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Upholstery fabric

CA 1332473 C · Owner: Jeffcoat, Keith · Inventors: Robinson, Frank; Day, Gerald Francis; Jeffcoat, Keith

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A piece of upholstery fabric for covering threedimensional supports such as vehicle seat bases and seat backs is machine knitted, preferably in a mainly double jersey structure, with integral tubular portions. These serve as anchorage devices for securing the fabric piece to the support which it is to cover using rods or tapes which are threaded through the tubular portions. The tubular portions may be located at the margins of the fabric piece and also at intermediate positions where the fabric piece needs to be held down, for example in a depression in the support. They may project from a surface of the fabric piece and may be like loops or they may be in the form of tubular hems or a …

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  • Granted October 11, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 11, 2011.
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FiledSeptember 26, 1989
GrantedOctober 11, 1994
Term endedOctober 11, 2011
Patent numberCA 1332473 C
Classification (IPC)A47C31/10 +2 more

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19901993199619992002200520082011Application filedSep 26, 1989Patent grantedOct 11, 1994Term endedOct 11, 2011

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