Upholstery fixing device
AssigneesKasai Kogyo Co., Ltd., Nifco Inc.
InventorsTsuneyasu Nagashima, Youji Sato
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Abstract
An upholstery fixing device consists of a bracket having a holdfast suspended therefrom with bendable or flexible straps. In use the bracket is riveted to the back of a trim board, and the holdfast is pushed into an associated aperture of an inside panel of a car door. Then, the bendable straps can be yieldingly bent to automatically reduce any misalignment between a fixed bracket (and hence its holdfast) and an associated aperture of the inside panel of the car door, thus facilitating the fixing of the upholstery to the inside panel of the car door in exact registration.
Claims11
A device for fixing a first panel member to a second panel member comprising:
- a bracket to be fixed to the first panel member, said bracket including first connecting means connectable to said first panel member and an upper plate;
- a holdfast comprising a holdfast tip insertable into an associated aperture in a second panel member, and an axle extending rearwardly from said tip;
- second connecting means connecting said holdfast to said bracket;
- and at least one of said first and second connecting means comprising a plurality of flexible straps operatively disposed between said first panel member and said holdfast when the device is fixed to the first panel member for permitting adjustment of the holdfast relative to the first panel member and thus accommodating any misalignment with the aperture in the second panel member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.