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US 5,630,621 AGranted
Knee bag cover retention design
AssigneeMorton International, Inc.
InventorDavid W. Schneider
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Abstract
A knee bag cushion is attached to a bolster panel or cushion cover by providing channels on an inner face of the bolster panel and providing retention rods on the outside of the knee bag cushion. The rods are attached to the cushion by passing through loops sewed to the cushion. The retention rods are assembled to the channels by sliding or snapping in the cushion with the rods into the channels on the bolster panel.
Claims7
An automotive vehicle knee bag cushion/knee bolster assembly with enhanced stability which includes:
- a knee bolster panel or cover,
- at least two spaced channels secured to said bolster panel or cover,
- a knee bag cushion, and
- at least two retention rods attached to the outside of said cushion,
- whereby when said retention rods are slid into said channels, said bolster panel is secured to said knee bag cushion.
2 more elements
A method of assembling a knee bag bolster to a knee bag cushion which comprises:
- securing at least two channels to one exterior surface of said bolster panel,
- securing at least two retention rods to the exterior of said knee bag cushion,
- and sliding or snapping said rods into said channels to assemble said bolster panel and said knee bag cushion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.