Device for connecting an upholstery strengthening rod to a seat load-bearing structure
AssigneeITW Fastex Italia S.p.A.
InventorManrico Oddenino
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Abstract
A device for connecting the strengthening rod on seat upholstery to the seat load-bearing structure. The device is composed of a fastener into which is engaged a corresponding end of the strengthening rod, a buckle, integral with a fastener and secured to the same by means of a flexible rib enabling angular displacement of the fastener, and a flexible clamp designed to wrap round a member on the load-bearing structure for securing the fastener in projecting manner to the member, and integrally formed at its opposite ends to the buckle and a stop tab designed to engage with the buckle.
Claims9
A fastening device for connecting a rod to a structural member comprising:
- retaining means for engaging, seating and locking an end of said rod;
- buckle means integral with said retaining means on one side thereof;
- flexible clamp means for affixing said device to said structural member having a first end integral with said buckle means and a second end having an integrally formed tab for engagement with said buckle means;
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- means for engaging integral with said flexible clamp means for securing said fastening device to said structural member having a truncated cone pin integrally formed with said clamp means projecting outwardly from one side thereof for insertion into an aperture of said structural member upon the wrapping of said clamp means around said structural member to secure said fastening device thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.