Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – With step of making mold or mold shaping – per se
Patent
1993-05-27
1995-02-28
Woo, Jay H.
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
With step of making mold or mold shaping, per se
264257, 264324, 425394, 425407, 425411, B29C 4352, B29C 4318
Patent
active
053934792
ABSTRACT:
A method for shaping a trim cover fabric for the entire front surface of a vehicle seat back portion or the entire top surface of a vehicle seat cushion portion, includes providing a forming tool having a forming surface with a portion complementary to a basic shape to be provided for the seat surface and a portion defining a cavity; providing a plurality of style line inserts, different ones of the style line inserts having different styling surfaces that are complementary to different desired stylized shapes to be provided for the seat surface; selecting one of the style line inserts and inserting the selected style line insert into the cavity; positioning the trim cover fabric on the forming tool assembly; providing a pressing tool having a surface formed to be complementary to the forming surface of the forming tool and the styling surfaces of the plurality of style line inserts to enable the pressing tool to be used with a forming tool assembly that includes any of the style line inserts; and pressing the cover fabric onto the forming tool assembly using the pressing tool to provide the desired stylized shape for the trim cover fabric.
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Hoover Universal Inc.
Kalinowski Leonard
Levine E. L.
Root III Joseph E.
Smith Duane S.
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