Drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover

• US 9,743,777 B2
• Filed: 11/11/2013
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: YKK Corporation
• Original Assignee: YKK Corporation
• Inventors: Saiga, Shinsuke, Yoshino, Tetsuya, Iyoda, Yoshitomo
• Primary Examiner(s): UPCHURCH, DAVID M
• Application Number:
  US15/030,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20160249746A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,387 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/02 Upholstery attaching means quilting, quilting means, fastening, fixing or finishing upholstery B68G7/00
• 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: B68G 7/12 Other elements specially adapted for fastening, fixing, or finishing, in upholstery work
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/22 of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material F16B2/205 takes precedence

Abstract

A drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover includes a tape member having left and right surfaces and attachable to a cover, and a drawn portion provided at the end of the tape member and projected from the left and right surfaces of the tape member, the drawn portion extending along the end of the tape member. The drawn portion includes a plurality of attached portions for clip attachment that are separated along the longitudinal direction of the drawn portion and are recessed at both left and right sides, and a plurality of walls separated along the longitudinal direction of the drawn portion and projected at both left and right sides. At both left and right sides each wall is provided adjacent to the attached portion and positioned inwardly of the tape member relative to the attached portion.

Claims

1. A drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover comprising:

a tape member having left and right surfaces and attachable to a cover; and

a drawn portion provided at the end of the tape member and projected from left and right surfaces of the tape member, the drawn portion extending along the end of the tape member and having left and right surfaces, wherein

the drawn portion comprises;

a plurality of attached portions that are separated along a longitudinal direction of the drawn portion, each attached portion being recessed at the left or right surface of the drawn portion; and

a plurality of walls separated along the longitudinal direction of the drawn portion and projected at both left and right sides, each wall extending away from the tape member leftward or rightward, wherein

at both left and right sides each wall is provided adjacent to the attached portion and positioned inwardly of the tape member relative to the attached portion.

2. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 1, wherein a surface of each wall arranged inwardly of the tape member is a curved surface or sloped surface which approaches the attached portion as it extends away from the left or right surface of the tape member.

3. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 1, wherein each of the attached portions comprises a tapered portion to which a clip is attachable, wherein a lateral groove is provided between the wall and the tapered portion, and wherein the left-right width of the tapered portion gradually narrows as the tapered portion extends away from the wall.

4. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 3, wherein the tapered portion is provided with a vertical groove which is in communication with the lateral groove and extends away from the wall.

5. A unit comprising:

a drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 1; and

a plurality of clips, each of which is attachable to one of the attached portions of the drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover.

6. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 1, wherein a sectional profile of the drawn portion includes a substantially circular or oval profile.

7. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 1, wherein the drawn portion includes a drawn rod, and the drawn rod is interposed between adjacent attached portions in the longitudinal direction of the drawn portion.

8. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 1, wherein each wall serves as a mark which indicates a place where a clip should be attached.

9. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 3, wherein the lateral groove is recessed at the left or right surface of the drawn portion.

10. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 4, wherein the vertical groove is recessed at a surface of the tapered portion.

11. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 4, wherein the vertical groove is shallower than the lateral groove.

12. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 3, wherein a portion of the drawn portion exists between the lateral groove and the tape member or between the vertical groove and the tape member.

13. The drawn instrument for securely attaching a cover according to claim 3, wherein the drawn portion includes a drawn rod, and the tapered portion includes a shoulder projecting leftward or rightward relative to a surface of the drawn rod.