JPH0614626Y2 - Locking clip for the skin on the seat - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a clip for locking a skin in an automobile seat, more specifically, a terminal of a skin integrally provided on an outer surface of a seat body as a locked rod. A locking clip for locking.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, when locking the skin of an automobile seat,
As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal side of the epidermis (2) is wound around the wire (W) in a folded shape, and the folded overlapped portion is sewn with the sewing thread (F), or the overlapped portion is not shown. The welded portions are joined together, and the overlapped portion is locked to the locked rod (4) through the locking ring (R).

(Problems to be solved by the invention) By the way, in the locking structure of the epidermis (2) as described above, the folded back superposed portion of the epidermis (2) is sewn with the suture thread (F) or welded, It is necessary to lock the overlapped portion to the locked rod (4) through the locking ring (R), and the work of locking the skin (2) to the locked rod (4) is complicated. In addition, in order to prevent the outer cover (2) from being detached from the locked rod (4) due to the damage on the end side of the outer cover (2), as described above,
Since the wire (W) needs to be additionally provided at the polymerization site, the number of constituent parts is increased.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a locking clip that can easily lock the epidermis while easily engaging the epidermis with a small number of parts.

(Means for Solving the Problem) However, the present invention provides a locking clip for locking the end of the skin of the seat body wound around the seat side frame to the outer circumference of the locked rod having a circular cross section. Forming a clip body having a C-shaped cross section that elastically fits on the skin wound around the locked rod, and covering the inner circumference of the clip body with the skin wound around the locked rod. A pair of claws for projecting a locking claw that engages with the clip body, and for holding the folded back overlapping portion of the skin that folds back the locked rod and overlaps with the fitting opening of the clip body to stretch the skin. A guide piece that extends in a direction away from each other toward the free end side and that guides the locked rod to the fitting opening of the clip body. , On the free end of the guide piece located on the outer surface side of the stretched skin, It is characterized in that a rotation blocking portion for blocking rotation of the clip body with respect to the locked rod is provided by contacting an outer surface of the provided skin.

(Operation) Then, in order to lock the skin to the locked rod, the end side of the skin is wound around the locked rod in a folded shape, and the guide piece is wound around the folded winding portion. The clip body is press-fitted and fitted via the clip body, and when the clip body is press-fitted into the locked rod, the guide rod guides the locked rod to the fitting opening of the clip body. The clip body can be smoothly press-fitted into the locked rod.

And with the press-fitting of the clip body, with the clamping piece,
The folded back superposed portion of the skin is sandwiched and the locking claw is engaged with the skin wound around the outer circumference of the locked rod, and the end side of the skin is locked to the locked rod, Moreover, since the clip main body is provided with the rotation preventing portion that abuts against a part of the outer skin, the terminal side of the outer skin is pulled in a direction away from the clip main body when sitting on the seat main body. In such a case, the rotation blocking portion pushes the outer skin to suppress the rotation of the clip body about the locked rod, and thus the holding piece and the locking claw are prevented. By virtue of the synergistic action of the rotation blocking portion, the separation of the skin from the locked rod can be reliably prevented.

(Embodiment) FIG. 3 shows a seat cushion, which comprises a seat body (1) made of an elastic material and a skin (2) integrally formed on the entire outer surface of the seat body (1). And a rectangular seat frame (3). The seat body (1) is wound around an outer peripheral portion of the seat frame (3), and the skin (2) extending from the wound portion. The terminal side of the seat frame (3)
It is adapted to be locked to a locked rod (4) made of a metal rod having a circular cross section, which is fixedly supported by.

Then, the end side of the outer skin (2) is attached to the locked rod (4).
The following locking clip (C) was formed in order to lock it.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the locking clip (C) has a substantially C-shaped cross section and is press-fitted into the locked rod (4) from the fitting opening side thereof. The clip body (5) that is elastically deformable is provided, and a pair of sandwiching pieces (6a) and (6b) facing each other are integrally provided at the upper and lower portions of the opening of the clip body (5), and the upper side The sandwiching piece (6a) is integrally formed with a guide piece (7a) that projects obliquely upward.

Further, the lower holding piece (6b) also has the guide piece (7
A guide piece (7b) extending in the expanding direction is integrally formed with respect to (a), while the free end side of the guide piece (7b) is bent upward so that the bent portion has an end of the skin (2). The rotation blocking portion (8) that comes into contact with the outer side surface is provided.

Further, a plurality of locking claws (9) projecting toward the locked rod (4) side are integrally provided on the inner peripheral surface of the clip body (5), and the clip body (5) described later is provided. ) Locks the outer skin (2) to the locked rod (4) with the locking claws (9) when locking the outer skin (2) to the locked rod (4). To perform firmly.

Thus, when the terminal side of the skin (2) is locked to the locked rod (4), the terminal side of the skin (2) is wound around the locked rod (4) in a folded shape. The clip body (5) is rotated, and the clip body (5) is held in the opposed position between the guide pieces (7a) and (7b) provided on the clip body (5). ) Side, and then the clip body (5) is pushed by the guide piece (7).
While being guided by a) and (7b), they are press-fitted to the locked rod (4) side by a one-touch operation, and the skins (6a) and (6b) of the clip body (5) are attached to the skin ( 2)
The folded back overlapping portions (2a) of the clip body are sandwiched from above and below, and the locking claws (9) provided on the inner peripheral surface of the clip body (5) are wound around the locked rod (4). The outer skin (2) is locked to the outer peripheral surface thereof, and the outer skin (2) is locked to the locked rod (4).

Further, as described above, after the skin (2) is locked to the locked rod (4) through the clip body (5), the seat body (1) is seated on the seat body (1). For example, when a tensile force in a direction of separating from the clip body (5) is applied to the end side of the outer skin (2), the clip body (5) is centered on the locked rod (4). The terminal side of the outer skin (2) locked by the clip body (5) is rotated outwards and tries to come out outward.
At this time, in the clip body (5), the rotation blocking portion (8) pushes the end side of the skin (2) upward, and thus the locked rod of the clip body (5). Rotation around (4) is prevented in advance, and the locking claws (9) provided on the clip body (5) are locked to the skin (2), so that the skin (2) is rotated. The detachment from the locked rod (4) is prevented, so that the skin (2) is securely locked.

When the clip body (5) is locked to the locked rod (4) by the clip body (5) as described above, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. At the outer peripheral portion, each holding piece (6) provided on the clip body (5)
A bog ring (10) for applying a pressing force from above and below is attached to a) (6b), and with the bog ring (10),
The sandwiching force (6a) (6b) between the sandwiching pieces (6a) and (6b) may be strengthened with respect to the polymerization site (2a) of the skin (2).

Although the seat cushion has been described in the above embodiments, the locking clip of the present invention is not limited to the seat cushion but can be applied to a seat back or the like.

(Effect of the Invention) As described above, in the locking clip of the present invention, the cross section C elastically fitted to the outer skin wound around the locked rod.
A clip body having a character shape is formed, and an engaging claw that engages with the outer skin wound around the engaged rod is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the clip body, and at the fitting opening of the clip body, A direction in which the folded back overlapping portion of the skin that folds and locks the locked rod is sandwiched to form a pair of holding pieces that stretches the outer skin, and the holding pieces are separated from each other toward the free end side. A guide piece that extends to guide the locked rod to the fitting opening of the clip main body, and a guide piece of the guide piece, which is located on the outer surface side of the stretched skin, is attached to the free end of the guide piece. When the clip body is press-fitted into the locked rod, the guide piece is provided by contacting the outer surface of the provided skin to prevent rotation of the clip body with respect to the locked rod. The engaged rod at the fitting opening of the clip body. As a matter of course, it is possible to smoothly press-fit the clip body into the locked rod by guiding, and with the press-fitting of the clip body, the folding piece of the outer skin is clamped by the clamping piece, and When the locking claw engages with the outer skin wound around the outer circumference of the locked rod, and the end side of the outer skin is pulled in the direction away from the clip body due to sitting on the seat body, etc. Since the rotation blocking portion pushes the outer skin and suppresses the rotation of the clip body around the locked rod, the synergistic action of the holding piece, the locking claw, and the rotation blocking portion causes It is possible to reliably prevent the removal of the epidermis from the locked rod, and therefore, it is possible to more easily perform the work of locking the epidermis as compared with the conventional one, and to reliably prevent the epidermis from being detached from the locked rod. I was able to do it A.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a manner of locking the epidermis with a locking clip according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the main part, and FIG.
The figure is a bottom view showing the overall structure of the seat cushion, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional example. (1) …… Seat body (2) …… Surface (2a) …… Overlapped part (3) …… Frame (4) …… Locked rod (5) …… Clip body (6a) …… Clamping piece ( 6b) …… Clamping piece (7a) …… Guide piece (7b) …… Guide piece (8) …… Rotation prevention part (C) …… Locking clip

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A locking clip that locks an end of a skin of a seat body wound around a seat side frame on an outer circumference of a locked rod having a circular cross section, which is wound around the locked rod. A clip body having a C-shaped cross section that is elastically fitted to the skin is formed, and a locking claw that engages with the skin wound around the locked rod is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the clip body. At the same time, at the fitting opening of the clip body, a pair of holding pieces for holding the folded back overlapping portion of the outer skin, which folds back the locked rod and overlaps, and stretches the outer skin, is formed on both the holding pieces. A guide piece that extends in a direction away from each other toward the free end side and guides the locked rod to the fitting opening of the clip body, and of these guide pieces, on the outer surface side of the stretched skin. The free end of the guide piece located on the outer surface of the stretched outer skin Locking clip of the epidermis in the sheet, characterized in that it is provided with the rotation preventing portion for preventing rotation with respect to the locking lever of the clip body.