摘要 |
An integrally molded seat to be used, for instance, for automobile seat, and a process for making the same are disclosed herein. The seat of the invention comprises a foamed body (29) and a covering material (11) enveloping the foamed body (29). The covering material (11) is secured only at its top portion (21) integrally with the top surface of the foamed body (29). The process of the invention involves setting the covering material (11) in a mold (10) such that only the top portion (21) thereof is placed in the mold (10) and subject to molding operations so that no excessive stretching forces are applied to the covering material (11). The mold (10) used in the invention has a novel construction in that it comprises a lower mold section (13) having relatively shallow or flat configurations defining only top surface configurations of the seat to be manufactured, and an upper mold section (12) having side walls a top wall which, respectively, define the side and bottom shapes of the seat. |