Patent ID: 7090739

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a seat having a pad member bonded to a cover member using hot-melt adhesive elements, said method comprising: placing a pre-made web of fibrous hot-melt adhesive elements on at least an outer surface of the pad member or an inner surface of the cover member; heating at least the pad member or the cover member together with said pre-made web, thereby melting said pre-made web so that said pre-made web is cut and separated into a plurality of independent adhesive particles by surface tension, said plurality of independent adhesive particles being distributed at least on the outer surface of the pad member or on the inner surface of the cover member; and superposing and pressing the pad member and the cover member to bond to each other, after distributing said plurality of independent adhesive particles at least on the outer surface of the pad member or on the inner surface of the cover member.