Method of mending vinyl plastic upholstered seats

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MENDING AN ELONGATED CUT IN A SEAT UPHOLSTERING COVER FORMED OF A LAYER OF VINYL RESIN PLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING A NORMALLY EXPOSED FACE AND AN UNDERSURFACE BONDED TO A CLOTH BACKING WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF AT LEAST TEMPORAILY FORCING AND HOLDING OPPOSED PORTIONS OF THE BACKING ADJACENT THE CUT TOGETHER TO MOVE THE OPPOSED PARTS OF THE LAYER DEFINED BY THE CUT INTO SUBSTANTIALLY ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP; HEATING A BODY HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR EDGE TO RAISE AND MAINTAIN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EDGE ABOVE THE MELTING TEMPERATURE OF SAID MATERIAL; BRINGING SAID EDGE INTO CONTACT WITH SAID FACE OF THE LAYER ADJACENT THE CUT, THEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO AND MANIPULATING SAID EDGE WHILE SAID PORTIONS OF THE BACKING ARE STILL SO HELD AND SAID EDGE IS SO HEATED UNTIL A GROOVE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGH THE THICHNESS OF THE LAYER TO EXPOSE THE BACKING THEREBENEATH AND EXTENDING TO BOTH SIDES OF THE CUT IS FORMED IN THE COVER; EMPLACING; A PIECE OF VINYL PLASTIC MATERIAL UPON THE COVER IN COVERING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID GROOVE; HEATING A BODY HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH AND FLAT SURFACE TO RAISE AND MAINTAIN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SURFACE ABOVE THE MELTING TEMPERATURE OF SAID MATERIAL; AND BRINGING SAID SURFACE INTO CONTACT WITH SAID PIECE, THEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO AND MANIPULATING SAID SURFACE WHILE SAID PORTIONS OF THE BACKING ARE STILL SO HELD, SAID SURFACE IS SO HEATED AND SAID PIECE IS SO DISPOSED UNTIL AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE PIECE HAS BEEN MELTED AND FLOWED INTO THE GROOVE AND BEEN BONDED ONTO BOTH SAID PARTS OF THE LAYER AND THAT PART OF THE BACKING EXPOSED BY THE GROOVE IN COVERING RELATIONSHIP TO THE CUT AND THE GROOVE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MENDING AN ELONGATED CUT IN A SEAT UPHOLSTERING COVER FORMED OF A LAYER OF VINYL RESIN PLASTIC MATERIAL HAVING A NORMALLY EXPOSED FACE AND AN UNDERSURFACE BONDED TO A CLOTH BACKING WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF AT LEAST TEMPORAILY FORCING AND HOLDING OPPOSED PORTIONS OF THE BACKING ADJACENT THE CUT TOGETHER TO MOVE THE OPPOSED PARTS OF THE LAYER DEFINED BY THE CUT INTO SUBSTANTIALLY ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP; HEATING A BODY HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR EDGE TO RAISE AND MAINTAIN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EDGE ABOVE THE MELTING TEMPERATURE OF SAID MATERIAL; BRINGING SAID EDGE INTO CONTACT WITH SAID FACE OF THE LAYER ADJACENT THE CUT, THEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO AND MANIPULATING SAID EDGE WHILE SAID PORTIONS OF THE BACKING ARE STILL SO HELD AND SAID EDGE IS SO HEATED UNTIL A GROOVE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGH THE THICHNESS OF THE LAYER TO EXPOSE THE BACKING THEREBENEATH AND EXTENDING TO BOTH SIDES OF THE CUT IS FORMED IN THE COVER; EMPLACING; A PIECE OF VINYL PLASTIC MATERIAL UPON THE COVER IN COVERING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID GROOVE; HEATING A BODY HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH AND FLAT SURFACE TO RAISE AND MAINTAIN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SURFACE ABOVE THE MELTING TEMPERATURE OF SAID MATERIAL; AND BRINGING SAID SURFACE INTO CONTACT WITH SAID PIECE, THEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO AND MANIPULATING SAID SURFACE WHILE SAID PORTIONS OF THE BACKING ARE STILL SO HELD, SAID SURFACE IS SO HEATED AND SAID PIECE IS SO DISPOSED UNTIL AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE PIECE HAS BEEN MELTED AND FLOWED INTO THE GROOVE AND BEEN BONDED ONTO BOTH SAID PARTS OF THE LAYER AND THAT PART OF THE BACKING EXPOSED BY THE GROOVE IN COVERING RELATIONSHIP TO THE CUT AND THE GROOVE.