Vehicle seats and detachable cover therefor
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRyo Yasuda
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Abstract
A seat may includes a seat base, a seat cover that is capable of being detachably attached to the seat base, a first engagement member that is attached to a circumferential surface of the seat base, a second engagement member that is attached to the seat cover, and a third engagement member that is attached to the circumferential surface of the seat base. The first engagement member is capable of engaging the second engagement member when the seat cover is attached to the seat base, so as to fix the seat cover to the seat. The first engagement member is capable of engaging the third engagement member when the first engagement member does not engage the second engagement member.
Claims20
A seat comprising:
- a seat base;
- a seat cover that is capable of being detachably attached to the seat base;
- a first engagement member that is attached to a circumferential surface of the seat base;
- a second engagement member that is attached to the seat cover;
- and
- a third engagement member that is attached to the circumferential surface of the seat base, the first engagement member cooperatively operating to affix to the second engagement member when the seat cover is attached to the seat base, so as to fix the seat cover to the seat, and the first engagement member cooperatively operating to affix to the third engagement member when the first engagement member is not cooperatively affixed to the second engagement member.
A fastening device for fixing a seat cover to a seat, comprising:
- a first circumferential engagement member that is circumferentially attachable about a circumferential edge surface of a seat base of the seat;
- a second circumferential engagement member that is circumferentially attachable about the seat cover;
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- a third circumferential engagement member that is circumferentially attachable about the circumferential edge surface of the seat base, the first engagement member being alternately cooperatively circumferentially affixable to:
- the second engagement member which, when in use, is capable of circumferentially fastening the seat cover about the circumferential edge of the seat base and;
- the third engagement member which, when in use, is capable of unfastening the seat cover from the seat base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.