Hand grip for a seat assembly
AssigneeMichigan Tube Swagers & Fabricators, Inc.
InventorsBrian E. Williams, William F. Lohness
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Abstract
A seat including a hand grip and a seat back assembly. The seat back assembly has a rigid frame and a trim cover for covering at least a portion of the frame. The hand grip includes an outer surface, an inner surface, a grip area, a flange and a tab. The inner surface is opposite the outer surface. The grip area is defined in the outer surface and is adapted to accommodate a hand of a person. The flange bounds the grip area for concealing a portion or the trim cover during assembly of the hand grip to the seat. The tab extends outwardly from the inner surface of the grip. A distal end of the tab is generally parallel and spaced apart with the inner surface of the hand grip for receiving the frame therebetween.
Claims12
1-8. (canceled)
A seat assembly comprising:
- a cushion for supporting a user in a seated position spaced above a floor;
- a seat back having a frame secured to the cushion for supporting the seat back in a substantially upright position relative to the cushion, the seat back having an upper edge spaced apart from the cushion;
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- a hand grip fixedly secured to the seat back to facilitate carrying of the seat assembly by a user's hand, the hand grip comprising:
- a grip area having an arcuate upper end space apart by a predetermined distance from the upper edge of the seat back such that the palm of the user's hand rests along the upper edge of the seat back when the fingers of the user's hand are placed along the upper end of the grip area;
- the grip area having a receiving portion that is concave and extends upwardly relative to the upper end for receiving the fingers of the user therein.
A hand grip for use with a seat assembly having a frame and a trim cover for covering at least a portion of the frame, the hand grip comprising an outer surface;
- an inner surface opposite the outer surface;
- a grip area defined in the outer surface adapted to accommodate a hand of a person;
- a flange bounding the grip area for concealing a portion or the trim cover during assembly of the hand grip to the seat assembly;
- and
- a stem extending orthogonally from the flange, the stem having an end that is threaded for threadingly engaging a nut, thereby retaining the frame between the flange and the nut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.