CUSHION COVER, IN PARTICULAR FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CUSHION COVER

Abstract

A cushion cover (100), in particular for a vehicle seat (1), includes a surface layer (102) and at least one embossing (120) in the surface layer (102). A cavity (122) on the rear face of the at least one embossing (120) is at least partly filled with an insert (106). A method for producing a cushion cover (100), in particular for a vehicle seat (1), is also provided, including producing a surface layer (102) and at least one embossing (120). The surface layer (102) is provided with the at least one embossing (120) in a tool (10), and a rear face of the at least one embossing (120) is at least partly filled with an insert (106) in an additional method step.

Claims

1. A cushion cover for a vehicle seat, comprising: a surface layer; and at least one embossing in the surface layer; and an insert, wherein a cavity on the reverse side of the at least one embossing is at least partially filled with the insert.

2. The cushion cover as claimed in claim 1, further comprising disposed below the surface layer.

3. The cushion cover as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one embossing is configured in the surface layer and in the carrier layer.

4. The cushion cover as claimed in claim 2, wherein the insert is adjacent to the carrier layer.

5. The cushion cover as claimed in claim 4, wherein the insert is adjacent to the carrier layer on a side of the carrier layer that faces away from the surface layer.

6. The cushion cover as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a foam tier is disposed on that side of the cushion cover that faces away from the surface layer.

7. The cushion cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein a woven fabric layer is disposed on a side of the cushion cover that faces away from the surface layer.

8. The cushion cover as claimed in claim 7, wherein the woven fabric layer is disposed as a lowermost tier of the cushion cover.

9. The cushion cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein only portions of the cushion cover have one embossing or a plurality of embossings.

10. The cushion cover as claimed in claim 9, wherein an area percentage of at least 50% of the surface layer is without embossing.

11. The cushion cover as claimed in claim 1, wherein a contiguous area of the surface layer having an area percentage of at least 50% of the surface layer is without embossing.

12. A method for producing a cushion cover, for a vehicle seat, having a surface layer and at least one embossing, the method comprising the steps of: providing the surface with the at least one embossing in a tool; and at least partially filling a reverse side of the at least one embossing with an insert.

13. The method for producing a cushion cover as claimed in claim 12, wherein the surface layer is connected to a carrier layer, wherein the surface layer and the carrier layer are provided with the at least one embossing.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein in a further method step a foam tier is applied to a side of the cushion cover that faces away from the surface layer.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein in a further method step a woven fabric layer is applied to a side of the cushion cover that faces away from the surface layer.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] In the drawings:

[0026] FIG. 1 is a view showing a female mold and a male mold of a tool for producing a cushion cover according to a first exemplary embodiment, and a surface layer that is provided with a carrier layer and is disposed between the female mold and the male mold, prior to an embossing step;

[0027] FIG. 2a is a view showing the female mold and the male mold of FIG. 1, and the surface layer that has the carrier layer and is disposed between the female mold and the male mold, after the embossing step;

[0028] FIG. 2b is a view showing a section through the detail II of FIG. 2a;

[0029] FIG. 3a is a view showing the surface layer having the carrier layer of FIG. 2, mounted on a rotated female mold, after an insert has been incorporated into the embossed cavities;

[0030] FIG. 3b is a view showing a section through the detail III of FIG. 3a, but without the female mold;

[0031] FIG. 4 is a view showing a section through a cushion cover having an additional foam tier and a woven fabric layer;

[0032] FIG. 5 is a view showing a vehicle seat having a cushion cover according to the invention;

[0033] FIG. 6a is a view showing a tool for producing a cushion cover according to the invention, in an opened state;

[0034] FIG. 6b is a view showing a tool for producing a cushion cover according to the invention, in a closed state;

[0035] FIG. 7a is a view showing a plan view of an embossing in a cushion cover according to a second exemplary embodiment;

[0036] FIG. 7b is a view showing a perspective view of the embossing in the cushion cover of FIG. 7a;

[0037] FIG. 8a is a view showing a plan view of an embossing in a cushion cover according to a third exemplary embodiment;

[0038] FIG. 8b is a view showing a perspective view of the embossing in the cushion cover of FIG. 8a; and

[0039] FIG. 9 is a view showing a section through an embossing of the cushion part of FIG. 8a.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0040] Referring to the drawings, a vehicle seat 1 that is illustrated in FIG. 5 comprises a seat part 3 and a backrest 5 that is fastened to the latter. The backrest 5 has a load-bearing backrest structure and a cushion that covers the backrest structure. A foam part of the cushion is provided with a cushion cover 100 or is configured so as to be integral to the latter.

[0041] The cushion cover 100 in a localized manner has a plurality of embossings 120, for example an emblem or a brand logo.

[0042] The production of the cushion cover 100 is illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4. In a first method step that is illustrated in FIG. 1, a surface layer 102, provided with a carrier layer 104, of the cushion cover 100 is disposed between a female mold 14, having a plurality of depressions 18, and a male mold 12, having a plurality of elevations 16, of a tool 10. The elevations 16 are complementary to the depressions 18. The depressions 18 in the exemplary embodiment are embodied as through bores such that a direct localized treatment of the surface layer 102, for example by heating, radiating, spraying, soaking, or the like, is possible during embossing. The thickness of the female mold 14 in the exemplary embodiment corresponds to approximately the height of the elevations 16 of the male mold 12.

[0043] The female mold 14 and the male mold 12 are subsequently converged. The elevations 16 of the male mold 12 herein deform the surface layer 102 and the carrier layer 104 in that, by means of the elevations 16, material of the surface layer 102 and of the carrier layer 104 is pushed into the depressions 18 of the female mold 14. The tool 10 remains in a closed state for a defined period of time. The surface layer 102 and the carrier layer 104 are preferably heated in the tool 10 such that the deformation is performed at a temperature that is elevated in relation to room temperature. In a variation of the exemplary embodiment, the surface layer 102 can additionally be welded to the carrier layer 104 under the influence of high frequency, for example ultrasound.

[0044] In a further method step that is illustrated in FIG. 2a, the surface layer 102 that is provided with the carrier layer 104 is removed from the tool 10. The surface layer 102 and the carrier layer 104 now have a plurality of embossings 120, a total of seven in FIG. 2a, which in a localized manner protrude from the surface layer 102 in relation to neighboring regions of the surface layer 102. Respective cavities 122 are located on the reverse side of the embossings 120.

[0045] In a further method step that is illustrated in FIG. 3a, the cavities 122 are filled with inserts 106 that are composed of a foam material. This can be performed outside the tool 10, or the female mold 14 of the tool 10 is rotated and the surface layer 102 that is provided with the carrier layer 104 is inserted into the female mold 14. The cavities 122 of the surface layer 102 that is provided with the carrier layer 104 point upward. The cavities 122 are subsequently filled with foam.

[0046] FIG. 4 shows a section through a cushion cover 100 which in further method steps is additionally provided with a foam tier 108 and a woven fabric layer 110. In variations of the exemplary embodiment the foam tier 108 and/or the woven fabric layer 110 can be omitted.

[0047] FIGS. 7a to 10 show exemplary embodiments having dissimilarly molded embossings 120. However, the embossings 120 can also have shapes that deviate from the exemplary embodiments.

[0048] FIGS. 7a and 7b show a linear arrangement of a plurality of circular-cylindrical pot-shaped embossings 120.

[0049] FIGS. 8a and 8b show an arrangement of a plurality of elliptic pot-shaped embossings 120. FIG. 9 shows a section along a major semiaxis of one of the elliptic embossings 120.

[0050] The features disclosed in the above description, the claims and the drawings can be important both individually and in combination in order for the invention to be implemented in the various configurations thereof.

[0051] Although the invention has been described in detail in the drawings and in the illustration above, the illustrations should be understood as being illustrative and exemplary, and not as restrictive. In particular, the selection of the proportions of the individual elements illustrated in the drawings should not be interpreted as being necessary or restrictive. Furthermore, the invention is in particular not restricted to the exemplary embodiments discussed. Further variants of the invention and their embodiment will be apparent to a person skilled in the art from the above disclosure, from the figures and from the claims.

[0052] While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail to illustrate the application of the principles of the invention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise without departing from such principles.