Patent ID: 8511754

Claim:
An upholstered seat element for a vehicle seat, comprising: a foam padding having a foam padding surface generally shaped in conformity with an outward surface of said vehicle seat, said foam padding having a channel formed therein at said foam padding surface; a trim cover disposed on said foam padding surface; an attachment assembly, arranged along said channel, securing said trim cover to said foam padding; and a sheet-type electric device arranged between said foam padding and said trim cover, said sheet-type electric device having at least one strip-shaped portion crossing said channel in at least one crossing location; wherein said foam padding has a first recess formed therein at said at least one crossing location, said recess having dimensions adapted in such a way that said strip-shaped portion of the sheet-type electric device may slide into said first recess when said upholstered seat element is subjected to a force inducing deformation of said foam padding, wherein said first recess is arranged offset from a middle of said crossing location on a course of said strip-shaped portion and wherein said foam padding has a second recess formed therein at said at least one crossing location, said second recess being arranged substantially symmetrically to the first recess with respect to the middle of said crossing location, on the course of said strip-shaped portion.