Clip and method for attaching and tensioning seat dress covers
AssigneeB/E Aerospace Fischer GmbH
InventorsArthur Dumler, Andreas R. Glöckner
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Abstract
Dress cover attachment clips and methods for attaching and tensioning seat dress covers. A dress cover attachment system including a dress cover having a fabric conduit, a rod disposed in the fabric conduit, and a dress cover clip secured around the rod at a location of a break in the fabric conduit, the dress cover clip including a rod holder and a clamp adapted to receive a rigid seat part therein. A dress cover attachment clip including a clamp adapted to receive a rigid seat part therein, a free end adapted to be attached to a dress cover, and an integral hinge interconnecting the clamp and the free end.
Claims20
A dress cover attachment system, comprising:
- a dress cover comprising a fabric conduit;
- a rod disposed in the fabric conduit;
- and
- a dress cover clip secured around the rod at a location of a break in the fabric conduit, the dress cover clip comprising:
- i) a rod holder adapted to engage along a length of the rod;
- and
- ii) a clamp adapted to receive a rigid seat part therein, the clamp comprising a first part and a second part spring-biased in a direction of the first part.
A dress cover clip, comprising:
- a rod holder adapted to engage along a length of a rod exposed through a break in a fabric conduit of a dress cover;
- a first part continuous with and extending from the rod holder;
- a sidewall continuous with an extending from the rod holder, the sidewall oriented perpendicular to the first part;
- and
- a second part continuous with and extending from the sidewall, the second part extending in a direction of the first part and spaced apart from the first part such that a slot is provided between the first part and the second part adapted to receive a rigid seat part therein, the second part spring-biased in a direction of the first part.
A dress cover attachment clip, comprising:
- a clamp adapted to receive a rigid seat part therein, the clamp comprising a first part adapted to seat flush against a face of the rigid seat part, a second part perpendicular to the first part and adapted to directly contact an edge of the rigid seat part, a third part parallel to the first part, and a flexible part hinged to the third part and extending inward from the third part and spring-biased in a direction of the first part, wherein the rigid seat part is held between the first part and the flexible part when the rigid seat part is fully engaged in the clamp;
- a free end adapted to be attached to a dress cover;
- and
- an integral hinge interconnecting the clamp and the free end.
A method for attaching and tensioning a seat dress cover, comprising:
- providing a dress cover attachment clip having a clamp configured to hold a rigid seat part therein, the clamp provided between spaced first and second parts, the second part spring-biased in a direction of the first part such that the rigid seat part is held between the first and second parts when the rigid seat part is fully engaged in the clamp;
- securing a dress cover to the dress cover attachment clip;
- and
- attaching the dress cover attachment clip to a rigid seat part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.