JPH09183377A - Steering wheel cover for vehicle steering wheel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure easy detachment and a good appearance as designed by providing a protruded simple fastener member along one side end of a cover body in the longitudinal direction and a recessed simple fastener member along the other side end so that the cover body can be wound on the outer periphery of a vehicle steering wheel to connect the simple fastener members together. SOLUTION: Simple fastener members 30, 40 are formed by extrusion-molding synthetic resin into a long product. The simple fastener member 30 in a sectionally L-shape is a male type which has a protruded portion 31 with one free end as a hook part 32. The female type simple fastener member 40 which has a recessed portion 41 with one free end as an engagement part 42, connected thereto, is sewed along the side end. The cover body 21 is wound on the outer periphery of a vehicle steering 10 and the female simple fastener member 30 is wrapped therein and connected to the male simple fastener member 40. The width of the cover body 21 is formed somewhat smaller than the length of the outer periphery of the vehicle steering wheel 10 and so the cover body is stretched.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cover for a vehicle handle such as an automobile, and more particularly to a handle cover for a vehicle handle which can be easily attached and detached.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A handle for a vehicle such as an automobile is generally formed by coating the outer periphery of a core metal with urethane resin having an integral skin. Such a steering wheel is composed of a single color, and a steering wheel cover is attached to the steering wheel according to the driver's preference.

Conventionally, however, as shown in FIG. 6, a hole 62 is made in the end of the handle cover 61, and the end of the handle cover 61 is woven with a string 63 to attach the handle cover 61 to the handle. ing. It takes a great deal of labor to braid and assemble with such a string 63, and the assembling work was difficult.
Therefore, once assembled, it was troublesome to replace.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a handle cover which can be easily attached and detached and has a good appearance in design.

[0005]

A handle cover for a vehicle handle according to the present invention is a handle cover for covering an outer periphery of a vehicle handle, which is formed along one longitudinal side on one end side of a cover body. A convex or concave simple fastener member, and a concave or convex simple fastener member formed along one longitudinal side on one end side of the cover body,
The cover main body is formed such that the length in the width direction is slightly narrower than the outer peripheral length of the vehicle handle, and the cover main body is wound around the outer periphery of the vehicle handle to connect the simple fastener members to each other. Is characterized by.

One of the simple fastener members is a male type and the other is a female type. Further, the male simple fastener member has an L-shaped cross section, and it is preferable that the male simple fastener member is joined to the cover main body in the same direction as the female die, and the joined portion is wound to connect the male and female simple fastener members.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The cover main body 21 of the present invention is provided with simple fastener members 30 and 40 on the ends 22 and 23 in the width direction thereof along the longitudinal direction. The cover body 21 is formed such that its length in the width direction is slightly narrower than the outer peripheral length of the vehicle handle 10.

The simple fastener member 30 of this embodiment is a male type having a convex portion 31 having a hook portion 32 at one free end (tip), and the opposite side of the hook portion 32 is the cover body 21. The cover body 21 is joined along one end 22 side by stitching with a thread 51 or the like.

The female simple fastener member 40, which is connected to the male simple fastener member 30, is a cover body 21.
Is sewn along the other end 23 side. This female simple fastener member 40 has an engaging portion 4 on one free end side.
A connecting portion is formed of a concave portion 41 having 2 and the other end side is a stitching portion 43.

To mount the handle cover 20 having the above structure, the cover body 21 is wound around the outer periphery of the vehicle handle 10 and the simple fastener members 30 and 40 are connected to each other. At this time, the width of the cover body 21 is equal to the width of the vehicle handle 1.
Since the outer peripheral length is slightly smaller than 0, the cover body 21 is pulled, and the male and female portions of the simple fastener members 30 and 40 are connected to each other in a tensioned state. Therefore, after the handle cover 20 is attached, the handle cover 20 can be prevented from being displaced, wrinkled, bent, slackened, or the like.

[0011]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The members, arrangements, and the like described below do not limit the present invention, and can be variously modified within the scope of the present invention.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a handle cover according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the handle, FIG. 2 is a sectional perspective view of a portion A of FIG. 1, and FIG. It is sectional drawing explaining attachment of a cover.

The vehicle handle 10 of this example has an annular shape and is composed of a core metal 11 and a urethane resin 12 coating the outer periphery of the core metal 11. The handle cover 20 of this example includes the cover body 21 and the simple fastener member 3
The main components are 0 and 40.

The cover body 21 is made of leather, synthetic leather, cloth, or other woven fabric, and the simple fastener members are provided along the lengthwise direction on the widthwise ends 22 and 23 of the cover body 21. 30 and 40 are attached. The cover main body 21 is formed such that its length in the width direction is slightly smaller than the outer peripheral length of the vehicle handle 10.

The simple fastener members 30 and 40 of this example are long products formed by extrusion molding of synthetic resin, and the simple fastener member 30 has an L-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. And one free end (tip) of L shape is the hook 3
It is a male type having a convex portion 31 which is 2 and has a hook portion 3
The free end side opposite to 2 is joined to the cover body 21 along the one end 22 side of the cover body 21 by suturing with a thread 51 or the like.

The female simple fastener member 40, which is connected to the male simple fastener member 30, is a cover body 21.
Is sewn along the other end 23 side. This female simple fastener member 40 has an engaging portion 4 on one free end side.
A connecting portion is formed of a concave portion 41 having 2 and the other end side is a stitching portion 43.

The convex portion 3 of the male simple fastener member of this embodiment
One side and the recess 41 side of the female type simple fastener member are sewn to the cover body 21 in the same direction as the surface side (that is, the exposed side) of the handle cover 20.

To mount the handle cover 20 having the above structure, the cover main body 21 is wound around the outer periphery of the vehicle handle 10 to connect the simple fastener members 30 and 40 to each other. As shown in FIG. 3, the male simple fastener is used. The member 30 is rolled up to connect the male and female simple fastener members 30, 40. At this time, the width of the cover main body 21 is formed slightly smaller than the outer peripheral length of the vehicle handle 10, so that the cover main body 21 is pulled and the male and female of the simple fastener members 30 and 40 are connected in a tensioned state. It will be. Therefore, after the handle cover 20 is attached, the handle cover 20 can be prevented from being displaced, wrinkled, bent, slackened, or the like.

Further, with the above-mentioned configuration, the simple fastener members 30, 40 and the cover body 21 can be constructed without exposing the stitching line.

As described above, the handle cover 20 can be easily
Since it can be attached and detached, attachment and detachment of various handle covers is not troublesome, and various handle covers can be selected depending on the mood, and a variety effect can be given to the vehicle.

4 and 5 show another embodiment. FIG. 4 is a sectional view for explaining the attachment of the cover similar to FIG. 3 showing the other embodiment, and FIG. 5 is the attachment state of FIG. It is a partial perspective view showing. The same components as those in the above-mentioned embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, an example in which the suture line is concealed is shown, but in this example, the suture line is exposed.

That is, in this example, the male convex portion 31 of the simple fastener member 30 is attached to the back surface of the cover main body 21 by sewing, and when configured in this manner, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The suture line is exposed to the outside and the suture is visible. Therefore, various designs can be taken depending on the color of the thread 51, the stitching pitch, and the like.

[0024]

As described above, the convex or concave simple fastener formed along the lengthwise direction on one end side of the cover body and the lengthwise direction on one end side of the cover body. And a simple fastener having a concave shape or a convex shape formed along the cover body. The cover body is formed so that its length in the width direction is slightly smaller than the outer peripheral length of the vehicle handle, and the cover body is provided with the vehicle handle. Since the simple fasteners are connected to each other by being wrapped around the outer periphery of the cover, the cover body is pulled, and the male and female of the simple fasteners are connected in a tensioned state.

Therefore, after the handle cover is attached, it is possible to prevent the handle cover from being displaced, wrinkled, sagging, or slack. In addition, the handle cover can be easily attached and removed, and the handle cover can be changed in various ways.
It can be a wide variety and has a great design effect on the vehicle.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a handle according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a portion A of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating attachment of a cover.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view illustrating attachment of a cover similar to FIG. 3 showing another embodiment.

5 is a partial perspective view showing a mounting state of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Vehicle Handle 21 Cover Main Body 22,23 End of Cover Main Body 30,40 Simple Fastener Member 31 Convex Part 32 Hook Part 41 Recess 42 Engagement Part 43 Suture Part 51 Thread

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A handle cover for covering an outer periphery of a vehicle handle, wherein a convex or concave simple fastener member formed along one longitudinal side of the cover body along a longitudinal direction, and one end of the cover body. A concave or convex simple fastener member formed along a longitudinal direction on a side portion,
The cover main body is formed such that its length in the width direction is slightly narrower than the outer peripheral length of the vehicle handle, and the cover main body is wound around the outer periphery of the vehicle handle to connect the simple fastener members to each other. Handle cover for the vehicle handle. 2. The handle cover for a vehicle handle according to claim 1, wherein one of the simple fastener members has a male shape and the other has a female shape. 3. The male simple fastener member has an L-shaped cross section, is joined to the cover main body in the same direction as the female die, and the joined portion is wound to connect the male and female simple fastener members. The handle cover of the vehicle handle according to claim 2, wherein: