Process for the production of seats and furnishings elements and seats and furnishings elements so obtained

Abstract

A process for the production of seats and furnishings elements comprises the following succession of steps: cutting from a strip of leather, hide, and imitation leather soft and extensible natural and synthetic materials, a sheet ( 10, 12 ) whose profile depends on the final configuration one wishes to obtain and smaller sizes; incision on the surface of said sheet ( 10, 22 ) to obtain through-cuts or apertures ( 12, 24 ), and extension and tensioning of sheets ( 10, 22 ) for the connection of the same to a supporting frame ( 16 ).

1 . A process for the production of seats and furnishings elements comprises the following succession of steps: 
 cutting from a strip of leather, hide, and imitation leather soft and extensible, natural and synthetic materials a sheet ( 10 ,  12 ) whose profile depends on the final configuration one wishes to obtain and smaller sizes;    incision on the surface of said sheet ( 10 ,  22 ) to obtain through-cuts or apertures ( 12 ,  24 ), and    extension and tensioning of sheets ( 10 ,  22 ) for the connection of the same to a supporting frame ( 16 ).    
     
     
         2 . The process according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the through-cuts or apertures ( 12 ,  24 ) develop along at least a part of the surface of sheet ( 10 ,  22 ).  
     
     
         3 . The process according to  claim 1  or  2 , characterized in that the through-cuts or apertures ( 12 ,  24 ) are arranged in rows, develop along concentric lines, are staggered with regard to each other, and are oriented in a manner substantially parallel to at least a part of frame ( 16 ) to which sheet ( 10 ,  22 ) is tied.  
     
     
         4 . The process according to  claim 3 , characterized in that each through-cut or aperture ( 12 ,  24 ) of a row is arranged between two adjoining trough-cuts or apertures of each adjoining row.  
     
     
         5 . The process according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the through-cuts or apertures ( 12 ,  24 ) have different shapes in the various zones of sheet ( 10 ,  22 ).  
     
     
         6 . The process according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that sheet ( 10 ,  22 ) is coupled, as a whole or partly, to coupled or coated felts and fabrics.  
     
     
         7 . A seat or furnishings element characterized in that it is constituted of a sheet ( 10 ,  22 ) from leather, hide, imitation leather and like natural or synthetic, soft and extensible, materials, provided on at least a part of its surfaces with slits or openings ( 18 ,  24 ) dilated by means of stretching.  
     
     
         8 . The seat or furnishings element according to  claim 7 , characterized in that the slits or apertures ( 18 ,  24 ) are arranged by rows, develop along concentric lines, are staggered with regard to each other and are oriented in a manner substantially parallel to at least a part of frame ( 16 ) to which sheet ( 10 ,  22 ) is tied.  
     
     
         9 . The seat according to  claim 7  or  8 , characterized in that sheet ( 10 ) forms an integral body ( 14 ), developed without solution of continuity in a back extended on the front in opposite sides.  
     
     
         10 . The seat according to any of claims  7 - 9 , characterized in that said sheets ( 10 ,  22 ) are provided with means for anchoring to the supporting frame ( 16 ) selected from an integral peripheral zone ( 20 ,  26 ), that circumscribes at least a part of cuts ( 12 ,  24 ) and a plurality of integral perimetric extensions ( 28 ).