Patent ID: 7111373

Claim:
An apparatus for facilitating assembling of a covering sheet onto a cushioned padding for a seat; said covering sheet being formed into a three-dimensional shape and having tensioning cords provided therein; said cushioned padding having a central portion, bulged portions formed at both sides of said central portion, and grooves formed in a surface of said central portion; said tensioning cords being to be received in said grooves of said cushioned padding and being to be fastened to said cushioned padding by C-rings which are to be shot into said grooves, at the time of fastening of said covering sheet to said cushioned padding; said apparatus comprising: a base table; supporting means mounted on a front surface of said base table for receiving and supporting said cushioned padding thereon at the time of the assembling of said covering sheet onto said cushioned padding; hooking arms arranged at both sides of said base table for causing said bulged portions of said cushioned padding on said supporting means to be pulled away from each other, to thereby cause said grooves of said cushioned padding to be widened, so that said apparatus facilitates the fastening of said covering sheet to said cushioned padding by said C-rings.