Vehicle seat and clip

• US 8,814,268 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2012
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Nishiyama, Kunio, Mineta, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V
• Application Number:
  US13/494,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20120319448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 805 Days
• Field of Search: 297/228.13, 297/219.1, 297/452.38, 297/463.1, 297/452.1
• US Class Current: 297/228.13
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3009 about transversal axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/36 into a loading platform B60N2/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5833 by hook-and-loop type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6009 covering more than only the seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2002/363 characterised by provisions for enhancing the cargo floor surface, e.g. elements closing gaps or enlarging the back-rest surface
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/011 for internal load compartments, e.g. car trunks

Abstract

There is provided a vehicle seat including a backboard attached to a rear surface of a seat back, a skin material covering a rear surface of the backboard, and a clip attaching the backboard to a body portion of the seat back. The clip integrally includes a board engaging portion which is engageable with the backboard, a seat engaging portion which is engageable with the body portion of the seat back, and a skin engaging portion which is engageable with the skin material. The skin material and the backboard are attached to the body portion of the seat back by the clip.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a backboard attached to a rear surface of a seat back;

a skin material covering a rear surface of the backboard; and

a clip attaching the backboard to a body portion of the seat back,

wherein the clip integrally includes;

a board engaging portion which is engageable with the backboard;

a seat engaging portion which is engageable with the body portion of the seat back; and

a skin engaging portion which is engageable with the skin material,

wherein the skin material and the backboard are attached to the body portion of the seat back by the clip, and

wherein the seat engaging portion is provided at a first side with respect to the board engaging portion, and the skin engaging portion is provided at an end face of the clip at a second side opposite to the first side with respect to the board engaging portion.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein the skin engaging portion of the clip includes a hook surface of a surface fastener having a plurality of hook-shaped raised naps which are configured to be entangled in fibers of the skin material.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1,

wherein a narrow thickness portion provided on the board engaging portion engages a mounting hole provided in a plane direction of the backboard so that the board engaging portion is integrally mounted to the backboard in an insertion/separation direction, and

wherein the seat engaging portion of the clip is resiliently engaged with a wire member, which is integrally engaged with a framework defining the body portion of the seat back, and protrudes in a front side direction of the backboard.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat engaging portion comprises:

upright wall portions that protrude from the board engaging portion toward a rear surface of the body portion of the seat back; and

claw portions that protrude inwardly from the upright wall portions at an angle to face each other so as to resiliently retain a wire member therebetween.

4. A clip used in a vehicle seat including a backboard attached to a rear surface of a seat back, a skin material covering a rear surface of the backboard, and configured to attach the skin material and the backboard to the body portion of the seat back, the clip integrally comprising:

a board engaging portion which is engageable with the backboard;

a seat engaging portion which is engageable with the body portion of the seat back, the seat engaging portion including;

upright wall portions that protrude from the board engaging portion toward a rear surface of the body portion of the seat back; and

claw portions that protrude inwardly from the upright wall portions at an angle to face each other so as to resiliently retain a wire member therebetween; and

a skin engaging portion which is engageable with the skin material, wherein

the seat engaging portion is provided at a first side with respect to the board engaging portion, and the skin engaging portion is provided at an end face of the clip at a second side opposite to the first side with respect to the board engaging portion.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4,

wherein the skin engaging portion of the clip includes a hook surface of a surface fastener having a plurality of hook-shaped raised naps which are configured to be entangled in fibers of the skin material.