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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1983
Reiki Kawamura, Toyota, JP;
Takuo Tanaka, Toyota, JP;
Toshio Asano, Toyota, JP;
Yasuhiro Sawada, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takashimaya Nippatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A seat cover fixing construction for fixing a bag shaped seat cover to a seat. An engagement portion of the seat extends around the part of the seat near the edge of the seat cover, extends from the seat in the general direction away from the closed end of the bag shape of the seat cover, and is formed with a free edge. A resilient band is shaped as an endless ribbon, and a first edge of this band is coupled to and extends around the edge of the open end of the seat cover. The two edges of the band are of approximately the same length. The band is thinner at its central portion than at its two edges. The resilient band is engaged inside and around the engagement portion of the seat, with the first edge of the band lying generally next to the free edge of the engagement portion of the seat. Thus, the band has been turned inside out to fit under the engagement portion. Because at least one surface of the band is not planar, the parts of the band which are more curved, at the corners of the seat, are more resistant to twisting, than are the parts of the band which extend generally straight; and thus the seat cover is reliably held on the seat at these corners.