Patent ID: 6513877
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
An armrest in combination with a vehicle seat including a seat back, comprising:a connecting means provided between said armrest and said seat back, by way of which connecting means, the armrest is rotatably connected to the seat back; an armrest body having a recessed region so configured as to surround a part of said connecting means, said armrest body having a corner portion, wherein said recessed region is so formed in said corner portion as to have, defined therein, at least two inward walls which surround said part of said connecting means, said armrest body consisting essentially of: a three-dimensional trim cover assembly having a local side defined on and along said at least two inward walls of said recessed region; a framework; and a foam padding, wherein the foam padding is filled in the trim cover assembly integrally together with said framework; and an injection hole formed in said local side of said three-dimensional trim cover assembly, said injection hole being adapted to allow an injection nozzle to be inserted therethrough into an inside of the trim cover assembly during a foaming process, so that a liquid foaming material is injected thereinto via the injection nozzle to create said foam padding.