CLIP, CONNECTED CLIP, AND SEAT COVER COVERING STRUCTURE

• US 20120174352A1
• Filed: 08/17/2010
• Published: 07/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nifco Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Nifco Incorporated
• Inventors: Tsunoda, Ryuji
• Granted Patent: US 9,180,804 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 24/530
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B68G 7/12 Other elements specially adapted for fastening, fixing, or finishing, in upholstery work
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 21/071 the socket being integrally formed with a component to be fasted, e.g. a sheet, plate or strip
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 21/073 the socket having a resilient part on its inside
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 5/0642 the plates being arranged one on top of the other and in full close contact with each other
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44641 having gripping member formed from, biased by, or mounted on resilient member

Abstract

Slits (36) are formed on a wall part (28) of a clip (16), and a locking piece (34) is made elastically deformable. Only the locking piece (34) is elastically deformed outward when a suspender (22) is locked in the locking piece (34). The locking piece (34) is restored when an upper face (22A) of the suspender (22) passes a top part of a locking claw (38) of the locking piece (34). The suspender (22) is thus prevented from coming out, and the suspender (22) is locked in the clip (16).

Claims

1. A clip, comprising:

a board-form base part adapted to be held on a foamed material;

a pair of wall parts placed upright from said base part and facing each other;

a locking part provided elastically deformably toward outside of said wall part by forming slits on the wall part; and

a locking claw projecting from an inner face of said locking part, for locking an anchoring member adapted to attach to a seat cover covering said foamed material and inserted between said wall parts.

2. A clip according to claim 1, wherein a shape of a space formed by an inner face of said wall part and an end face of said locking claw is same as an external shape of said anchoring member.

3. A clip according to claim 1, wherein a pointed part is provided on an outer face of said locking part.

4. A clip according to claim 1, wherein a protruding part is formed on an inner face of said wall part to align with a position of an end face of said locking claw.

5. A clip according to claim 1, wherein two or more hole parts to which the foamed material enters are formed on said base part.

6. A clip according to claim 1, wherein an R part is provided on a base portion of said wall part.

7. A clip according to claim 1, further comprising:

a coupling-receiving part provided on said base part; and

a coupling part provided on said wall part to couple with said coupling-receiving part.

8. A clip according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of projecting parts is placed upright on outer edges of said base part.

9. A connected clip, wherein the clip according to claim 1 is provided on a board-form member or a linear-form member.

10. A connected clip according to claim 9, wherein said clip is provided on one end of said board-form member or said linear-form member, and a connecting part to mutually connect to another board-form member or linear-form member is provided on another end of the board-form member or linear-form member.

11. A seat cover covering structure, comprising:

the clip according to claim 1 embedded in the foamed material;

the anchoring member to be inserted between the wall parts of said clip, and having a same shape as a shape of the space formed by an inner face of said wall part and an end face of said locking claw; and

a connecting member to connect said seat cover with said anchoring member.

12. A seat cover covering structure, comprising:

the connected clip according to claim 9 embedded in the foamed material;

the anchoring member to be inserted between the wall parts of said clip, and having a same shape as a shape of a space formed by an inner face of said wall parts and an end face of said locking claws; and

a connecting member to connect said seat cover with said anchoring member.

13. A seat cover covering structure according to claim 11, wherein said anchoring member and said connecting member are integrally molded with resin.

14. A seat cover covering structure according to claim 12, wherein said anchoring member and said connecting member are integrally molded with resin.