CLIP

• US 20180304782A1
• Filed: 04/18/2018
• Published: 10/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: YKK Corporation
• Original Assignee: YKK Corporation
• Inventors: Yoshino, Tetsuya, Saiga, Shinsuke
• Granted Patent: US 10,543,763 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: Y10T 24/44017 with specific mounting means for attaching to rigid or semirigid supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured

Abstract

A clip for attaching a seat cover to a seat cushion includes a locking part configured to be secured to the seat cover and a hook connected to the locking part and configured to be secured to a wire of the seat cushion. The hook defines a wire holding cavity.

Claims

1. A clip for attaching a seat cover to a seat cushion, the clip comprising:

a locking part configured to be secured to the seat cover; and

a hook connected to the locking part and configured to be secured to a wire of the seat cushion,

wherein the hook defines a wire holding cavity.

2. The clip of claim 1, further comprising an anti-rotation feature,

wherein the anti-rotation feature is configured to prevent rotation of a wire disposed inside the wire holding cavity of the clip in an X-axis direction, a Y-axis direction, and a Z-axis direction of the clip.

3. The clip of claim 1, further comprising an anti-rotation feature,

wherein the anti-rotation feature is configured to prevent rotation of a wire disposed inside the wire holding cavity of the clip beyond about 10 degrees from any one of an X-axis direction, a Y-axis direction, and a Z-axis direction of the clip.

4. The clip of claim 2, further comprising a guide extending from the locking part,

wherein the guide comprises a first leg extending in the Z-axis direction and a second leg extending from the first leg.

5. The clip of claim 2, wherein the anti-rotation feature is provided in at least one of the locking part and the hook of the clip.

6. The clip of claim 4, wherein the anti-rotation feature is provided in at least one of the locking part, the hook, and the guide of the clip.

7. The clip of claim 4, wherein the anti-rotation feature is provided on a lower surface of the second leg of the guide.

8. The clip of claim 5,

wherein the anti-rotation feature extends from the hook, and

wherein the dimension of the anti-rotation feature in a left-right direction is greater than the dimension of the wire holding cavity of the hook in the left-right direction.

9. The clip of claim 5,

wherein the anti-rotation feature extends from the hook, and

wherein the anti-rotation feature is formed at the position of the wire holding cavity of the hook.

10. The clip of claim 5,

wherein the anti-rotation feature extends from the locking part, and

wherein the dimension of the anti-rotation feature in a left-right direction is greater than the dimension of the wire holding cavity of the hook in the left-right direction.

11. The clip of claim 5,

wherein the anti-rotation feature extends from the locking part, and

wherein the dimension of the anti-rotation feature in a left-right direction is greater than the dimension of the locking part in the left-right direction.

12. The clip of claim 4,

wherein the second leg includes a left second leg and a right second leg,

wherein the anti-rotation feature is provided on a lower surface of the right second leg.

13. The clip of claim 1, wherein the center of the wire holding cavity of the hook is offset from a first centerline axis of the locking part.