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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2013
Leon Plastics Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Brent T. Mannor, Caledonia, MI (US);
Michael D. Bicard, Jenison, MI (US);
William I. Yowaish, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Leon Plastics, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A locking seam alignment guide may be utilized for attaching a fabric cover to a substrate to form an interior trim component in a vehicle passenger compartment. An elongate ribbon-like member has a longitudinal stitching flange and a longitudinal locking key depending from the stitching flange along a midline thereof. The longitudinal locking key has one of a cylindrical shape, and a triangular shape. The longitudinal stitching flange is one of a flange extending along one side of the midline, and a flange extending along both sides of the midline. The locking seam alignment guide can be stitched to a fabric cover and seated in a complementary keyway to hold the fabric cover to the substrate.