Fastener for securing a bolster to a seating surface

US6283552A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Johnson Controls Technology Company · US

Inventors

• Larry E. Halse · Milford, US
• Jean-Paul Schowalter · Long Beach, US
• Lance Larsen · Southfield, US
• John Krsteski · Tecate Mission Road, US
• Daniel J. Koester · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 1999
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/7005
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat assembly for a vehicle including a seat frame, a seating surface secured to the seat frame and having spaced apart, generally parallel first fibers and spaced apart second fibers transverse to the first fibers, a bolster, and a fastener. The fastener has an attachment member securable to the bolster and a series of hook members extending from the attachment member and insertable between the first fibers and the second fibers of the seating surface. The hook members have a barb portion extending from the hook members to provide retention of the fastener to the first fibers, thereby securing the bolster to the seating surface.