JP6291331B2 - Headrest epidermis and headrest device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a headrest skin for a headrest device attached to an upper end portion of a seat back of a vehicle or the like, and a headrest device provided with the headrest skin.

  In Patent Document 1, in a headrest skin in which a stay insertion hole for inserting a stay of a headrest device is formed, in order to allow the headrest main body to move back and forth, the stay insertion hole has a long opening width corresponding to the outer diameter of the stay. It consists of holes. The stay insertion hole is crossed with a main stitch seam, and is provided with a hole head having a knot portion between the upper thread and the lower thread at a position on the edge side of the stay insertion hole, and an upper thread and a lower thread forming a seam. A structure in which a low-friction process is applied to the sewing thread is disclosed.

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  However, in the conventional configuration, when the headrest skin is put on the headrest body, the headrest stay may be passed through the stay insertion hole first. In this case, the headrest stay is inserted by the headrest stay in order to pull the headrest skin. The opening periphery of the hole is pressed. For this reason, the stay insertion hole is deformed by loosening the seam of the hole due to the pressing force of the headrest stay.

  In view of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to provide a headrest skin and a headrest device capable of preventing deformation of the stay insertion hole when the headrest body is covered with the headrest skin.

The headrest skin according to claim 1 surrounds the stay insertion hole at a position spaced apart from the opening edge of the stay insertion hole by a fixed distance L1 from a stay insertion hole for inserting the headrest stay of the headrest device. It has a reinforcing portion that is sewn with an upper thread that is sewn from the front surface side and a lower thread that is sewn from the back side along the edge, and is detachable from the headrest body .

  In the headrest skin according to claim 1, in order to pull the headrest skin when the headrest body is covered with the headrest body, the headrest stay of the headrest device hits the opening periphery of the stay insertion hole, and the pressing force is applied to the opening periphery of the stay insertion hole Works. At this time, at the position spaced apart from the opening edge of the stay insertion hole by a fixed distance L1, along the opening edge surrounding the stay insertion hole, the upper thread is sewn from the front side of the skin body of the headrest skin, and the sewing is performed from the back side. The reinforcement part which is sewn with the lower thread to be inserted prevents the stay insertion hole from being deformed by the pressing force of the headrest stay.

  The headrest skin according to claim 2 is the headrest skin according to claim 1, wherein the stay insertion hole is circular.

  In the headrest skin according to claim 2, the reinforcing portion surrounds the circular stay insertion hole at a position spaced apart from the opening edge of the stay insertion hole formed in a circular shape by a certain distance L 1, and is formed on the opening edge of the stay insertion hole. It is provided along. For this reason, the deformation of the stay insertion hole can be prevented in the same manner regardless of which portion along the circumferential direction in the opening peripheral edge of the stay insertion hole is pressed by the headrest stay.

  The headrest epidermis according to claim 3 is the headrest epidermis according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the distance L1 is 3 mm to 4 mm.

  In the headrest skin according to claim 3, since the distance L1 between the opening of the stay insertion hole and the reinforcing portion is 3 mm to 4 mm, a sewing machine is used to surround the stay insertion hole and to lock the upper thread and the lower thread. When doing this, it is easy to secure the press margin of the headrest skin by the sewing machine, and the sewing workability is good. In addition, since the strength of the opening peripheral edge of the stay insertion hole can be increased, the stay insertion hole can be prevented from being deformed.

  If the distance L1 between the opening of the stay insertion hole and the reinforcement is less than 3 mm, the headrest skin holding margin by the sewing machine is secured when the upper thread and lower thread are sewn with the upper thread and lower thread surrounding the stay insertion hole. It is difficult to do, and workability is reduced. On the other hand, when the distance L1 between the opening of the stay insertion hole and the reinforcing portion is larger than 4 mm, it is difficult to ensure the strength of the opening edge of the stay insertion hole, and the effect of preventing the deformation of the stay insertion hole is reduced.

The headrest device according to claim 4, wherein the headrest main body having a headrest stay, a cushioning material, and an impact absorbing member, and the headrest skin according to any one of claims 1 to 3 covered on the headrest main body. It is equipped with.

  In the headrest device according to the fourth aspect, since the headrest skin according to any one of the first to third aspects is provided, the effects as described above are achieved.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent deformation of the stay insertion hole when the headrest body is covered with the headrest skin.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the stay insertion hole can be prevented from being deformed in the same manner regardless of which portion of the stay insertion hole is pressed by the headrest stay.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the sewing workability is good and the deformation preventing effect of the stay insertion hole is high.

  According to this invention of Claim 4, a deformation | transformation of a stay insertion hole at the time of covering a headrest skin on a headrest main body can be prevented.

It is a bottom view which shows a part of headrest epidermis of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sectional side view which shows the reinforcement part of the headrest skin of one Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the slanting front lower side which shows the headrest apparatus with which the headrest skin of one Embodiment of this invention was applied. It is a sectional side view showing the composition of a headrest device to which the headrest skin of one embodiment of the present invention is applied and its peripheral members.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a headrest skin and a headrest device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that an arrow FR appropriately shown in the drawings indicates the front of a vehicle (automobile) provided with a headrest device having a headrest skin, an arrow LH indicates the left side of the vehicle (one side in the vehicle width direction), and an arrow RH indicates the right side of the vehicle Direction (one side in the vehicle width direction), and the arrow UP indicates the vehicle upper side.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the headrest device 10 according to the present embodiment is attached to the upper end portion of the seat back 14 of the vehicle seat 12. The headrest main body 10A of the headrest device 10 includes, as an example, a headrest stay 16 that is a skeleton member, a headrest pad 18 that is a cushion material, and an internal structure 19 that is an impact absorbing member. Moreover, 10 A of headrest main bodies are coat | covered with the headrest skin 20 which comprises the design surface of the headrest apparatus 10, and the headrest skin 20 is sewn in the bag shape with materials, such as cloth, leather, or synthetic leather.

  The vehicle seat 12 is connected to a vehicle body floor (not shown) so that an occupant is seated facing forward, and the front-rear, up-down, left-right directions of the vehicle seat 12 are the same as the front-rear, up-down, left-right directions of the vehicle. I'm doing it.

  The headrest stay 16 is formed by bending a metal pipe material or the like, and is formed in a substantially inverted U shape when viewed from the front-rear direction. The headrest stay 16 includes a pair of left and right leg portions 16A and a connecting portion 16B that connects upper end portions of the left and right leg portions 16A in the vehicle width direction. Further, the left and right leg portions 16A are slightly bent near the central portion in the vertical direction in a side view, and are inclined so that the upper end side of the bent portion is directed forward as it goes upward.

  The lower end sides of the left and right leg portions 16A (that is, the lower end side of the headrest stay 16) are connected to a headrest support 26 provided at the upper end portion of the seat back 14. The headrest support 26 is attached to a headrest support bracket 30 fixed to an upper end portion of a seatback frame 28 that is a skeleton member of the seatback 14. Thus, the lower end side of the headrest stay 16 is connected to the upper end portion of the seat back frame 28 via the headrest support 26 and the headrest support bracket 30 so that the height can be adjusted.

  The headrest pad 18 is made of a foamed elastic material such as urethane foam, and the upper end side of the headrest stay 16 is embedded in the headrest pad 18. Thereby, the headrest pad 18 is supported by the headrest stay 16. The headrest skin 20 covers the surface of the headrest pad 18.

  An internal structure 19 is embedded in the headrest pad 18. The internal structure 19 is formed in a substantially block shape smaller than the headrest pad 18 by a hard material such as hard foamed urethane. The internal structure 19 is attached to the headrest stay 16 by fitting the left and right leg portions 16A of the headrest stay 16 to a pair of left and right vertical grooves formed on the rear surface side, for example. Is supported from behind.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of stay insertion holes 32 through which the left and right leg portions 16 </ b> A of the headrest stay 16 are inserted are formed in the bottom portion 20 </ b> A of the headrest skin 20.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the stay insertion hole 32 is formed in a circular shape. Further, at a position spaced apart from the opening edge 32A of the stay insertion hole 32 by a certain distance L1 (for example, L1 = 3 mm), the reinforcing portion 34 surrounds the stay insertion hole 32 and extends along the opening edge 32A of the stay insertion hole 32. Is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the reinforcing portion 34 is sewn with an upper thread 34A sewn from the front surface 20B side of the skin main body 36 of the headrest skin 20 and a lower thread 34B sewn from the back surface 20C side. Specifically, using a sewing machine, a sewing needle K in which the upper thread 34A is passed through the hole K1 at the tip is pierced from the front surface 20B side into the outer skin body 36, and the upper thread 34A is slackened on the rear surface 20C side of the outer skin body 36. The lower thread 34B is passed through the loop made by the above operation, and then the sewing needle K is removed from the outer skin body 36, and the knot 34C between the upper thread 34A and the lower thread 34B comes to the center in the thickness direction (arrow M1 direction) of the outer skin body 36. Thus, the upper thread 34A is pulled up. The reinforcing portion 34 is configured by repeating this. The lower thread 34B is substantially directly below the upper thread 34A, but in FIG. 1, the lower thread 34B is shown in parallel with the upper thread 34A for the sake of explanation.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the distance L1 between the reinforcing portion 34 and the opening edge 32A of the stay insertion hole 32 is constant along the circumferential direction of the opening edge 32A and is set to 3 mm to 4 mm. For this reason, when using the sewing machine to surround the stay insertion hole 32 and performing the main sewing with the upper thread 34A and the lower thread 34B, it is easy to secure the press margin of the headrest skin 20 by the sewing machine, and the sewing workability is good. Moreover, since the strength of the opening periphery of the stay insertion hole 32 can be increased, the effect of preventing the deformation of the stay insertion hole 32 is also high.

  When the distance L1 between the opening edge 32A of the stay insertion hole 32 and the reinforcing portion 34 is smaller than 3 mm, a sewing machine is used when the upper thread 34A and the lower thread 34B are sewn with the upper thread 34A around the stay insertion hole 32. It is difficult to secure a press margin for the headrest skin 20 and workability is reduced. On the other hand, when the distance L1 between the opening edge 32A of the stay insertion hole 32 and the reinforcing portion 34 is larger than 4 mm, the distance L1 is too wide, so that it is difficult to secure the strength of the opening peripheral edge of the stay insertion hole 32. The effect of preventing deformation of the hole 32 is reduced.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the pitch P1 of the reinforcement part 34 is set to 3 mm-5 mm. For this reason, the strength of the opening peripheral edge of the stay insertion hole 32 can be secured, and the deformation preventing effect of the stay insertion hole 32 does not deteriorate. In addition, since the work time at the time of the main sewing does not become long, workability does not deteriorate.

  In addition, when the pitch P1 of the reinforcement part 34 is larger than 5 mm, the deformation | transformation prevention effect of the stay insertion hole 32 falls because the pitch P1 is too wide. On the other hand, when the pitch P1 of the reinforcing portion 34 is smaller than 3 mm, the pitch P1 is too short and the work time of the main stitching becomes long and the workability is lowered, and the pitch P1 is too short and a crack occurs in the reinforcing portion 34. It becomes easy to do.

  In addition, in the bag-like headrest skin 20, an opening 40 for inserting the headrest main body 10 </ b> A is formed in addition to the stay insertion hole 32. The opening 40 is provided with a closing means (not shown) for closing the opening 40 after the headrest body 10A is inserted into the headrest skin 20 from the opening 40 and covered with the headrest skin 20. The closing means may be a pair of male and female fasteners, and may be closed by bonding with an adhesive or sewing instead of the closing means, and the method is not particularly limited.

  Next, the operation and effect of this embodiment will be described.

  In this embodiment, when the headrest body 10 </ b> A of the headrest device 10 is covered with the headrest skin 20, first, the leg portion 16 </ b> A of the headrest stay 16 is passed through the stay insertion hole 32 of the headrest skin 20. Thereafter, the headrest body 10 </ b> A is inserted into the headrest skin 20 from the opening 40, and the headrest body 10 </ b> A is covered with the headrest skin 20.

  Then, on the headrest skin 20, at a position spaced apart from the opening edge 32 </ b> A of the stay insertion hole 32 by a certain distance L <b> 1, the surface 20 </ b> B side of the skin body 36 of the headrest skin 20 is surrounded by the opening edge 32 </ b> A. The reinforcing portion 34 is formed by the main thread 34A and the lower thread 34B sewn from the back surface 20C side.

  For this reason, due to the pulling force when the headrest body 10A is covered with the headrest skin 20, the leg portion 16A of the headrest stay 16 hits the opening periphery of the stay insertion hole 32 of the headrest skin 20, and the opening of the stay insertion hole 32 of the headrest skin 20 Even if a pressing force (arrow F1 in FIG. 1) acts on the periphery, the reinforcing portion 34 can prevent the stay insertion hole 32 from being deformed (expanded) by the pressing force F1. As a result, positional deviation between the headrest body 10A and the headrest skin 20 can be prevented, and the finished quality of the headrest device 10 is improved. Moreover, since it is possible to prevent the opening periphery of the stay insertion hole 32 of the headrest skin 20 from being torn, it is possible to prevent the headrest skin 20 from being unusable.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the reinforcing portion 34 of the headrest skin 20 surrounds the stay insertion hole 32 at a position spaced apart from the opening edge 32A of the circular stay insertion hole 32 by a certain distance L1, and the stay insertion hole 32 It is provided along the opening edge 32A. For this reason, deformation of the stay insertion hole 32 can be prevented in the same manner regardless of which direction the leg portion 16A of the headrest stay 16 acts from which direction the pressing force F1 acts on any portion in the circumferential direction on the opening peripheral edge of the stay insertion hole 32.

  In the present embodiment, the distance L1 between the opening edge 32A of the stay insertion hole 32 of the headrest skin 20 and the reinforcing portion 34 is 3 mm to 4 mm. For this reason, when using the sewing machine to surround the stay insertion hole 32 and performing the main sewing with the upper thread 34A and the lower thread 34B, it is easy to secure the press margin of the headrest skin 20 by the sewing machine, and the sewing workability is good. Moreover, since the strength of the opening periphery of the stay insertion hole 32 can be increased, the effect of preventing the deformation of the stay insertion hole 32 is also high.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the pitch P1 of the reinforcement part 34 is set to 3 mm-5 mm. For this reason, the strength of the opening peripheral edge of the stay insertion hole 32 can be secured, and the deformation preventing effect of the stay insertion hole 32 does not deteriorate. In addition, since the work time at the time of the main sewing does not become long, workability does not deteriorate.

  Further, in the present embodiment, it is not necessary to use a cap for preventing deformation in the stay insertion hole 32 of the headrest skin 20, an increase in the number of parts can be suppressed, and the headrest device 10 can be easily manufactured. Can contribute.

(Supplementary explanation of the embodiment)
While the present invention has been described in detail with respect to specific embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various other embodiments are possible within the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example, in the embodiment described above, the stay insertion hole 32 is formed in a circular shape, but the shape of the stay insertion hole 32 may be other shapes such as an ellipse or an ellipse. Further, the headrest skin of the present invention may have a single layer structure or a laminated (multi-layer) structure.

  The headrest skin and headrest device of the present invention can also be applied to a headrest skin and headrest device for a seat other than a vehicle seat.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Headrest apparatus 10A Headrest main body 16 Headrest stay 16A Leg of headrest stay 18 Headrest pad (cushion material)
19 Internal structure (shock absorbing member)
20 Headrest skin 32 Stay insertion hole 34 Reinforcement part 34A Upper thread 34B Lower thread 36 Skin body

Claims (4)

A stay insertion hole for inserting the headrest stay of the headrest device;
An upper thread that is sewn from the front surface side of the skin body along the opening edge and a lower thread that is sewn from the back surface side, surrounding the stay insertion hole, at a position spaced apart from the opening edge of the stay insertion hole by a certain distance L1 And a reinforcing portion that is sewn in
The headrest epidermis that can be attached to and detached from the headrest body .   The headrest skin according to claim 1, wherein the stay insertion hole is circular.   The headrest epidermis according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the distance L1 is 3 mm to 4 mm. And the headrest body having a headrest stay and the cushion material and the shock-absorbing member,
The headrest epidermis according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is put on the headrest main body,
Headrest device with

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