Drawn Instrument for Securely Attaching a Cover

• US 20160249746A1
• Filed: 11/11/2013
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: YKK Corporation
• Original Assignee: YKK Corporation
• Inventors: SAIGA, Shinsuke, YOSHINO, Tetsuya, IYODA, Yoshitomo
• Granted Patent: US 9,743,777 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/02 Upholstery attaching means quilting, quilting means, fastening, fixing or finishing upholstery B68G7/00
• 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 2/22 of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material F16B2/205 takes precedence

Abstract

A drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover includes a tape member having left and right surfaces and attachable to a cover, and a drawn portion provided at the end of the tape member and projected from the left and right surfaces of the tape member, the drawn portion extending along the end of the tape member. The drawn portion includes a plurality of attached portions for clip attachment that are separated along the longitudinal direction of the drawn portion and are recessed at both left and right sides, and a plurality of walls separated along the longitudinal direction of the drawn portion and projected at both left and right sides. At both left and right sides each wall is provided adjacent to the attached portion and positioned inwardly of the tape member relative to the attached portion.

Claims

1. A drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover comprising:

a tape member having left and right surfaces and attachable to a cover; and

a drawn portion provided at the end of the tape member and projected from the left and right surfaces of the tape member, the drawn portion extending along the end of the tape member, wherein

the drawn portion comprises;

a plurality of attached portions for clip attachment that are separated along the longitudinal direction of the drawn portion and are recessed at both left and right sides; and

a plurality of walls separated along the longitudinal direction of the drawn portion and projected at both left and right sides, wherein

at both left and right sides each wall is provided adjacent to the attached portion and positioned inwardly of the tape member relative to the attached portion.

2. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the wall being arranged inwardly of the tape member is a curved surface or sloped surface which approaches the attached portion as extending away from the left or right surface of the tape member.

3. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 1, wherein the attached portion comprises a tapered portion to which the clip is attachable, wherein a lateral groove is provided between the wall and the tapered portion, and wherein the left-right width of the tapered portion gradually narrows as the tapered portion extending away from the wall.

4. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 3, wherein the tapered portion is provided with a vertical groove which is in communication with the lateral groove and extends away from the wall.

5. A unit comprising:

a drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 1; and

a plurality of clips, each of which is attachable to the attached portion of the drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover.