Skin material fastening clip
A cover-material fixing clip includes: a chuck having a base portion, a first holding piece and a second holding piece; a hook configured to be engaged with a wire to be located in a groove of a cushion material; and an engagement opening defined between the chuck and a leading end of the hook. The base portion, the first holding piece and the second holding piece define a retention groove for holding the held body attached to the cover material. The engagement opening has an opening dimension in a range from 50% to 80% of a width of the retention groove.
1. A cover-material fixing clip comprising:
a chuck provided with a retention groove for holding a held body attached to a cover material;
a hook configured to be engaged with a wire to be located in a groove of a cushion material; and
an engagement opening defined between the chuck and a leading end of the hook,
the engagement opening having an opening dimension in a range from 50% to 80% of a width of the retention groove,
wherein
the chuck comprises: a base portion; a first holding piece and a second holding piece extending from the base portion in a first direction; and a locking projection projecting toward the leading end of the hook,
the first holding piece and the second holding piece respectively comprise claws projecting to approach each other in a second direction intersecting with the first direction,
the hook comprises a base end continuous to the second holding piece of the chuck,
the locking projection is continuous to the first holding piece of the chuck, and
provided that a dimension of each of the claws in the second direction is a dimension L 1 , a dimension from each of the claws to the base portion in the first direction is a dimension L 2 , a dimension of the base portion and the locking projection in combination in the first direction is a dimension L 3 , and a dimension of a space between the wire being engaged with the hook and the locking projection is a dimension L 4 , the dimension L 1 , the dimension L 2 and the dimension L 3 are set so that a dimension obtained by dividing the dimension L 2 with the dimension L 3 and multiplying the obtained value with the dimension L 1 is set to be larger than the dimension L 4 .
2. The cover-material fixing clip according to claim 1 , wherein
a thickness of the base portion is smaller than a thickness at a base end of each of the first holding piece and the second holding piece.
3. The cover-material fixing clip according to claim 1 , wherein
the base end of the hook is spaced from the locking projection in the second direction, and
the base portion comprises a concave portion that is recessed toward the chuck at a part of the base portion between the base end of the hook and the locking projection.
4. The cover-material fixing clip according to claim 1 , wherein
a thickness at a base end of each of the first holding piece and the second holding piece is larger than a thickness of the base portion.
5. The cover-material fixing clip according to claim 1 , wherein
a thickness of each of the first holding piece and the second holding piece is larger in an at least half region from a base end of each of the first holding piece and the second holding piece in the first direction than in a region close to a leading end of each of the first holding piece and the second holding piece with respect to the at least half region.
6. The cover-material fixing clip according to claim 1 , wherein
a thickness of each of the first holding piece and the second holding piece is gradually decreased from the base end toward a leading end of each of the first holding piece and the second holding piece.
7. A cover-material fixing clip, comprising:
a chuck provided with a retention groove for holding a held body attached to a cover material;
a hook configured to be engaged with a wire to be located in a groove of a cushion material; and
an engagement opening defined between the chuck and a leading end of the hook, the engagement opening having an opening dimension in a range from 50% to 80% of a width of the retention groove;
wherein
the chuck comprises: a base portion; and a first holding piece and a second holding piece extending from the base portion in a first direction and facing each other in a second direction intersecting with the first direction,
at least one of the leading end of the hook or the chuck comprises a narrow projection projecting towards the other of the leading end and the chuck and defining the engagement opening,
a width of the narrow projection in a third direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction is smaller than a width of at least one of the hook or the chuck in the third direction, and
a taper surface tapering the hook to the leading end is formed at a part close to the leading end of each of opposite sides of the hook.