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US 12,214,702 B2Granted
Clip for upholstery cover
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsMariano Cuerda, Tsutomu Yamada, Tetsuya Yoshino, Thanh Nguyen
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Abstract
A clip for securing a cover to a base includes a chuck defining a suspender retention cavity, the suspender retention cavity sized and configured to receive a suspender attached to the cover; a first leg extending from the chuck and including a first barb, the first barb extending outwardly with respect to a centerline axis of the clip; and a second leg extending from the chuck and including a second barb, the second barb extending outwardly with respect to the centerline axis of the clip.
Claims21
A clip for securing a cover to a base, the clip comprising:
- a chuck defining a suspender retention cavity, the suspender retention cavity sized and configured to receive a suspender attached to the cover;
- a first leg extending from the chuck and comprising a first barb, the first barb extending outwardly with respect to a centerline axis of the clip;
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- a second leg extending from the chuck and comprising a second barb, the second barb extending outwardly with respect to the centerline axis of the clip, wherein:
- an angle between a surface of the first barb on a side of the chuck and the first leg is acute,
- an angle between a surface of the second barb on a side of the chuck and the second leg is acute, and
- a shape of the first leg is different from that of the second leg, a functionality of the first leg being different from that of the second leg as a result of the different shape.
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A clip comprising:
- a chuck;
- a first leg extending from the chuck and comprising a first barb;
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- a second leg extending from the chuck and comprising a second barb, wherein:
- an angle between a surface of the first barb on a side of the chuck and the first leg is acute,
- an angle between a surface of the second barb on a side of the chuck and the second leg is acute, and
- a shape of the first leg is different from that of the second leg, a functionality of the first leg being different from that of the second leg as a result of the different shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.