Patent · US Active

Attachment device

US7815992B2 · kind B2 · utility

11Cited by

13References

5Claims

0Family size

Assignee

PROPRIETECT L.P. · CA

Inventors

Burkhard Pedde · Bruchköbel, DE
Philippe Marenne · Adelsheim, DE
Michael Hack · Sabre City, US
Georg Heinl · Zwingenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2008
Grant date	Oct 19, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/24033
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicular seat trim cover attachment device having a plurality of female attachment portions interconnected to one another by at least one connecting portion. The attachment device is preferably flexible in at least two independent planes. Each female attachment portion has a receptacle portion and a base portion. Each base portion is connected to the connecting portion. Each base portion has a lateral dimension greater than a lateral dimension of the receptacle portion. At least a portion of the connecting portion is disposed in an exoplanar relationship with respect to a pair of female attachment portions that have substantially coplanar base portions. Preferably, the connecting portion extends below the bottom surfaces of the adjacent base portions.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.