US 12,214,702 B2
Clip for upholstery cover
Mariano Cuerda, Novi, MI (US); Tsutomu Yamada, Novi, MI (US); Tetsuya Yoshino, Tokyo (JP); and Thanh Nguyen, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to YKK CORPORATION, (JP)
Appl. No. 17/616,579
Filed by YKK Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/053222
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/245670, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/858,255, filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242287 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/58 (2006.01); F16B 2/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/5825 (2013.01) [F16B 2/22 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
21. A clip comprising:
a chuck;
a first leg extending from the chuck and comprising a first barb; and
a second leg extending from the chuck and comprising a second barb, wherein:
an angle between a surface of the first barb on a side of the chuck and the first leg is acute,
an angle between a surface of the second barb on a side of the chuck and the second leg is acute, and
a shape of the first leg is different from that of the second leg, a functionality of the first leg being different from that of the second leg as a result of the different shape.