Seat trim attachment strip

Claim 1

In a vehicle seat assembly which includes a support frame having a plurality of spaced apart apertures of predetermined width provided therein, a seat cover member, and a trim attachment strip fastened to said seat cover member, said strip comprising: a unitary body having an elongated base portion secured to said seat cover member and a plurality of pairs of side-by-side projections spaced apart lengthwise of said strip, each of said pairs of side-by-side projections extending in a spaced apart relation from said base portion and terminating in retention tabs which extend away from each other in a direction transversely of said projection; said projections being capable of flexing movement toward each other to engaged positions and being biased towards spaced apart positions; each of said tabs being of increasing width in a direction extending from the terminal end of said projection toward said base and terminating in retention shoulders which extends transversely of said projections; and said tabs being dimensioned relative to said aperture width such that in said engaged positions of said projections said tabs can be extended in one direction through said apertures to positions in which said shoulders, in the spaced apart positions of said projections, engage said frame to prevent movement of said tabs through said apertures in an opposite direction.