Retaining element for a cover retaining assembly, set of retaining elements, and cover retaining assembly
AssigneeAdient US LLC
InventorsLaurent Hugues, Francois Mougin
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Abstract
A retaining element for a cover retaining assembly of a vehicle seat may have a fastening region for a cover fastening element and at least one anchoring region for foaming into a cushion element. The retaining element is in the form of a one-part, bent wire or a one-part, filiform plastic structure. The bent wire or the filiform plastic structure is shaped in the anchoring region in such a way that at least one anchoring opening is defined which has at least one concavity directed towards the fastening region. A set of multiple retaining elements formed as identical parts may also be used in association with a cover retaining assembly and a vehicle seat.
Claims20
A retaining element for a cover retaining assembly of a vehicle seat,
- wherein the retaining element has a fastening region for a cover fastening element and at least one anchoring region encapsulated by a padding element, and
- wherein the retaining element is in the form of a one-part bent wire
- wherein the bent wire is shaped as two circles connected via a web,
- wherein the two circles comprise the at least one anchoring region, and the web comprises the fastening region.
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seat cover, and
- a set of retaining elements for a cover retaining assembly of the vehicle seat, wherein the set of retaining elements is configured as identical parts,
- wherein each retaining element in the set has a fastening region for a cover fastening element and at least one anchoring region encapsulated by a padding element,
- wherein each retaining element is in the form of a one-part bent wire,
- wherein the bent wire is shaped in the at least one anchoring region in such a way that at least one anchoring opening is defined,
- wherein the bent wire comprises two circles connected via a web,
- wherein the two circles comprise the at least one anchoring region, and the web comprises the fastening region,
- wherein the seat cover comprises a plurality of engagement elements which can be releasably fastened to the set of retaining elements arranged in the padding element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.