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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
William P. Dix, Highland Park, MI (US);
Emily M. Deming, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Vasudeva S. Murthy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John D. Harkleroad, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Alexander W. Schuyler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A removable trim cover described herein includes a headrest guide to ensure alignment of the removable trim cover to the seat. In one embodiment, the removable trim cover includes a material body sized to cover a front face of a backrest of a seat. The material body has apertures forming a headrest guide. The headrest guide is adapted to align with headrest sleeves in the backrest. The removable trim cover also includes a first zipper portion, disposed around a border of the material body, adapted to be joined with a second zipper portion affixed to the backrest.