Cover anchor clip

• US 9,896,008 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2016
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nifco Incorporated, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nifco Incorporated, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Sato, Takehiro, Tsunoda, Ryuji, Yasuda, Ryo
• Primary Examiner(s): Brindley, Timothy J
• Application Number:
  US15/081,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20160280106A1
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5825 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/6027 by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like

Abstract

A cover anchor clip comprising a base section that is a rectangular shaped plate body for retention in a foam body, and that is formed with a plurality of through holes into which the foam body enters, the plurality of through holes are lined up along a length direction of the base section in a plurality of rows; and a plurality of anchor portions that are formed standing out from the base section side-by-side in the length direction of the base section, and each of that is configured to anchor an anchored portion fixed to a cover for covering the foam body, wherein a notch is formed to one edge out of a pair of edges of the base section, the pair of edges extends in the length direction of the base section.

Claims

1. A cover anchor clip comprising:

a base section that is a rectangular shaped plate body for retention in a foam body, and that is formed with a plurality of through holes into which the foam body enters, the plurality of through holes are lined up along a length direction of the base section in a plurality of rows; and

a plurality of anchor portions that are formed standing out from the base section side-by-side in the length direction of the base section, and each of that is configured to anchor an anchored portion fixed to a cover for covering the foam body, wherein;

a notch is formed to one edge out of a pair of edges of the base section, the pair of edges extends in the length direction of the base section; and

the notch is respectively formed to the pair of edges of the base section, and the notches are formed at positions asymmetrical to each other about a center line extending in the length direction of the base section as viewed in a plate thickness direction of the base section.

2. The cover anchor clip of claim 1, wherein the notch is disposed in the length direction between one of the anchor portions and another of the anchor portions.

3. The cover anchor clip of claim 1, wherein the notches are disposed in the length direction between one of the anchor portions and another of the anchor portions.

4. The cover anchor clip of claim 1, wherein one notch is respectively formed to each of the edges on either side of the center line.

5. The cover anchor clip of claim 1, wherein an adjacent portion of the notch formed to one of the edges and an adjacent portion of the notch formed to the other of the edges are disposed at asymmetrical positions about the center line, the adjacent portions are located closest to the center line.

6. The cover anchor clip of claim 1, wherein a step portion where a plate thickness of the base section changes is formed on a face of the base section on the opposite side to a face on which the anchor portion is disposed.

7. The cover anchor clip of claim 6, wherein a portion of the base section at a central portion in the length direction has greater plate thickness than that at another portion.