End Member for Fastening Cover Material

{
  "publication_number": "US2020375371A1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "A1",
  "title": "End Member for Fastening Cover Material",
  "abstract": "There is provided a cover-material fastening end member including a band-shaped member and a locking member. The locking member is formed such that a width thereof in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the band-shaped member is wider than a width of the band-shaped member. The locking member includes: a center plate-shaped portion, a flange portion, and a plurality of rib portions. The flange portion has a surface extending along a longitudinal direction of the end edge portion of the band-shaped member and perpendicular to a surface of the center plate-shaped portion. The rib portions each has a surface intersecting with the center plate-shaped portion and the flange portion. The rib portions are provided on the center plate-shaped portion along the longitudinal direction of the center plate-shaped portion at predetermined intervals.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A cover-material fastening end member configured to be attached on an end edge of a cover material, comprising: a band-shaped member fixed on an end edge portion of the cover material; and a locking member integrally provided along a longitudinal direction on one end edge portion of the band-shaped member opposite to the other end edge portion thereof, on which the cover material is fixed, wherein the locking member is formed such that a width thereof in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the band-shaped member is wider than a width of the band-shaped member; wherein the locking member comprises: a center plate-shaped portion formed along a longitudinal direction of the one end edge portion of the band-shaped member; a flange portion provided along at least one end edge of the center plate-shaped portion along a longitudinal direction thereof, wherein the flange portion has a surface extending along a longitudinal direction of the end edge portion of the band-shaped member and perpendicular to a surface of the center plate-shaped portion; and a plurality of rib portions each having a surface intersecting with the center plate-shaped portion and the flange portion, wherein the rib portions are provided on the center plate-shaped portion along the longitudinal direction of the center plate-shaped portion at predetermined intervals. 2. The cover-material fastening end member according to claim 1, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the center plate-shaped portion in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is configured such that the flange portion and the rib portions are axisymmetric about the center plate-shaped portion. 3. The cover-material fastening end member according to claim 2, wherein the flange portion comprises a middle flange portion symmetrically protruding from a location containing the centroid of the cross-sectional shape of the center plate-shaped portion. 4. The cover-material fastening end member according to claim 3, wherein on an end edge of the center plate-shaped portion opposite to the band-shaped member, an end edge flange portion is provided along the longitudinal direction to be parallel to the middle flange portion. 5. The cover-material fastening end member according to claim 4, wherein a width of the end edge flange provided on the end edge of the center plate-shaped portion as measured between both side edge portions thereof along the longitudinal direction is narrower than a width of the middle flange portion as measured between both side edge portions thereof at the centroid of the center plate-shaped portion. 6. The cover-material fastening end member according to claim 5, wherein the end edge flange portions are formed on both side edge portions, along the longitudinal direction, of the center plate-shaped portion. 7. The cover-material fastening end member according to claim 1, wherein the center plate-shaped portion is formed such that a thickness of a part thereof on a side, on which the band-shaped member is provided, is thicker than a thickness of a part thereof near to an end edge thereof opposite to the band-shaped member. 8. The cover-material fastening end member according to claim 1, wherein the rib portions are formed such that a dimension thereof in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the band-shaped member is gradually decreased toward an end edge thereof opposite to a side, on which the band-shaped member is provided. 9. The cover-material fastening end member according to claim 8, wherein a width of the rib portions in the longitudinal direction of the band-shaped member is smaller than a width between the adjacent rib portions. 10. The cover-material fastening end member according to claim 9, wherein the flange portion is configured such that a dimension thereof in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the center plate-shaped portion is smaller than a dimension thereof in an upward and downward direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the center plate-shaped portion."
  ],
  "cpc": [
    "A47C 31/023",
    "A47C 31/02",
    "B60N 2/5825",
    "B60N 2/5883",
    "B68G 7/052",
    "B68G 7/12"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "YKK CORP"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2016-03-23",
  "publication_date": "2020-12-03",
  "priority_date": "2016-03-23",
  "application_number": "US-201616087538-A",
  "family_id": "59900029"
}