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US 3,981,534 AGranted
Seat cover fastening system
AssigneeUniversal Oil Products Company
InventorWilliam L. Wilton
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Abstract
An extruded, generally J-shaped plastic welt or trim strip adapted to be sewn to a seat cover has an inverted lip portion at the tip of its short leg. The welt strip is adapted to cover both sides of a vertical, downwardly extending peripheral flange on a metal seat pan. The welt strip is retained against removal from the seat pan by the engagement of its inverted lip portion with a plurality of upwardly and inwardly directed tabs which are struck out of the material of the flange.
Claims6
A seat cover fastening system comprising:
- a formed seat pan having an inverted U-shaped peripheral edge portion, the outer vertical leg of said edge portion having a plurality of inwardly and upwardly directed tabs struck out of its surface at spaced locations around said edge portion which are located above the bottom of said vertical leg;
- seat cover material attached at its edges to a resilient trim strip having a generally J-shaped configuration and including an outer leg which is long and an inner leg which is short, the inner leg having a lip portion formed at its upper end which extends downwardly and outwardly toward said outer leg, said seat cover material being attached to said outer leg and extending upwardly therefrom, and said resilient trim strip covering the lower portion of said outer vertical leg so that its inner leg extends above said tabs and said lip portion extends downwardly toward the space between said tabs and said outer vertical leg so as to be interlocked therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.