Patent ID: 8662583
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for forming a trim cover assembly having an attachment feature for securing the trim cover over a cushion of a vehicle seat, the method comprising: providing a pair of trim panels; providing a strip of touch-fastener material having a first side and a second side; orienting the pair of trim panels so that a portion of the pair trim panels are adjacent; orienting the strip of touch-fastener material so that the first side and the second sides are adjacent the pair trim panels; forming at least one verification feature at least one of the first and second side of the touch-fastener material; joining the first side, the second side of the touch-fastener material and the trim panels to each other with one seam in the trim cover between the pair of trim panels in order to form an attachment feature with the touch-fastener material, without an intermediate seam joining the pair of trim panels adjacent to the strip of touch-fastener material; and verifying via the verification feature that the one seam is positioned a minimum distance from an edge of the pair of trim panels.