US3567278A - Upholstered bucket seat - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
- A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
- A47C7/02—Seat parts
- A47C7/18—Seat parts having foamed material included in cushioning part
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
- A47C3/00—Chairs characterised by structural features; Chairs or stools with rotatable or vertically-adjustable seats
- A47C3/12—Chairs characterised by structural features; Chairs or stools with rotatable or vertically-adjustable seats with shell-shape seat and back-rest unit, e.g. having arm rests
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- a bucket seat is upholstered by employing a contoured rigid support fitting into the bucket portion of the seat, and a resilient or foam pad is bonded to the top surface of the support and a fabric web is stretched around the foam pad and the edges bonded to the rear side of the support.
- the pad may be extended about the front edge of the seat and the web covering anchored below the seat, or the pad and cover web may be terminated short of the front edge of the seat.
- Releasable securing means anchor the support with its pad and web upon the bucket seat.
- a bucket seat as, for example, one formed of nylon or other plastic or of metal, etc., is useful as a seat as it stands. If such a seat, however, is to be provided with a cushion and upholstery, a problem i presented in that such upholstery requires bonding and connections which may mar the bucket seat or make it difficult to re-upholster the seat when the original upholstery becomes worn.
- a sturdy reinforced upholstered pad can be releasably attached to the seat and later when the same is worn may be removed from the seat to leave it in its original clean and unaltered condition so that it can be used as a plain bucket seat or again be provided with upholstery. This is accomplished by providing a rigid support contoured to fit within the bucket portion of the seat with means for releasably securing the support upon the seat. The pad and upholstery web are anchored upon the support and are bodily removed with the support.
- FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a bucket seat having an upholstered pad attached thereto and extending around the front edge of the seat;
- FIG. 2 a similar perspective view of a modification in which the upholstered pad terminates before it reaches the front edge of the seat;
- FIG. 3, a rear perspective view of the chair;
- FIG. 4 a vertical sectional view of the bucket seat taken at line 44 of FIG. 3 and showing the cushion wrapped around the front edge of the seat, as shown in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 5 a sectional view similar to FIG. 4 but showing the upholstered pad modification of FIG. 2;
- FIG. 6, a fragmentary sectional view of the front edge potrion of FIG.
- FIG. 4 on an enlarged scale and showing the manner in which the pad is attached to the bucket seat;
- FIG. 7, a fragmentary sectional view of the top edge of the back, as shown in either FIGS. 1 or 2, and showing the manner of attachment of the upholstery pad;
- FIG. 8, a fragmentary sectional view taken 'as indicated at line 88 of FIG. 4 and shOWing the wrapping of the up- United States Patent Office Patented Mar. 2, 1971 holstery around the pad;
- FIG. 9, a fragmentary sectional view similar to FIG. 6 and showing how the pad is terminated in the modification shown in FIG. 2.
- 10 designates a bucket seat which may be fitted with a contoured upholstered pad 11 which wraps around the front edge of the chair, as shown in FIG. 1, or with an upholstered pad 12 which terminates short of the front edge, as shown in 'FIG. 2.
- the pad in either modification is supported by a rigid support 13 which is contoured to fit within the bucket of the seat 10.
- the support may be formed of a piece of plywood or of metal or plastic.
- a piece of foam 14 is cemented to the top of the support 13 and is covered with a piece of fabric or web 15 which may be cemented to the foam pad in the rear seat area 16 and then stretched tightly around the foam pad and cemented to the back pad 17 of the contoured support 13.
- an auxiliary support may be attached to the front edge of the contoured support 13 and extended downwardly and around the front edge of the seat, as shown best in FIG. -6.
- the auxiliary support may be a thin metal piece 22 which is attached to the front end of the contoured support 13 over the seat 10 and then extended around the front edge of the seat 10. If the support 13 is made of plywood, plastic, or like material, the thin metal piece or sheet is desirable and the same may be attached to the contoured support by screws, rivets, bonding adhesive, or the like.
- the support 13 is formed of metal, then the support may be extended and shaped to conform to the front edge 22 of the seat 10.
- the foam pad 24 is also made longer to cover the front edge of the member 22 and the seat.
- the upholstery material 25 is cut long enough to wrap around the foam pad and the auxiliary support 22 and to be cemented at 26 to the back side of the member 22 behind the seat rim 23.
- the front portion 27 is preferably hooked onto the front edge 23 of the seat 10 first and then the rest of the pad is fitted to the bucket seat.
- the screws 20 and 21 may be then threaded into the T-nuts or sockets 18 and 19, as shown best in FIGS. 3, 7 and 9.
- the bucket seat 10 is unmodified except for the small openings through which the screws extend, and the entire upholstery is accomplished without bonding anything to the bucket seat or changing its structure.
- the upholstery becomes worn, it is possible to remove the upholstery completely, leaving the original bucket seat unaltered and ready for use as such, or if it is again to be upholstered, the new upholstery can be quickly put in place.
- a rigid support member contoured to fit within the bucket portion of the seat, a resilient pad bonded to the top surface of said support, a fabric Web covering said pad and having edge portions extending about the back and sides of said support and bonded to the back thereof, said web having its front edge portion extending over the front of said support, and releasable means for anchoring said support upon said seat.
- auxiliary support is in the form of a thin sheet anchored upon said rigid support and extending about the front end of the seat and below said seat.
- said releasable anchoring means comprise threaded socket members in said support have a flat head closing the socket top and screw members extending through said seat and threadedly engaging said socket members.
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Cited By (11)
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US3680918A (en) * | 1970-10-26 | 1972-08-01 | Donald L Briggs | Air cushion and seat frame |
US3729226A (en) * | 1971-06-04 | 1973-04-24 | American Seating Co | Single pedestal transit chair |
US3778104A (en) * | 1970-04-21 | 1973-12-11 | Prosche F Kg | Seat consisting of seat portion and backrest, especially driver seat for motor vehicles |
US4077667A (en) * | 1974-04-08 | 1978-03-07 | Allerheiligen Arnold G | Means for cushioning wooden pews or the like |
US4853995A (en) * | 1982-09-15 | 1989-08-08 | Sears Manufacturing Company | Molded cushion article |
US5288045A (en) * | 1988-06-10 | 1994-02-22 | Herman Miller, Inc. | Chair base |
US5499413A (en) * | 1994-04-29 | 1996-03-19 | Westinghouse Electric Corporation | Composite foam chair cushion and method |
US6220661B1 (en) | 1999-04-19 | 2001-04-24 | Steelcase Development Inc. | Chair back and method of assembly |
US8850762B2 (en) | 2012-09-17 | 2014-10-07 | Steelcase Inc. | Vertically adjustable partition wall door |
USD785958S1 (en) * | 2015-08-14 | 2017-05-09 | Stylgame S.R.L. | Seat |
USD907380S1 (en) * | 2018-10-31 | 2021-01-12 | Stylgame S.R.L. | Seat |
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Cited By (13)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3778104A (en) * | 1970-04-21 | 1973-12-11 | Prosche F Kg | Seat consisting of seat portion and backrest, especially driver seat for motor vehicles |
US3680918A (en) * | 1970-10-26 | 1972-08-01 | Donald L Briggs | Air cushion and seat frame |
US3729226A (en) * | 1971-06-04 | 1973-04-24 | American Seating Co | Single pedestal transit chair |
US4077667A (en) * | 1974-04-08 | 1978-03-07 | Allerheiligen Arnold G | Means for cushioning wooden pews or the like |
US4853995A (en) * | 1982-09-15 | 1989-08-08 | Sears Manufacturing Company | Molded cushion article |
US5288045A (en) * | 1988-06-10 | 1994-02-22 | Herman Miller, Inc. | Chair base |
US5499413A (en) * | 1994-04-29 | 1996-03-19 | Westinghouse Electric Corporation | Composite foam chair cushion and method |
US6220661B1 (en) | 1999-04-19 | 2001-04-24 | Steelcase Development Inc. | Chair back and method of assembly |
US6508509B2 (en) | 1999-04-19 | 2003-01-21 | Steelcase Development Corporation | Back for seating unit and method of assembly |
US8850762B2 (en) | 2012-09-17 | 2014-10-07 | Steelcase Inc. | Vertically adjustable partition wall door |
US9051729B2 (en) | 2012-09-17 | 2015-06-09 | Steelcase Inc. | Reversible door assembly for partition wall |
USD785958S1 (en) * | 2015-08-14 | 2017-05-09 | Stylgame S.R.L. | Seat |
USD907380S1 (en) * | 2018-10-31 | 2021-01-12 | Stylgame S.R.L. | Seat |
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AS | Assignment |
Owner name: FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:BOSTROM ACQUISITION CORPORATION, A CORP OF DE;REEL/FRAME:004371/0101 Effective date: 19850220 |
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Owner name: AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY,MICHIGAN Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY;REEL/FRAME:004847/0729 Effective date: 19880201 Owner name: AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY, 901 BROADWAY N.W., GRAND Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. EFFECTIVE;ASSIGNOR:AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY;REEL/FRAME:004847/0729 Effective date: 19880201 |