JP2003146272A - Seat for two-wheeled vehicle and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seat for a two-wheeled vehicle making deep hanging up possible even if a cushion material is thin, making sharp hanging up possible, and to provide its manufacturing method. SOLUTION: This seat for a two-wheeled vehicle 1 is formed such that the cushion material 3 is placed on a bottom plate 2, the cushion material 3 is covered with a surface skin material 4, and the surface skin material 4 is hanged up to the bottom plate 2 side in the specified position. A long hole 2a is formed in the bottom plate 2 in the hanging up position of the surface skin material 4, at least a separated part is formed in the long hole 2a in the cushion material 3, a tongue part 4f is formed in the surface skin material 4, the tongue part 4f of the surface skin material 4 is passed through the separated part of the cushion material 3 and the long hole 2a of the bottom plate 2 and drawn out to the back surface of the bottom plate 2, and the tongue part 4f and the bottom plate 2 are joined.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a motorcycle seat and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a motorcycle seat that has a good lifting work efficiency and can be clearly shaped, and a method of manufacturing the same. In the present specification, the two-wheeled vehicle seat refers to a vehicle equipped with a straddle-type seat such as a three-wheeled vehicle, a motorcycle, a snow bike, a water bike, and a buggy car.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When suspending a motorcycle seat,
A technique using a hanging string, a C ring, or a special hanging member is known.

For example, as a technique using a suspending member, as shown in FIG. 7, the suspending member 104 for attaching the terminal 130 of the skin portions 103a and 103b attached to the front side of the cushion 110 to the terminal 130 is used. It is performed by pulling and supporting the suspension line L so that the suspension line L can be clearly exposed on the seat surface side.

In order to secure the seat skin by suspending, the suspending member 104 is passed through a hole formed in the cushion 110, and the skin portions 103a, 1 of the cushion 110 are inserted inside the hole.
The pulling member 106 is used to hook the suspending member 104 on the wire 105 disposed on the opposite side to the wire 03b. The hanging member 104 is formed of a relatively hard resin trim cord, and the skin portions 103 a and 103 attached to the front surface side of the cushion body portion 110.
It is attached to the inside of the seat skin by sewing one end side of the strip portion 104a along the end 130 of b.

As described above, in this conventional example, the other end of the suspending member 104 has a hook-shaped substantially U-shaped portion 104b.
Is formed by bending, and is formed so as to be hooked on the wire 105 from the open end of the substantially U-shaped portion 104b.

[0006]

However, in the case of a two-wheeled vehicle seat, it is difficult to provide a sharp and clear hanging shape because the cushion material is thin and the amount of hanging is insufficient. In addition, the technique of using a hanging string, a C-ring, and a special hanging member requires many man-hours for hanging,
It was troublesome and lacked in production efficiency.

An object of the present invention is to provide a two-wheeled vehicle seat and a method for manufacturing the same, which enables deep hanging even if the cushioning material has a small thickness, and which enables sharp hanging. Another object of the present invention is to provide a two-wheeled vehicle seat and a method of manufacturing the same, which is more independent from the feeling of being hung up even though it is hung up. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a two-wheeled vehicle seat and a method for manufacturing the same, which can be easily lifted up and whose production work efficiency can be improved.

[0008]

According to the motorcycle seat of the present invention, the above object is to dispose the cushion material on the bottom plate, cover the cushion material with the skin material, and to dispose the skin material at the predetermined position at the bottom. In the motorcycle seat formed so as to be hung on the plate side, a long hole is formed in the bottom plate at the hanging position of the skin material,
At least a separation portion is formed in the cushion material in the long hole portion, a tongue portion is formed in the skin material, and the tongue portion of the skin material is passed through the separation portion of the cushion material and the long hole of the bottom plate. It is solved by pulling out to the back surface of the bottom plate and joining the tongue and the bottom plate.

In the present invention, the tongue is formed on the skin material,
Since the elongated holes are formed in the bottom plate, the tongue portion can be pulled to the back surface of the bottom plate through the elongated holes, so that deep hanging can be reliably performed. Moreover, since the surface of the skin material is pulled directly, not only is it possible to form a sharp shape, but it is only necessary to join the tongue part to the bottom plate, so compared to the case of hanging inside the cushion material as in the past. And work efficiency is good.

At this time, it is preferable that the cushion material is divided at the separation portion. When the cushion material is divided in this way, along this dividing line,
It is possible to push in the joints of the skin so that it becomes like a separate part. Further, the separated portion of the cushion material may be a hole. In the case of such a hole, since the cushioning material is integrated, it is possible to use only one cushioning material when positioning it on the bottom plate, thus improving the working efficiency.

It is also possible that at least two sheets of the skin material are joined by a joining portion, and a tongue portion is formed in a portion including the joining portion. At this time, by using a plurality of different types of seat materials as the skin material, the color and texture of the skin material can be configured to differ at the joint portion, and a motorcycle seat rich in design can be obtained. It becomes possible to obtain.

The joint portion of the skin material is sewn or welded by a welder, for example. Further, the tongue portion of the skin material and the bottom plate may be joined together by tacking. Furthermore, it is preferable to cover the joint between the tongue and the bottom plate with a cushion sheet. As the cushion sheet, it is possible to use sponge-like ones, and by covering the joint in this way, it gives a beautiful appearance, and when a tacker or the like is used for joining, the tacker or the like is used for other parts. It is possible to prevent the contact with.

According to the method for manufacturing a motorcycle seat of the present invention, the above-mentioned problem is obtained by disposing a cushion material on the bottom plate, covering the cushion material with a skin material, and placing the skin material on the bottom plate side at a predetermined position. In the method for manufacturing a motorcycle seat formed by being suspended, a step of forming an elongated hole at a skin material suspending position of the bottom plate,
A step of forming a tongue portion on the skin material, a step of arranging a cushion material in which at least a separated portion is formed with the elongated hole of the bottom plate as a boundary, and a step of covering the cushion material with the skin material, the tongue portion Through the separated portion of the cushion material and the long hole to the back surface of the bottom plate, and the step of pulling the tongue drawn out to the back surface of the bottom plate and joining the tongue and the bottom plate. Will be solved by

A cushion sheet may be joined to a region including a joint portion between the bottom plate and the tongue portion to cover the joint portion between the bottom plate and the tongue portion. Further, regarding the skin material, a step of joining at least two sheet materials at a joining portion and forming a tongue portion at a portion including the joining portion may be included.

The separated portion of the cushion material is
It is preferable to form the cushion material as a separate body, and it is preferable to wrap the cushion material by pushing the joint portion of the skin material between the cushion materials of the separate body.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The members, arrangements, and the like described below do not limit the present invention and can be variously modified within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an essential part showing an example of a motorcycle seat, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line A--A of FIG. 1, and FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an example of a joined state of the tongue portion and the bottom plate seen from the back surface of the bottom plate, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a state before joining the skin material, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a state in which the skin materials are joined.

The motorcycle seat 1 of this example is shown in FIGS.
As shown in, a double seat including a front seat and a rear seat is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. The motorcycle seat 1 of this example is formed by disposing the cushion material 3 on the bottom plate 2, covering the cushion material 3 with the skin material 4, and suspending the skin material 4 on the bottom plate 2 side at a predetermined position. ing.

The bottom plate 2 of this embodiment is made of synthetic resin, and as shown in FIG. 4, at a predetermined position, that is, at a position where the skin material 4 of the bottom plate 2 is suspended, in the width direction (with respect to the front-back direction). The elongated hole 2a is formed in a substantially right-angled direction.

Further, the bottom plate 2 is provided with grid-like irregularities in order to ensure strength. In addition, in FIG. 4, in order to make it easy to see the suspended portion of the skin material 4, the unevenness is shown by a chain line.

The cushion material 3 of this embodiment is made of urethane sponge, and is arranged on the bottom plate 2. When the cushion material 3 is disposed on the bottom plate 2, a separated portion is formed at a position aligned with the elongated hole 2a of the bottom plate 2.

In this example, in order to provide the above-mentioned separated portion,
The cushion material 3 is formed separately from the portion corresponding to the back portion 1a of the motorcycle seat 1 and the portion corresponding to the seat surface portion 1b. These cushion materials 3a and 3b are arranged on the bottom plate 2 so as to sandwich the elongated hole 2a.

As described above, the cushion member 3 is not limited to the separate structure, but the cushion member 3 having the back portion and the seat surface portion integrated may be used. In this case, a hole is provided at the boundary between the back portion and the seat surface portion of the cushion material 3 so as to be aligned with the elongated hole 2a of the bottom plate 2.

As shown in FIG. 5, the skin material 4 of this example is formed by joining a plurality of sheet materials 4a, 4b, 4c. Of these, the seats 4a and 4c are located on the back 1a side of the motorcycle seat 1, and the seat 4b is located on the seat surface 1b side.

On the above-mentioned sheet materials 4a and 4b, the protrusion 4
d is formed. The protrusion 4d forms a tongue 4f as described later, and is provided on the side of the joint 4e between the sheet material 4a and the sheet material 4b.

The sheet materials 4a, 4b and 4c are joined to each other at the joint 4e.
And the protruding portion 4d are joined together by sewing or welder welding to form the skin material 4. FIG. 6 shows the skin material 4 thus formed from the back surface side. As shown in the drawing, the back surface side of the skin material 4 has a joining portion 4e joined by sewing or welding.
Then, a tongue portion 4f formed by sticking the protruding portion 4d is formed.

In this example, four sheet materials 4a to 4a are used.
Although the structure in which c is joined to form the skin material 4 is shown, the skin material 4 may be a single piece. When the skin material 4 is a single piece, the portion corresponding to the tongue portion forming portion of the skin material 4 is folded in two layers, and this portion is joined by sewing or welding to bond the tongue portion 4
It is better to form f. Further, the skin material 4 may be one in which two sheet materials positioned at least on the back side and the seat surface side are joined. When the skin material is formed from a plurality of sheet materials, the color and texture of the skin material can be partially different, and a sheet with a good design can be obtained.

In this example, the tongue portion 4f is formed in a rectangular shape, but the shape is not limited to a rectangular shape, and a semicircular shape, a polygonal shape, or the like may be used.
Of course, other shapes may be used.

Next, the motorcycle seat 1 having the above structure.
The manufacturing method of will be described. The seat 1 for a motorcycle is formed by disposing a cushion material 3 on a bottom plate 2, covering the cushion material 3 with a skin material 4, and suspending the skin material 4 on the bottom plate 2 side at a predetermined position.

A long hole 2a is formed in the bottom plate 2 at the position where the skin material 4 is suspended. As described above, the long hole 2a is formed so as to be substantially perpendicular to the vehicle body front-rear direction.

Next, the skin material 4 is formed by joining the sheet materials 4a, 4b and 4c. Sheet material 4a,
4b and 4c are joined by sewing or welder welding. At this time, the tongue portion 4f is formed in the region including the joining portion 4e on the back surface of the skin material by joining the protruding portions 4d of the sheet materials 4a and 4b.

The long hole 2a of the bottom plate 2
With the boundary as the boundary, the cushion material 3a on the back side and the cushion material 3b on the seat surface side are arranged. Further, the cushioning materials 3 a and 3 b are covered with the skin material 4.

When the cushion materials 3a and 3b are covered with the skin material 4, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the tongue portion 4f of the skin material 4 is made into a long hole with the adjacent portions of the cushion materials 3a and 3b. 2a, and the tongue 4f is pulled out to the back surface of the bottom plate 2.

Then, the tongue portion 4f pulled out to the back surface of the bottom plate 2 is further pulled in, and the tongue portion 4f is fixed to the back surface of the bottom plate 2 by the tacker 5.
Further, the end portion of the skin material 4 is fixed to the bottom plate 2.

Furthermore, the bottom plate 2 and the tongue 4f
The cushion sheet 6 is joined to the region including the joined portion of so as to cover the joined portion of the bottom plate 2 and the tongue portion 4f.

The cushion sheet 6 is an elastic sheet made of urethane sponge or the like, and is attached to the bottom plate 2 so as to cover the joint between the bottom plate 2 and the tongue portion 4f.

As described above, the bottom plate 2 and the tongue 4
By attaching the cushion sheet 6 to the joint with f, the joint with the tucker 5 can be hidden. Further, in the motorcycle, the helmet is stored inside the vehicle body, but even if the seating seat is positioned above the stored helmet, the cushion sheet 6 serves as a helmet retainer and does not damage the helmet.

[0038]

As described above, according to the motorcycle seat and the method for manufacturing the same of the present invention, it is possible to hang deeply, and it is possible to hang it as a single skin material. Instead, it is possible to provide a feeling of hanging like a separate skin material sandwiching the hanging position.

In particular, by pushing the joint portion of the skin material made up of at least two sheets into the break of the cushion material, it becomes possible to provide more independence from the mere feeling of hanging.

Further, since it is a suspending and joining work on the rear surface side of the bottom plate, the work is easier and the work efficiency is improved as compared with the conventional case.

Further, when a cushion sheet is attached to the joint between the bottom plate and the tongue of the skin material, the joint such as a tacker can be concealed, and when the helmet is housed inside the joint at this joint, The cushion sheet serves as a helmet retainer and does not damage the helmet.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an essential part showing an example of a motorcycle seat.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a joined state of the tongue portion and the bottom plate viewed from the back surface of the bottom plate.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a state before joining the skin materials.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a state in which skin materials are joined.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 motorcycle seat 2 bottom plate 2a long hole 3 cushion material 4 skin material 4a, 4b, 4c sheet material 4d protrusion 4e junction 4f tongue 5 Tucker 6 cushion seat

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A motorcycle seat formed by disposing a cushioning material on a bottom plate, covering the cushioning material with a skin material, and suspending the skin material on the bottom plate side at a predetermined position. A long hole is formed in the bottom plate in the hanging position, the cushion material has at least a separated portion formed in the long hole portion, a tongue portion is formed in the skin material, and the tongue portion of the skin material is formed. A motorcycle seat characterized in that the tongue portion and the bottom plate are joined by pulling out to the back surface of the bottom plate through the separated portion of the cushion material and the elongated hole of the bottom plate. 2. The motorcycle seat according to claim 1, wherein the cushion material is divided at the separation portion. 3. The motorcycle seat according to claim 1, wherein the separated portion of the cushion material is a hole. 4. The motorcycle seat according to claim 1, wherein a joint portion between the tongue portion and the bottom plate is covered with a cushion sheet. 5. The motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein at least two sheets of the skin material are joined by a joining portion, and a tongue portion is formed in a portion including the joining portion. Sheet. 6. The motorcycle seat according to claim 5, wherein the joint portion of the skin material is sewn or welded by welding. 7. The motorcycle seat according to claim 1, wherein the joint between the tongue portion of the skin material and the bottom plate is a tacker stop. 8. A method for manufacturing a motorcycle seat, wherein a cushion material is arranged on a bottom plate, the cushion material is covered with a skin material, and the skin material is hung on the bottom plate side at a predetermined position. A step of forming a long hole in the skin material suspending position of the bottom plate, a step of forming a tongue portion in the skin material, and a cushioning material having at least a separated portion formed at the bottom plate as a boundary. A step of covering the cushion material with the skin material, pulling out the tongue portion to the back surface of the bottom plate through the separated portion of the cushion material and the elongated hole, and pulling in the tongue portion drawn to the back surface of the bottom plate. A step of joining the tongue and the bottom plate,
A method for manufacturing a motorcycle seat, comprising: 9. The cushioning material is formed as a separate body in the separated portion of the cushioning material.
A method for manufacturing the motorcycle seat described. 10. A step of bonding a cushion sheet to a region including a joint portion between the bottom plate and the tongue portion to cover the joint portion between the bottom plate and the tongue portion. A method for manufacturing the motorcycle seat described. 11. The skin material according to claim 8, further comprising a step of joining at least two sheets by a joining portion, and forming a tongue portion at a portion including the joining portion. A method for manufacturing a motorcycle seat. 12. The method for manufacturing a motorcycle seat according to claim 9, wherein the cushion material is wrapped by pressing the joint portion of the at least two skin materials between the separate cushion materials. .