SEAT TRIM RETENTION CLIP

• US 20140068900A1
• Filed: 09/07/2012
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Inventors: Lovasz, Eric, Severinski, Paul S., Patterson, Louella Ann
• Granted Patent: US 8,998,310 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 24/543
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/023 connecting upholstery to frames, e.g. by hooks, clips, snap fasteners, clamping means or the like
• 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 5/0692 joining flexible sheets to other sheets or plates or to strips or bars tent fastenings E04H15/64; coping elements for swimming pools with fixing means for sealing foil E04H4/142; greenhouses of flexible synthetic material A01G9/1407; end or aperture-closing arrangements or devices for sacks or bags B65D33/16
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44752 Integral locking-means

Abstract

A seat trim retention clip that may have a pad and at least one footing. The pad may have first and second retention features. A footing may extend from the pad and may have a plurality of arms that extend from the pad.

Claims

1. A seat trim retention clip comprising:

a pad having first and second retention features; and

first and second footings that are spaced apart from each other, wherein the first and second footings each include;

first and second arms that extend from the pad, and

an arcuate arm that extends along an arc from an end of the first arm to an end of the second arm.

2. The seat trim retention clip of claim 1 further comprising a first axis that extends through a center of the pad, wherein the first and second footings are spaced apart from the first axis and disposed on opposite sides of the first axis.

3. The seat trim retention clip of claim 2 wherein the first and second arms of the first and second footings are substantially linear and extend at an angle with respect to the first axis.

4. The seat trim retention clip of claim 1 wherein the first arm of the first footing is coaxially disposed with the second arm of the second footing.

5. The seat trim retention clip of claim 4 wherein the first arm of the second footing is coaxially disposed with the second arm of the first footing.

6. A seat trim retention clip comprising:

a pad having first and second retention features configured to engage a trim cover assembly;

first and second footings that are spaced apart from each other, wherein the first and second footings each include;

first and second arms that extend from the pad, and

an arcuate arm that is spaced apart from the pad and extends along an arc from an end of the first arm to an end of the second arm; and

a ring member that is spaced apart from the pad and extends completely around the pad, wherein the ring member intersects the first and second footings.

7. The seat trim retention clip of claim 6 wherein the ring member intersects the first and second arms of the first footing and the first and second arms of the second footing.

8. The seat trim retention clip of claim 6 wherein the ring member is circular and is radially disposed with respect to a center of the pad.

9. The seat trim retention clip of claim 6 further comprising first and second axial arms that are coaxially disposed and extend in opposite directions from the pad, wherein the first axial arm intersects the ring member and the arcuate arm of the first footing and the second axial arm intersects the ring member and the arcuate arm of the second footing.

10. The seat trim retention clip of claim 9 wherein the first axial arm bisects the arcuate arm of the first footing and the second axial arm bisects the arcuate arm of the second footing.

11. The seat trim retention clip of claim 9 further comprising a first curved arm that has first and second curved arm ends that are disposed opposite each other, wherein the first and second curved arm ends of the first curved arm intersect the arcuate arm of the first footing and wherein the first curved arm intersects the ring member between the first and second curved arm ends.

12. The seat trim retention clip of claim 11 further comprising a second curved arm that has first and second curved arm ends that are disposed opposite each other, wherein the first and second curved arm ends of the second curved arm intersect the arcuate arm of the second footing and wherein the second curved arm intersects the ring member between the first and second curved arm ends of the second curved arm.

13. The seat trim retention clip of claim 12 further comprising first and second axial arms that are coaxially disposed and extend in opposite directions from the pad;

wherein the first axial arm intersects the ring member, the first curved arm, and the arcuate arm of the first footing; and

wherein the second axial arm intersects the ring member, the second curved arm, and the arcuate arm of the second footing.

14. The seat trim retention clip of claim 13 wherein the first curved arm is radially disposed about an intersection of the first axial arm and the arcuate arm of the first footing and wherein the second curved arm is radially disposed about an intersection of the second axial arm and the arcuate arm of the second footing.

15. A seat trim retention clip comprising:

a pad having first and second retention features that extend from the pad; and

a footing that includes;

a ring member that is spaced apart from the pad and that extends completely around the pad, and

a set of arms that extend from the pad to the ring member, wherein members of the set of arms are spaced apart from each other.

16. The seat trim retention clip of claim 15 wherein each member of the set of arms extends radially with respect to a center of the pad.

17. The seat trim retention clip of claim 15 wherein the ring member is circular and is concentrically disposed with the pad.

18. The seat trim retention clip of claim 15 wherein the ring member has first and second curved segments and first and second connecting segments, wherein the first connecting segment extends from a first end of the first curved segment to a first end of the second curved segment and the second connecting segment extends from a second end of the second curved segment to a second end of the second curved segment.

19. The seat trim retention clip of claim 15 wherein the ring member includes a set of curved segments, wherein each member of the set of curved segments engages two other members of the set.

20. The seat trim retention clip of claim 19 wherein each member of the set of arms engages the ring member where two curved segments intersect.