US 12,442,399 B2
Clip, cover-member attachment tool, and clip assembly
Takefumi Adachi, Tokyo (JP); and Yusuke Nakagawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to YKK Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by YKK Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/456,843.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-139835 (JP), filed on Sep. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0077095 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. F16B 2/20 (2006.01); A47C 31/02 (2006.01); F16B 2/22 (2006.01); B60N 2/58 (2006.01); B60N 2/60 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 2/22 (2013.01) [A47C 31/023 (2013.01); B60N 2/5825 (2013.01); B60N 2/6027 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clip configured to be placed in a groove of a cushion member, the clip comprising:
a first guide and a second guide each configured to guide a suspender configured to be attached to a cover member to a gap formed between the first guide and the second guide, at least one of the first guide or the second guide being engageable with an engagement portion of the suspender inserted through the gap; and
a connecting portion connecting the first guide and the second guide to each other,
wherein the first guide and the second guide are each placed on a bottom surface of the groove,
wherein the first guide comprises a tongue that is elastically deformable toward the bottom surface of the groove, and
wherein the tongue has an end surface facing an edge portion of the second guide with the gap interposed therebetween.