Item supporting attachment on a vehicle seat back

• US 5,415,457 A
• Filed: 05/27/1994
• Issued: 05/16/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC (Stellantis NV)
• Original Assignee: Chrysler Corporation (Stellantis NV)
• Inventors: Kifer, Harlan E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crown, Peter R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL
• Application Number:
  US08/250,239
• Time in Patent Office: 354 Days
• Field of Search: 297/191, 297/188.04, 248/690, 248/692, 224/42.46 B, 224/275
• US Class Current: 297/188.04
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/70 Upholstery springs ; Upholstery
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/043 mounted on or under a seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/08 Disposition of racks, clips , holders, containers or the like for supporting specific articles B60R7/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/925 Carrier for grocery bag

Abstract

An item supporting attachment, such as a plastic grocery bag retainer assembly, mounted on a vehicle seat back. The retainer assembly includes a back wall insert and an integrally mounted retainer sub-assembly. The sub-assembly includes a row of spaced-apart shopping bag mounting hooks formed on the outer side of the seat back, and suitable rows of mounting flanges extending through the seat back insert, with a retaining wire threaded through one of the rows of flanges.

Claims

1. An item supporting attachment for a vehicle seat back, the attachment comprising a rigid seat back insert, and a retainer sub-assembly integrally mounted on the rigid seat back insert, said retainer sub-assembly including a row of spaced-apart mounting hooks, a row of openings formed through said rigid seat back insert, a row of mounting flanges formed on said retainer sub-assembly and extended through said openings, and retaining fastener means for interconnecting said extended mounting flanges.

2. The item supporting attachment described in claim 1, and a second row of openings formed through said rigid seat back insert spaced apart from said first mentioned row of openings, and a row of support flanges formed on said retainer sub-assembly and extended through said second row of openings.

3. The item supporting attachment described in claim 2, wherein said support flanges extend inwardly through said second row of openings and downwardly along said rigid seat back insert.

4. The item supporting attachment described in claim 2, and a peripheral flange formed on said sub-assembly, with said mounting flanges and said support flanges formed on the edge of said peripheral flange.

5. The item supporting attachment described in claim 2, wherein said retainer sub-assembly is formed as a plastic molded piece.

6. The item supporting attachment described in claim 1, wherein each said mounting hook is formed by an inverted U-shaped opening through said retainer sub-assembly.

7. The item supporting attachment described in claim 6, and a reinforcing bead formed around each U-shaped opening.

8. The item supporting attachment described in claim 6, and a reinforcing bead formed on said mounting hook intermediate said U-shaped opening.

9. The item supporting attachment described in claim 1, wherein said retaining fastener means is a wire threaded through said extended mounting flanges.

10. The item supporting attachment described in claim 1, wherein said rigid seat back insert comprises a board and a carpet covering same, an upper row of up-turned hooks and a lower row of clips extended through said board to secure said retainer assembly to said vehicle seat back.

11. The item supporting attachment described in claim 1 and a container suspended by an elastic cord from said spaced-apart mounting hooks, and fastener means adapted to secure said container at the bottom thereof to said vehicle seat back.

12. The item supporting attachment described in claim 11, wherein said container consists of a net connected to the elastic cord.