IP Library Granted Patent US 12,727,680
Granted Patent B2
US 12,727,680 · App. 18/694,247 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Cover fastening clip

Inventor: Yuhei Chinomi (Yokosuka, JP)
Assignee: NIFCO INC.
A47C31/026B60R13/0206
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Patent No.
US 12,727,680
App. No.
18/694,247
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cover fastening clip includes a plate-shaped base portion configured to be embedded in a foam body and held in the foam body; a pair of extension portions provided at interval in a width direction of the base portion and extending in a thickness direction of the base portion; fastening portions, each being provided at each tip of the pair of extension portions, configured to fasten a fastened portion provided at a cover for covering the foam body; and support portions, each extending from each of the extension portions outward in the width direction of the base portion, contacting the base portion to support the extension portions when the extension portions are bent outward in the width direction.

Claims (20)

1 . A cover fastening clip comprising:

a plate-shaped base portion configured to be embedded in a foam body and held in the foam body;

a pair of extension portions provided at interval in a width direction of the base portion and extending in a thickness direction of the base portion;

fastening portions, each being provided at each tip of the pair of extension portions, configured to fasten a fastened portion provided at a cover for covering the foam body; and

support portions, each extending from each of the extension portions outward in the width direction of the base portion, contacting the base portion to support the extension portions when the extension portions are bent outward in the width direction,

wherein

the base portion comprises

insertion portions into which a part of the support portions are inserted, and

engaged portions provided at one side in the width direction of the insertion portions, and

the support portions comprise engaging portions to be engaged with the engaged portions at a side of the one side of the support portions.

2 . A cover fastening clip comprising:

a plate-shaped base portion configured to be embedded in a foam body and held in the foam body;

a pair of extension portions provided at interval in a width direction of the base portion and extending in a thickness direction of the base portion;

fastening portions, each being provided at each tip of the pair of extension portions, configured to fasten a fastened portion provided at a cover for covering the foam body; and

support portions, each extending from each of the extension portions outward in the width direction of the base portion, contacting the base portion to support the extension portions when the extension portions are bent outward in the width direction, wherein

the base portion comprises insertion portions into which tips of the support portions are inserted, and engaged portions provided at outsides in the width direction of the insertion portions, and

the support portions comprise engaging portions to be engaged with the engaged portions at tip sides of the support portions.

3 . The cover fastening clip according to claim 2 , wherein each of the insertion portions is a through hole provided at the base portion.

4 . The cover fastening clip according to claim 1 , wherein the support portions each have a curved shape portion.

5 . The cover fastening clip according to claim 1 , wherein each of a base end portion of the support portion is positioned at a tip side of each of the extension portions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2024
From: CHINOMI, YUHEI
To: NIFCO INC.
Reel/Frame 066864/0478 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-191596 · Nov 25, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240382013A1 · Nov 21, 2024
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