Anti-rotation arrow retainer and clip

• US 8,690,257 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2010
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Magna Seating Incorporated (Magna International Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Magna Seating Incorporated (Magna International Incorporated)
• Inventors: Stiller, Edwin L., Deaton, Douglas L., Bednarski, Matthew M., Stiller, Eric L., Jayroe, Thomas J., Strang, Russel E.
• Primary Examiner(s): BROWN, PETER R
• Application Number:
  US13/203,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20110309667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,502 Days
• Field of Search: 297/218.1, 297/218.5, 297/452.6, 242/92, 242/97, 245/43
• US Class Current: 297/452.6
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• 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 24/30 Trim molding fastener
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/309 Plastic type

Abstract

An attachment device for securing a trim cover to foam pad. The attachment device includes an elongated attachment component coupled to the trim cover and a base component disposed within the foam pad. The attachment component includes an outwardly protruding barb and a key pad at a distal end thereof. The base component includes a retaining element having a pair of spaced apart fingers defining a gap there between and a keyway at the bottom of the retaining element between the fingers that is adapted for receiving the key. The key of the attachment component is disposed in the keyway of the retaining element and one of the fingers interacts with the barb to prevent removal of the attachment component from the base component.

Claims

1. An attachment device for securing a trim cover to a foam pad of a vehicle seat assembly, said attachment device comprising:

an elongated attachment component extending between a proximal end adapted to be fixedly secured to the trim cover and a distal end adapted to be operatively coupled to the foam pad, said elongated attachment component including an outwardly protruding barb and key at said distal end thereof; and

a base component adapted to be fixedly disposed within the foam pad, said base component including a retaining element having a pair of spaced apart fingers defining a gap therebetween and a keyway at the bottom of said retaining element between said pair of spaced apart fingers, said keyway adapted for receiving said key therein;

wherein said key forms a rectangular shaped projection extending from said distal end of said attachment component and said keyway forms an elongated rectangular shaped groove at the bottom of said retaining element for receiving said key, and

wherein said key of said attachment component is disposed in said keyway of said retaining element and one of said pair of spaced apart fingers interacts with said outwardly protruding barb to prevent removal of said attachment component from said base component thereby securing the trim cover to the foam pad.

2. An attachment device as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said fingers of said base component extends between a proximal end defined by a support and a distal end defined by a catch for interlocking with said barb of said attachment component.

3. An attachment device as set forth in claim 2 wherein said attachment component includes a longitudinally extending locking strip extending between said proximal end and said distal end and a connecting strip fixedly secured to said proximal end of said locking strip and adapted to be fixedly secured to said trim cover.

4. An attachment device as set forth in claim 3 wherein said base component includes a pair of spaced apart elongated wings extending from said retaining element adjacent each of said fingers, said wings adapted to fixedly secure said base component to the foam pad.

5. An attachment device as set forth in claim 4 wherein said wings include a flat portion having a plurality of spaced apart openings and a curved portion projecting upwardly from said flat portion and said wings adapted to be embedded with the foam pad.

6. An attachment device as set forth in claim 5 wherein said wings are interconnected in parallel by a U-shaped coupling portion and said retaining element is fixedly secured to said wings by a pair of legs extending between said finger and said flat portion, respectively.

7. A seat assembly for use in an automotive vehicle comprising:

a seat cushion and a seat back, each of said seat cushion and seat back having a foam pad and a trim cover encasing said foam pad; and

an attachment device for securing said trim cover to said foam pad, said attachment device including an elongated attachment component extending between a proximal end fixedly secured to the trim cover and a distal end operatively coupled to the foam pad, said elongated attachment component including an outwardly protruding barb and a key at said distal end thereof, and a base component fixedly disposed within the foam pad and including a retaining element having a pair of spaced apart fingers defining a gap therebetween and a keyway at the bottom of said retaining element between said pair of spaced apart fingers, wherein said key forms a rectangular shaped projection extending from said distal end of said attachment component and said keyway forms an elongated rectangular shaped groove at the bottom of said retaining element for receiving said key, and wherein said key of said attachment component is disposed in said keyway of said retaining element and one of said pair of spaced apart fingers interacts with said outwardly protruding barb to prevent removal of said attachment component from said base component thereby securing said trim cover to said foam pad.

8. A seat assembly as set forth in claim 7 wherein said trim cover includes at least a first trim cover section and a second trim cover section secured to said foam pad by said attachment device.

9. A seat assembly as set forth in claim 8 wherein each of said trim cover sections includes a distal end fixedly secured to said proximal end of said attachment component and said foam pad includes an elongated groove recessed therein and extending from a top surface of said foam pad to a bottom surface.

10. A seat assembly as set forth in claim 9 wherein said base component is fixedly secured to said bottom surface of said foam pad for interconnecting with said attachment component to secure said trim cover sections to said foam pad.