Patent ID: 8328279
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. An occupant-support base for a vehicle seat, the occupant-support base comprising a seat pan, a pad coupled to the seat pan, the pad including a cushion on the seat pan and a cushion cover coupled to a cushion channel formed in the cushion to locate the cushion between the seat pan and the cushion cover, wherein the cushion cover includes a drawstring carrier formed to include a first drawstring channel and arranged to mate with the cushion and a first drawstring arranged to extend through the first drawstring channel and configured to provide means for drawing the first drawstring carrier toward the cushion channel to retain the cushion cover on the cushion, and a cushion retainer spaced-apart from and separated from the cushion cover and wherein the cushion retainer is coupled to each of the cushion and the seat pan to retain the cushion in a stationary position on the seat pan, wherein the cushion includes a top surface facing upwardly toward the cushion cover, a bottom surface facing downwardly toward the seat pan, and a perimeter edge extending between the top and bottom surfaces, and wherein the cushion cover covers an upper portion of the perimeter edge of the cushion while the cushion retainer covers a lower portion of the perimeter edge of the cushion to cause an intermediate portion of the perimeter edge extending between the upper and lower portions to remain uncovered and exposed.