# US 12,214,702 B2 · Clip for upholstery cover > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,214,702 B2 - Document ID: US12214702B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/616,579 - Filed: 2020-04-03 - Published: 2022-08-04 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-06 - Assignees: YKK Corporation - Applicants: YKK Corporation - Inventors: Mariano Cuerda; Tsutomu Yamada; Tetsuya Yoshino; Thanh Nguyen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12214702B2 ## CPC - B60N 2/5825: {by hooks, staples, clips, snap fasteners or the like} - F16B 5/0692: {joining flexible sheets to other sheets or plates or to strips or bars (tent fastenings E04H15/64; coping elements for swimming pools with fixing means for sealing foil E04H4/142; greenhouses of flexible synthetic material A01G9/1407; end or aperture-closing arrangements or devices for sacks or bags B65D33/16)} - F16B 2/22: of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material {(F16B2/205 takes precedence)} - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The clip of claim 1, wherein the clip is symmetric about the centerline axis when viewed along at least one of X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The clip of claim 2, wherein the clip is rotationally symmetric about the centerline axis of the clip. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The clip of claim 1, wherein the first barb extends from a distal end of the first leg and the second barb extends from a distal end of the second leg. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The clip of claim 1, wherein one of the first leg and the second leg defines a stopper configured to prevent over-bending of the one of the first leg and the second leg with respect to the other of the first leg and the second leg. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The clip of claim 1, wherein the clip defines a vertical offset between a distal end of the first leg and a distal end of the second leg, the second leg being shorter than the first leg in a direction measured parallel to the centerline axis of the clip. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The clip of claim 1, wherein a leg thickness of the second leg is less than a leg thickness of the first leg. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) An assembly comprising: the suspender; and the clip of claim 1, the clip being secured to the suspender. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The assembly of claim 8, further comprising a cover, the cover comprising a panel and the suspender; the suspender being joined to the panel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The assembly of claim 9, further comprising the base, the base defining a hole, the cover at least partially covering the base and secured to the base with the clip, the clip extending through the hole. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The assembly of claim 10, wherein a width of the hole in a Y-axis direction of the clip proximate to an intermediate portion of the hole is greater than a width of the hole in the Y-axis direction of the clip distal from the intermediate portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The assembly of claim 10, wherein the base defines a sloped wall of the hole. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The assembly of claim 10, wherein the base comprises an upper body and a lower body assembled to the upper body. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The assembly of claim 10, wherein the base further comprises a reinforcement ring assembled to a first surface of the base, the base further defining a second surface of the base opposite from the first surface, the clip extending through each of the second surface and the first surface and engaging with the reinforcement ring. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The assembly of claim 14, wherein the base comprises a panel positioned between the first surface of the base and the reinforcement ring. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A method of assembly comprising: inserting the clip of claim 1 into a hole defined in the base, the base defining a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, the hole defined in and extending from each of the first surface and the second surface; and lockably engaging the clip in the hole. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: engaging a tool with one of the first leg and the second leg of the clip; and inserting the clip into the base with the tool engaged with the one of the first leg and the second leg. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein inserting the clip into the hole defined in the base comprises rotating the tool with respect to the centerline axis of the clip. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein lockably engaging the clip in the hole comprises each of the first barb of the first leg and the second barb of the second leg engaging the base proximate to the first surface of the base. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising pushing a seam of a cover assembly comprising the clip into full engagement with the base from an outer surface of the cover. ### Claim 21 A clip comprising: a chuck; a first leg extending from the chuck and comprising a first barb; and 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.