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US 8,474,917 B2Granted
Modular front seat back panel
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJohnathan Andrew Line, John W. Jaranson, Christopher J. Kiehler, David Marshman, Kendrick Alden Harper
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Abstract
A seat assembly having a seat and a seat back that is pivotally connected to the seat. A back cover is disposed on a rear portion of the seat back. The back cover includes an interior side and an exterior side. The interior side includes a plurality of laterally-extending ribs aligned with a plurality of engagement members. At least one vertically-extending channel is disposed on the exterior side of the back cover.
Claims17
A seat assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a seat back pivotally connected to the seat;
- a back cover disposed on a rear of the seat back, the back cover having an exterior side and an interior side including multiple, parallel ribs extending across the back cover and terminating at a plurality of engagement members engaged with a seat frame, wherein the engagement members are laterally-extending inwardly directed hooks;
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- at least one vertically-extending channel disposed on the exterior side of the back cover.
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A vehicle seat assembly, comprising:
- a seat back;
- a back cover disposed on the seat back, the back cover having an interior side that includes a peripheral channel and a plurality of laterally-projecting reinforcing ribs extending across the channel and aligned with a plurality of laterally-extending inwardly directed hooks;
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- a recess disposed on an exterior side, the recess including first and second side edges that have a vertically-extending channel.
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A method of making a vehicle seat, comprising:
- providing a seat back;
- attaching a back cover to the seat back, the back cover having an interior side and an exterior side;
- forming a plurality of laterally-extending reinforcing ribs across the interior side;
- forming a plurality of engagement members at an end of each reinforcing rib;
- forming a recess on the exterior side;
- forming side edges in the recess that have a vertically-extending channel;
- and
- providing at least one securing member in the vertically-extending channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.