Seat trim assembly

• US 8,197,010 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2009
• Issued: 06/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Inventors: Galbreath, Ashford A., Ali, Asad S., Severinski, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Allred, David E
• Application Number:
  US12/574,027
• Publication Number:
  US 20100117434A1
• Time in Patent Office: 980 Days
• Field of Search: 297/218.2, 297/452.6, 540/6, 540/7
• US Class Current: 297/452.6
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/309 Plastic type
• 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 seat trim assembly including a cushion having an opening and a retention clip. The retention clip has a retention feature and a base disposed in the cushion. The base includes a pad and first and second arms extending from the pad at an angle. The retention feature extends from the pad and extending into the opening.

Claims

1. A seat trim assembly comprising:

a cushion having a cushion opening; and

a retention clip including;

a base disposed in the cushion, the base including;

first and second pads that are spaced apart from each other and disposed on a first base axis each of the first and second pads having a portion devoid of a pad opening, wherein the portion has a width that is wider than the cushion opening;

first and second arms that are connected to and extend from the first pad;

third and fourth arms that are connected to and extend from the second pad;

a first extension arm that connects the first arm to the third arm; and

a second extension arm that connects the second arm to the fourth arm wherein the first, second, third, and fourth arms and the first and second extension arms at least partially define at least one base opening therebetween on the first base axis; and

a retention feature extending from each of the pads and into the opening cushion.

2. The seat trim assembly of claim 1 further comprising a trim cover assembly disposed over the cushion, wherein the retention feature engages the trim cover assembly to secure the trim cover assembly.

3. The seat trim assembly of claim 1 wherein the base is wider than the opening.

4. The seat trim assembly of claim 1 wherein the first and second arms are substantially coplanar with the first pad.

5. The seat trim assembly of claim 1 further comprising a first connecting member extending from a first distal end of the first arm to a second distal end of the second arm.

6. The seat trim assembly of claim 1 further comprising a second base axis that extends perpendicularly from the first base axis, wherein the first and second arms are spaced apart from the first and second base axes.

7. The seat trim assembly of claim 6 wherein the first and second arms are disposed along axes that intersect in the first pad.

8. The seat trim assembly of claim 1 wherein the first and second extension arms are spaced apart from the first base axis.

9. The seat trim assembly of claim 8 wherein the first and second extension arms are disposed substantially parallel to each other.

10. The seat trim assembly of claim 8 wherein the first and second extension arms are disposed substantially parallel to the first base axis.

11. The seat trim assembly of claim 8 further comprising a first connecting member extending between the first and second extension arms.

12. The seat trim assembly of claim 11 wherein the first connecting member intersects the first base axis and is disposed substantially parallel to the second base axis.

13. The seat trim assembly of claim 5 further comprising a second connecting member extending from a first distal end of the third arm to a second distal end of the fourth arm.

14. A seat trim assembly comprising:

a cushion having a cushion opening; and

a retention clip including;

a base disposed in the cushion, the base including;

first and second pads, wherein the first and second pads are disposed on a center axis each of the first and second pads having a portion devoid of a pad opening, wherein the portion has a width that is wider than the cushion opening;

first and second pairs of arms connected to and extending from the first and second pads, respectively, and at an angle relative to the center axis; and

first and second extension arms that connect the first and second pairs of arms wherein the first and second pairs of arms and the first and second extension arms at least partially define at least one base opening therebetween on the center axis; and

first and second retention features extending from the first and second pads, respectively, and into the cushion opening.

15. The seat trim assembly of claim 14 wherein the first and second extension arms are spaced apart from the center axis.

16. The seat trim assembly of claim 14 wherein the first and second pads, first and second pairs of arms, and first and second extension arms are substantially coplanar.

17. The seat trim assembly of claim 14 further comprising a first connecting member extending between the first and second extension arms.

18. The seat trim assembly of claim 17 further comprising a second connecting member disposed substantially parallel to the first connecting member, wherein the first and second connecting members each at least partially define at least two openings in the base.

19. The seat trim assembly of claim 14 wherein the first and second retention features each have first and second barbs, respectively, wherein the first and second barbs are disposed on opposite sides of the center axis.

20. The seat trim assembly of claim 14 wherein the opening in the cushion further comprises first and second side walls, wherein the base extends outwardly past the first and second side walls.