ends, one end extending from said web at said first end and the other end of said cord extending from said web at said second end of said web;
• a plurality of openings disposed in said web adjacent said cord between said first and said second ends of said web;
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• at least one device disposed on the seat or the seat component along at least two of the sides of the seat or seat component adjacent said outer edge for attachment of said cord to the seat or seat component at said openings in said web, each of said devices being associated with at least one opening in said web and all of said devices having at least a portion thereof extending away from the adjacent outer edge of the seat or seat component.

A method for securing fabric to a seat or a component thereof, the seat or seat component having a plurality of sides and an outer edge extending around the plurality of sides, said method comprising the steps of:

• cutting the fabric to a desired size and shape, the fabric having a perimeter which is to be secured to the seat or seat component;
• providing a web about the perimeter of the fabric, the web having a length and first and second ends;
• incorporating a continuous cord into the web along the entire length of the web so that ends of the cord extend from the web at the first and second ends of the web;
• forming a plurality of openings in the web between the first and second ends of the web;
• providing at least one fastening device on the seat or seat component along at least two of said sides of the seat or seat component adjacent the outer edge, each fastening device being associated with at least one opening in the web, and all of said fastening devices having at least a portion thereof extending away from the adjacent outer edge of the seat or seat component;
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• attaching the cord to the extending-away portions of associated ones of the fastening devices at the openings such that the cord passes around each of the devices on a side thereof opposite the outer edge of the seat or seat component.