Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Michael Long

Craig Martin Oomen

Kelly E Washburn

Robert A Bratty

Samuel Smith

Randy J Sayers

Manfred Mueller

Michael Stanton

A seat assembly includes a fabric component with a seat surface and with an interior segment directly attached to the fabric component. The interior segment extends from an exterior segment that has a greater flexural resistance than the interior segment.

Apparatus and method for manufacturing a fabric suspension seat structure

A seat assembly includes a fabric component having a seat surface and a frame including an interior segment directly attached to the fabric component. The interior segment extends from an exterior segment that has a greater flexural resistance than the interior segment.

A vehicle seat includes a support structure, a seat surface () and a molded polymeric frame (). The frame has an edge region and the seat surface () is mounted to the frame () and the frame is mounted to the support structure. At least a portion of the edge region is flexible.

Compliant edge frame bolster for suspension seating

A seat includes a seat surface having a periphery and a carrier overmolded onto the seat surface over the periphery. The carrier has a periphery and a frame is overmolded onto the carrier over the carrier periphery. The seat is assembled without fasteners. A method for making the seat includes overmolding a carrier onto a periphery of a seat surface to form a seat surface/carrier assembly, tensioning the seat surface/carrier assembly in a mold and overmolding a frame onto a periphery of the seat surface/carrier assembly.

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