US 12,286,043 B2
Seat cover fastening
Paul Joseph Voigt, Waterdown (CA); and Victor Horst Kheil, Kitchener (CA)
Assigned to Velcro IP Holdings LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed by Velcro IP Holdings LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/898,568.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/252,723, filed on Oct. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104258 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A47C 7/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/58 (2006.01); C09J 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/5875 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of adapting a molded seat cushion for receiving a seat cover, the method comprising
providing an adhesive on either or both of a flexible fastener sheet and a selected area of a molded foam cushion surface having a three-dimensional contour, the flexible fastener sheet comprising a resin layer and an array of discrete male touch fastener elements, each fastener element having a stem integrally formed with and extending from an outer surface of the resin layer;
positioning the flexible fastener sheet to cover the three-dimensional contour of the selected area; and
allowing the adhesive to set to permanently bond the flexible fastener sheet over the selected area of the molded foam cushion surface, with the male touch fastener elements extending away from the molded foam cushion surface for engagement with a seat cover, such that the bonded flexible fastener sheet follows the three-dimensional contour of the selected area.