Patent ID: 8099837
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: A47C,B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A low-profile clip adapted to secure a bead to a foam substrate comprising: a base; a pair of legs extending upwardly from the base and defining therebetween a central region constructed and arranged to capture the bead, each of the legs including a top barb that defines a gap narrower than the central region; wherein the legs each extend upwardly along an inner leg wall from a horizontal plane taken through the base at a first angle of between approximately 80 and 85 degrees and therefrom to each of the respective barbs at a second angle, with respect to an elevated plane at a predetermined height above, and parallel to, the horizontal plane taken through the base, of between approximately 88 and 90 degrees measured along an outer leg wall, and wherein each of the legs has a thickness taken along a direction parallel to the horizontal plane of between approximately 1.0 and 2.0 millimeters, wherein each of the legs has a base root having respective fillets interconnected between each leg and the base and a substantially uniform thickness between the fillets and the top barb for increased strength, and wherein the top barb is free of outward extensions; each said fillet formed as a concave radius and said respective fillets including an inner base fillet and an outer base fillet; said barb having a single flat angled top surface, an inner top round-over forming a terminating end of the barb and an outer top radius; said outer top radius extending between said outer leg wall and said single flat angled top surface; said outer top radius being comparable in magnitude to that of the inner top round-over; wherein the clip defines an overall maximum height from tops of the legs to a bottom of the base of approximately 10 millimeters or less.