SEAT ASSEMBLY, CUSHION, AND TOOL AND METHOD OF FORMING

Abstract: a method is provided with positioning a stranded mesh material blank and a flexible sheet into a tool assembly, heating and softening the blank and/or the sheet; circulating fluid through the tool assembly to move the flexible sheet towards the blank to form a stranded mesh material member, and removing the member from the tool assembly. a system is provided with a tool assembly, a fluid flow device, a heater, and a controller to provide fluid to the tool assembly to move the flexible sheet towards the stranded mesh material blank to form a stranded mesh material member. a vehicle interior component is provided with a stranded mesh material member and a flexible layer bonded to the surface of the member.

Inventor(s): Eric REPKE, Ibrahim VALENZUELA, Curtis HUDSON, Lisa SWIKOSKI, Joshua HALLOCK

CPC Classification: B60N2/7017 ({characterised by the manufacturing process; manufacturing upholstery or upholstery springs not otherwise provided for})

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