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US 10,308,151 B2Granted
Armrest assembly and unitary armrest subassembly having a support substrate and resilient web secured together by mechanical fastening feature
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHumberto Memetla Martinez, Leonel de Jesus Perez Sandoval
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Abstract
An armrest assembly includes a unitary armrest subassembly having a support substrate and a resilient web secured together by a mechanical fastening feature. The armrest subassembly also includes a cushion overlying the resilient web and a coverstock concealing the cushion and the resilient web and enclosing the receiver in the unitary armrest subassembly that holds those components.
Claims6
An armrest assembly, comprising:
- a unitary armrest subassembly including a support substrate, having a receiver and a retention feature, and a resilient web extending across said receiver and having an integral fastener captured in said retention feature;
- a cushion overlying said resilient web;
- and
- a coverstock concealing said cushion and said resilient web and closing said receiver;
- wherein said receiver includes (a) an inset shoulder, said inset shoulder outlining a relief opening, and (b) a plurality of tabs project from said inset shoulder into said relief opening.
2 more elements
An armrest subassembly, comprising:
- a support substrate having a receiver and a retention feature wherein said receiver includes (a) an inset shoulder, said inset shoulder outlining a relief opening, and (b) a plurality of tabs projecting from said inset shoulder into said relief opening;
- and
- a resilient web extending across said receiver and having an integral fastener captured in said retention feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.