JP2003011711A - Seat for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seat for a vehicle capable of preventing it from being torn up. SOLUTION: This seat for the vehicle has a surface skin material 20, a cushion layer 30 provided on an inner side of the surface skin material 20, and a non-cutting protection material 50 which is arranged between the surface skin material 20 and the cushion layer 30 and is a netlike object having the flexibility.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a seat (seat) for vehicles such as motorcycles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a motorcycle seat has a cushion layer provided on the front side of a base member and a skin material provided on the front side of the cushion layer. That is, the cushion layer is arranged inside the skin material.

[0003]

Generally, motorcycle seats are exposed. Therefore, when the motorcycle is placed outdoors at night or the like, the seat (skin material and cushion layer) may be torn by a knife or the like by an inexperienced person. In that case, the owner of the motorcycle needs to replace the skin material of the seat or the entire seat. This is very annoying to motorcycle (vehicle) owners.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle seat that is not easily torn.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 provides a skin material, a cushion layer provided inside the skin material, and a front surface of the skin material. A vehicle seat having a surface and a flexible material to be cut disposed between the cushion layer and the vicinity of the front surface of the cushion layer.

"Disposed between the front surface of the skin material and the vicinity of the front surface of the cushion layer" means the portion of the skin material between the front surface and the back surface. When it is arranged in the cushion layer (the back surface) and the cushion layer (the front surface), the inside of the cushion layer and the front surface of the cushion layer. There are cases where it is arranged in the vicinity. Also, there may be a combination of them. That is, such as a case where a part of the protection material to be cut is arranged like, and the remaining part of the protection material to be cut is arranged like. In the case of, the protective material to be cut may be embedded and manufactured integrally when the skin material is manufactured.
In such a case, the protective material to be cut may be integrally embedded during the production of the cushion layer.

In the vehicle seat according to the present invention, when a knife or the like is used to cut it, the knife (the cutting edge thereof) or the like is prevented from coming into contact with the protection material to be cut. To be done. This limits the tearing of the sheet. Further, since the protective material to be cut has flexibility, the flexibility of the sheet is maintained (including the case where the flexibility is reduced).

From the above point of view, the present invention can be particularly suitably applied to a vehicle seat, which is normally exposed, among the vehicle seats. For example, it is a seat of a motorcycle, a bicycle, an open car (convertible) car, or the like.

The invention according to claim 2 is the vehicle seat of the invention according to claim 1, wherein the protection material to be cut has unevenness on the front surface thereof. .

With the vehicle seat of the present invention, the following operational effect is obtained in addition to the operational effect of the invention according to claim 1. That is, in the vehicle seat according to the present invention, since the protection material to be cut has unevenness, when a knife or the like is used to cut it, the cutting edge of the knife or the like locks the unevenness of the protection material to be cut. (Or in contact with a large frictional force), the cutting edge of a knife or the like is restricted from moving along the surface of the sheet. Therefore, the tearing of the sheet (skin material) is more effectively limited.

The "concave" portion of "the protective material to be cut has irregularities on its front surface" includes a hole-like one that penetrates from the front side to the back side of the protective material to be cut. . The "protective material to be cut having unevenness on the front surface" includes a planar material having a large number of holes or depressions and a net material.

The invention according to claim 3 is the vehicle seat of the invention according to claim 1, wherein the protection material to be cut is a net-like material.

In the vehicle seat according to the present invention, since the protective material to be cut is a net-like material, flexibility can be easily obtained.
The invention according to can be easily realized. In addition, since the material to be cut is a net-like material, the material to be cut (the front surface) has irregularities, and the effect of the invention according to claim 2 can be obtained. As the material of the “mesh-shaped protective material to be cut”, metal, synthetic resin, glass fiber or carbon fiber, or a combination thereof can be preferably applied.

The invention according to claim 4 is the vehicle seat according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the protection material to be cut is disposed between the skin material and the cushion layer. It is a vehicle seat that is installed.

In the vehicle seat according to the present invention, by disposing the skin material with the protection material to be cut disposed on the front surface (surface on the skin material side) of the cushion layer, Easily manufactured.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [First Embodiment] Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a motorcycle seat.

The motorcycle seat (also simply referred to as a seat) 10 is attached to a seat attachment portion 60 of the motorcycle. The seat 10 includes a skin material 20, a cushion layer 30, a base member 40, and a protective material 50 to be cut.

The base member 40 is made of hard synthetic resin or metal. The base member 40 is attached to the seat attachment portion 6 by a hinge (not shown) at the front end thereof.
It is rotatably connected to 0.

The skin material 20 is formed mainly of a flexible synthetic resin or the like. A cloth material (not shown) is arranged on the back surface (or in the vicinity) of the skin material 20. The skin material 20 covers all of the exposed portion of the sheet 10 and is wound around the edge of the back surface of the base member 40.

The cushion layer 30 is disposed inside the skin material 20 (a portion between the skin material 20 and the base member 40). The cushion layer 30 is made of urethane or the like.

The protection material 50 to be cut is disposed between the skin material 20 (the back surface thereof) and the cushion layer 30 (the front surface thereof). That is, when the seat 10 is manufactured, the skin material 20 is provided with the protection material 50 to be cut provided on the front surface of the cushion layer 30.

The protection material 50 to be cut is formed in a mesh shape by using metal, synthetic resin, glass fiber, carbon fiber or a combination thereof. The protection material 50 to be cut has elastic flexibility and
It is difficult to cut with a knife. At least, it is less likely to be cut than the skin material 20.

Next, the function and effect of the seat 10 will be described. In this sheet 10, when an inexperienced person tries to cut the sheet 10 with a knife or the like, the knife (the cutting edge thereof) passes through the skin material 20 and comes into contact with the material to be cut 50, so that the knife is further cut inside. Is prevented from entering. Therefore, the sheet 10 is restricted from being torn. In particular, the cushion layer 30 is prevented from being torn.

Further, since the protective material 50 to be cut has a net-like shape and has a large number of irregularities on its front surface, the blade edge of the knife is related to the protective material 50 to be cut (the irregularities) having a net-like shape. Stopping (or abutting with great friction), the knife is prevented (or restricted) from trying to move along the surface of the sheet 10. Therefore, the cut of the skin material 20 is also limited.

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment of the present invention.
The difference from the first embodiment will be mainly described with reference to FIG. The common elements are given the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

In this sheet 110, the protection material 50 to be cut is disposed between the front surface and the back surface of the skin material 20. In this sheet 110, the skin material 20 is manufactured with the protection material 50 to be cut built therein.

The seat 110 has substantially the same function and effect as the seat 10 of the first embodiment, and also has the following effect. Cut protection material 50 is skin material 2
Since it is arranged in a portion between the front surface and the back surface of 0, the skin material 20 (of which, the portion inside the protection material 50 to be cut) is effectively protected.

It should be noted that the above description is merely a few embodiments of the present invention, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be implemented with various modifications made on the basis of the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an entire vehicle (motorcycle) including a seat according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the seat according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view (front-rear direction) of the seat according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view (left-right direction) of the seat according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view (front-rear direction) of the seat according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10,110 seats (motorcycle seats) 20 skin material 30 cushion layer 40 base member 50 Cut protection material

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A skin material, a cushion layer provided inside the skin material, and a flexible layer disposed between a front surface of the skin material and a vicinity of a front surface of the cushion layer. A vehicle seat having a protective material to be cut. 2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the protection material to be cut has unevenness on a front surface thereof. 3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the protection material to be cut is a net-like material. 4. The vehicle seat according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the protection material to be cut is disposed between the skin material and the cushion layer. Sheet.