Patent ID: 7338129
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A foamed product integral with trim cover assembly, capable of having a frame element provided therewith, wherein said trim cover assembly is preformed in a predetermined three-dimensional shape including, defined in one side thereof, a first cover portion, a second cover portion, and an elongated opening defined between said first and second cover portions, wherein said frame element has a pair of spaced-apart local portions extending integrally therefrom, wherein said frame element as well as said pair of spaced-apart local portions are inserted through said elongated opening and placed in an inside of said trim cover assembly, such that said pair of spaced-apart local portions projects outwardly from the trim cover assembly, after which, a liquid foaming agent is injected into said inside of said trim cover assembly and cured into an increased mass of foam filled in the trim cover assembly in an integral manner, with said frame element provided integrally therein, said foamed product integral with trim cover assembly comprising: a first extension defined in said first cover portion; a second extension defined in said second cover portion; a pair of first through-holes formed in said first extension; a pair of second through-holes formed in said second extension; said first and second extension being contacted with each other, such that said elongated opening is defined therebetween, while said pair of first through-holes are in alignment with the respective said pair of second through-holes, thereby providing a pair of two-fold continuous through-holes, whereupon one unit of juxtaposed first and second extensions is provided, with said pair of two-fold continuous through-holes formed therein, said unit of juxtaposed first and second extensions projecting inwardly of said trim cover assembly; a pair of third through holes formed in one of said first and second cover portions; said one unit of juxtaposed first and second extensions being bent relative to and along said elongated opening to said one of said first and second cover portions and juxtaposed thereupon, with said pair of two-fold through-holes being in alignment with the respective said pair of third through-holes, thereby providing: a three-layer portion comprised of said one unit of juxtaposed first and second extensions and said one of said first and second cover portions; and a pair of three-fold continuous through-holes which are respectively defined by the thus-aligned pair of two-fold through-holes and pair of third through-holes, said three-layer portion being thus provided in bent manner within said trim cover assembly and juxtaposed on said one side of the trim cover assembly, whereupon said elongated opening is bent at and extend along said particular one side of the trim cover assembly; said one unit of juxtaposed first and second extensions having two lateral ends; a pair of spaced-apart sewn portions formed by sewing in said three-layer portion, such that one of said pair of spaced-apart sewn portions extends in a direction from one of said two lateral ends of said one unit of juxtaposed first and second extensions toward a point near to one of said pair of three-fold continuous through-holes, whereas on the other hand, another of said pair of spaced-apart sewn portions extends in a direction from another of said two lateral ends of said one unit of juxtaposed first and second extensions toward a point near to another of said pair of three-fold continuous through-holes, so that said pair of spaced-apart sewn portions define two corresponding spaced-apart closed regions in said elongated opening, which in turn defines an elongated opening region in between said first and second extensions, said elongated opening region being adapted for allowing ingress therethrough of said frame element as well as said pair of local portions of the frame element into the inside of said trim cover assembly; an unsewn region defined between said pair of three-fold continuous through-holes as well as between said pair of spaced-apart sewn portions, so that said elongated opening region lies in said unsewn region; and said elongated opening region being bent at said one side of the trim cover assembly and extending therealong; wherein, at said unsewn region, said one unit of juxtaposed first and second extensions and said one of said first and second cover portions are in close contact with one another due to said pair of spaced-apart sewn portions, thereby causing said elongated opening region to positively close, wherein said pair of local portions of said frame element pass through the respective said pair of three-fold continuous through-holes and projecting outwardly from said trim cover assembly, and wherein said pair of three-fold continuous through-holes encircle the respective pair of local portions of said frame element in a close contact thereabout.