A vehicle seat including: a seat cover including: a general cover part; and a sheet-shaped member configured by one sheet and folded inward, and an internal structure covered with the seat cover, and the sheet-shaped member has: a drawing cover part locked to the internal structure; and a concealing cover part covering the drawing cover part from outside of the seat, the sheet-shaped member has: a connection end part; and a pair of free end parts extending from the connection end part, and the sheet-shaped member is connected to an edge of the general cover part at a connection part on the connection end part, and the drawing cover part is formed at one of the pair of free end parts disposed inside the seat and the concealing cover part is formed at the other one of the pair of free end parts disposed outside the seat.

A seat trim cover having a 3-dimensional shape for an automotive vehicle seat is formed by pre-cutting a laminate blank into a predefined shape having a predefined selvage extending around an outer periphery of the laminate blank, vacuum forming the laminate blank in a 3-dimensional mold to form a 3-dimensional laminate blank, and forming a molded foam backing on the 3-dimensional shaped laminate blank to form the seat trim cover. The molded foam backing has an outer perimeter that is spaced apart from the predefined selvage such that the predefined selvage is free of foam.

A device for producing an edge strip may have a supply unit with at least two openings for separately supplying an edge strip core and a material strip of a casing for the edge strip core. The material strip may be provided with a decorative element, an adapter unit, and a processing unit. The supply unit arranges the edge strip core on a surface side of the material strip which forms the inner face of the casing, and the adapter unit is designed to fold the material strip around the edge strip core. Free ends of the casing protrude from the edge strip core and lie one over the other, and the processing unit connects the free ends lying one over the other together. A method for producing an edge strip using such a device and to a seat cover with an edge strip is also included.

An edge strip for a seat cover may have an edge strip core, which is surrounded by a casing, and an edge strip tab. The edge strip core and the casing are sewn together such that an ornamental seam is formed on the outer circumference of the casing. A device for producing an edge strip is also disclosed. The device may have a supply unit for supplying an edge strip core and an unfolded material strip for a casing of the edge strip core to an additional processing unit, such as a sewing machine. The supply unit is designed to supply the edge strip core to the additional processing unit, such as a sewing machine, on a material strip surface side which forms the inner face of the casing, and the sewing machine sews the edge strip core to the material strip.

A textile comprising: i) a fabric including a laced region associated with a surface of the textile; and ii) a thread inlaid through a plurality of points proximate a perimeter of the laced region. Tightening the thread causes opposite sides of the laced region to be cinched together, thereby forming the laced region into a flap associated with a second surface of the textile opposite the first surface. The textile further comprises a listing wire disposed in the flap. The fabric forms a plurality of perforations within the laced region. The listing wire may be accessed by an attachment device through at least one of the plurality of perforations.

Provided is a composite material for vehicles capable of substantially preventing the occurrence of wrinkles caused by ease stitching. This composite material for vehicles is a layered product of a skin material and a polyurethane foam sheet. The skin material has a play structure which, when the composite material for vehicles is stitched, allows the skin material to follow deformation caused by the stitching with a smooth state of a surface of the skin material maintained. The skin material is a woven fabric including warp yarns and weft yarns. The warp yarns and/or the weft yarns include two or more types of yarns having different total finenesses, and form the play structure.

There is provided a cover-material fastening end member including a band-shaped member and a locking member. The locking member is formed such that a width thereof in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the band-shaped member is wider than a width of the band-shaped member. The locking member includes: a center plate-shaped portion, a flange portion, and a plurality of rib portions. The flange portion has a surface extending along a longitudinal direction of the end edge portion of the band-shaped member and perpendicular to a surface of the center plate-shaped portion. The rib portions each has a surface intersecting with the center plate-shaped portion and the flange portion. The rib portions are provided on the center plate-shaped portion along the longitudinal direction of the center plate-shaped portion at predetermined intervals.

A vehicle seat including: a seat pad including: a first surface portion; a second surface portion; and a peripheral edge portion forming a boundary between the first and second surface portions, and a seat cover including: a first cover portion; a second cover portion; and a sewn portion in which a first seam allowance of the first cover portion and a second seam allowance of the second cover portion are overlapped in a state of being turned back inwardly and are sewn together, the sewn portion being arranged along the peripheral edge portion, and a portion of the sewn portion arranged along the peripheral edge portion is formed of the first seam allowance and the second seam allowance which is shorter than the first seam allowance, and the first seam allowance is tilted toward in a manner of facing either the first surface portion or the second surface portion.

A vehicle seat is provided having first and second trim panels having an outer appearance surface. An illumination trim portion separates the first and second trim panels. The illumination portion has a pocket formed of translucent material and has first and second lateral flaps disposed on opposite sides of a central tunnel. A first seam secures the illumination portion to the first trim panel and to the first lateral flap. A second seam secures the illumination portion to the second trim panel and to the second lateral flap. A light conducting strip is inserted in the central tunnel of the pocket. A light source is in communication with the light conducting strip. Light from the light source is visible through the translucent material of the central tunnel.

A method for making a vehicle seat cushion component includes a step of providing a viewable surface component having a first set of alignment features, the viewable surface component having a central section, a first flanking section and a second flanking section. A first side of a central foam panel is attached to the viewable surface component with a first flanking foam component separated from a central foam component to define a first gap and a second flanking foam component separated from the central foam component to define a second gap. A support foam panel is sewn to the central foam panel. The support foam panel includes a second set of attachment features and defines a plurality of slots that allow a removable component to be inserted between the central foam panel and the support foam panel after the components are sewn together.