Method of making a vehicle seat
AssigneeCorbin Pacific, Inc.
InventorMichael W. Hanagan
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Abstract
An efficient method for making a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is molded in a mold set which includes a base element and a series of upper elements with the cover supported in the mold cavity and layers of resins being molded thereon. The resultant seat, which is particularly well-suited for use on motorcycles, includes a cover, a cellular cushioning layer self-bonded directly to the cover, a generally ring-shaped support element disposed on the cellular cushioning layer, and a seat base layer self-bonded directly to the cellular cushioning layer and the skirt portion of the cover layer.
Claims8
In a method of making a vehicle seat, the steps comprising:
- (a) providing a seat mold having a lower element, and a plurality of upper elements, collectively defining a mold cavity of the configuration desired for the vehicle seat;
- (b) applying a seat cover on the surface of said lower element of said seat mold, said seat cover including a seating portion and a skirt portion extending upwardly along the inside periphery of said lower element of said mold;
- (c) introducing a first foamable synthetic resin into said lower element on the seating portion of the seat cover;
- (d) securing a first upper element of said seat mold on said lower element to form a closed cavity with a peripheral portion of said skirt portion of seat cover extending downwardly of said closed cavity;
- (e) at least partially curing said first foamable synthetic resin to form a cushioning layer;
- (f) removing said first upper element;
- (g) forming a generally ring-shaped support element about the periphery of said cushioning layer;
- (h) folding said skirt portion of said seat cover inwardly over said generally ring-shaped support element;
- (i) introducing a second synthetic resin into said mold cavity of said lower element of said seat mold on said cushioning layer;
- (j) securing a second upper element of said mold on said lower element of the mold to form a closed cavity;
- (k) curing said second synthetic resin to form the vehicle seat to form a base layer;
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- (l) removing said vehicle seat from said mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.