161 |
Method and tool for securing together two or more layers of a mattress using a plastic fastener |
US10865684 |
2004-06-10 |
US20050076447A1 |
2005-04-14 |
William Berrocal; John Godfrey |
A method for coupling together at least two layers of a mattress includes the steps of aligning each layer in its proper position in relation to the other layers of the mattress and, after the alignment step, inserting a plastic fastener through the layers. A fastener dispensing tool is provided for inserting plastic fasteners through the layers of the mattress. In one embodiment, the fastener dispensing tool includes a housing, a hollow sharpened needle fixedly coupled to the housing, an ejection mechanism for advancing a cross-bar of the plastic fastener through the hollow needle and a needle stop slidably coupled to the housing for limiting the degree of penetration of the hollow needle through the layers of the mattress. The needle stop is adapted to be releasably fixed in place by a locking member which is internally spring biased. The tool additionally includes a fastener guide assembly for guiding a clip of plastic fasteners into the tool and a runner bar guide for receiving the used runner bar of the fastener clip, the free ends of the fastener guide assembly and the runner bar guide being directed away from the hollow needle. |
162 |
Upholstery fabric tack strips and methods of making same |
US10428834 |
2003-05-05 |
US20040001936A1 |
2004-01-01 |
David
L.
Haygood; Gary
T.
Schwertner |
An upholstery tack strip includes a metal ribbon and a thermoplastic sleeve covering at least a portion of the ribbon. The sleeve includes at least one, and possibly a pair of, lengthwise removed strip section(s) so as to expose a corresponding lengthwise surface of the metal ribbon. The metal ribbon integrally includes nail sections which protrude outwardly from said tack strip. At least one, and preferably both, lateral edges of the metal ribbon are knurled or serrated so as to assist in anchoring the ribbon to the sleeve. |
163 |
Method for making an upholstery tack strip |
US10180102 |
2002-06-27 |
US06647610B1 |
2003-11-18 |
David L. Haygood; Gary T. Schwertner |
An upholstery tack strip includes a metal ribbon and a thermoplastic sleeve covering at least a portion of the ribbon. The sleeve includes at least one, and possibly a pair of, lengthwise removed strip section(s) so as to expose a corresponding lengthwise surface of the metal ribbon. The metal ribbon integrally includes nail sections which protrude outwardly from said tack strip. |
164 |
Tacking strip sleeve |
US09823359 |
2001-03-30 |
US06435792B1 |
2002-08-20 |
Stephen S. Farris; Timothy Lee Farris |
An improved sleeve for insulating a tacking strip from materials applied to furniture products. The sleeve covers and encompasses the entire tacking strip with the exception of a central corridor through which tacks from the strip extend. The sleeve slides over the tacking strip and includes a flexible flange graduated in thickness on either side of a central corridor left open by the sleeve. The sleeve is installed around the tacking strip by a lateral displacement of the sleeve over the strip causing the graduated flanges to deform slightly upon contact with each tack along the central corridor. Due to the deforming properties of the flange, resistance on each tack is small enough that insertion of the sleeve over the tacking strip not hindered yet sufficient to prevent further lateral displacement of the sleeve once it is installed around the tacking strip. |
165 |
Fabric fastening kit |
US747106 |
1996-11-08 |
US5768754A |
1998-06-23 |
Peter E. Armstrong |
A fabric fastening kit for fastening a piece of fabric to a rigid structure. The fabric fastening kit is comprised of a strip of netting material having a nominal width and a plurality of opened meshes, and a longitudinal pronged element having a nominal thickness, a surface, a backside, a foreside, and a plurality of juxtaposed prongs defined within that planar surface. Each prong has a narrow tip, a wide base and a length between the tip and the base being at least equivalent to the width of the base of one prong. The pronged element is attachable to a rigid structure. The strip of netting material is attachable to the pronged element and is also attachable to the margin of the piece of fabric to be fastened to the rigid structure. Each of the meshes of the netting material has a perimeter which is at least twice as long as the total of the width of the base of one prong plus the nominal thickness of the prong, whereby when the pronged element is mounted on the rigid structure, the netting material is repeatedly tangentially attachable to and removable from the pronged element without mangling the netting material. In another aspect of the present invention, the pronged element has a spacer means mounted on the backside thereof for spacing the prongs from the surface of the structure when the pronged element is attached to that structure. |
166 |
Plastic tack strip with interlock |
US401076 |
1995-03-08 |
US5613817A |
1997-03-25 |
E. Dan Bush; David Wortner |
A tack strip assembly for use in securing upholstery fabric to furniture or the like includes an elongate metal tack strip and an elongate protective vinyl or other suitable plastic sleeve which generally surrounds the tack strip. The tack strip has a base portion and a plurality of integrally formed, spaced tacks which extend outwardly from the base portion and a plurality of spaced apertures in the base portion. The sleeve has a bottom portion which generally overlays a bottom surface of the base portion and portions which overlay the side edges and portions of the top surface of the base portion. The sleeve has a tab or a plurality of tabs formed in its bottom surface, each of which extends into an aperture in the base portion to restrain relative endwise movement between the sleeve and the base portion and to minimize the possibility of the sleeve from detaching from the tack strip. |
167 |
Chair membrane fastener |
US837369 |
1992-02-14 |
US5288136A |
1994-02-22 |
David A. Webber; Steven F. Goodman; Jeffrey S. Wing |
An article of furniture and method for assembling the same are disclosed for use wherein a membrane is supported between two opposing frame members. The membrane is attached to the side frame by a first set of fasteners. Thereafter an elongated strap and an elongated web are attached to the side frame overlying the edge of the membrane The first and second halves of a slide fastener are attached to the longitudinal edges of the web and are selectively interengaged to enclose the fasteners and conceal the same from view. Alternatively, an upholstery pad can be attached to the article of furniture such that it overlies the membrane. A second elongated web is attached to the underside of the pad such that the web is spaced inward from the outboard edge of the pad. The second half of the slide fastener is attached to this second elongated web and is selectively interengaged with the first half of the slide fastener which is fixedly attached to the side frame. The outboard edge of the upholstery pad extends outwardly such that it covers the fasteners and conceals them from view. In another embodiment, the membrane and a first half of the slide fastener are attached by fasteners to the opposing frame members. A fabric strip is attached to the membrane to conceal the fasteners. A second half of a slide fastener is fixedly attached to an upholstery pad. The first and second halves of the slide fastener engage to attach the upholstery pad to the chair and to conceal the fasteners from view. In yet another embodiment, the membrane is attached to the opposing frame members by fasteners. An elongated strip is mounted to the support member such that a portion selectively overlies the fasteners. The elongated strip is preferably mounted in a groove adjacent the edge of the membrane. |
168 |
Hook device for ornamental button on seat cover |
US912773 |
1986-09-26 |
US4691416A |
1987-09-08 |
Hiromichi Nakayama; Moritoshi Fukuda |
A hook device for an ornamental button on a seat cover comprises a C-shaped main hook to be hooked on a spring rod disposed on the inner side of a cushioning material, an auxiliary hook extending integrally from the end of the main hook in the opposite direction thereto to be hooked on a lock piece of the ornamental button, and a closing piece extending from the end of the main hook toward a free end thereof and having elasticity. The opening of the main hook is closed by the closing piece at all times. |
169 |
Cushion and method |
US761000 |
1985-07-31 |
US4679851A |
1987-07-14 |
O. B. Solie; Godfrey J. Pyle |
A cushion including a resiliently compressible pad having one or more openings through and disposed at about a right angle to its front surface, an enclosure assembly surrounding the pad and comprising a front cover overlaying the front surface of the pad and having a part extending into the opening, and fastener means for retaining the part of the front cover in the opening including a first hook headed fastener portion attached in the opening and a second fastener portion with loops engaged around the hook heads of said first fastener portion attached to the part of the cover in the opening. |
170 |
Cushioned upholstery material |
US261660 |
1981-05-07 |
US4384541A |
1983-05-24 |
Charles Schneider |
For high quality handcrafted furniture, cushioned upholstery (comprising a field of padded chambers respectively delineated by attractive deep channels) provides a luxurious external appearance. Cushioned upholstery material of the prior art is traditionally of the "discretely individually stuffable pockets" type. The cushioned upholstery material described herein differs markedly from the prior art in that pocket means is unnecessary, but rather, a relatively broad and thick piece of laminar resiliently compressible foam sheeting is stitchably incorporated into a plurality (and possibly even all) of the field padded chambers, the stitching rows also providing improved deep channel delineations for the resultant multi-chambered cushioned upholstery material. |
171 |
Method of producing an upholstered item of furniture |
US400712 |
1973-09-26 |
US3972098A |
1976-08-03 |
Andrew I. Morrison; Bruce R. Hannah |
An method item of furniture in which tufting buttons have both a decorative tufting effect and serve to attach a padding to a frame. The tufting buttons have internally threaded shank portions, and screws are threaded into such shank portions to secure the padding to a frame. A cushion assembly is provided by forming ridges on the shank portions of the tufting buttons and utilizing washer-type fasteners that are attached to the shank portions to hold the tufting buttons in place.A methods of producing an upholstered item of furniture that utilizes a flexible plate which is substantially flat in the non-flexed state and which is flexed to and held in a desired curvature in the completed item of furniture. The plate is upholstered in the substantially flat, non-flexed state. Thereafter the upholstered plate is flexed to a desired curvature and secured in its flexed state. |
172 |
Upholstered item of furniture and cushion assembly |
US28723472 |
1972-09-08 |
US3807800A |
1974-04-30 |
MORRISON A; HANNAH B |
An upholstered item of furniture in which tufting buttons have both a decorative tufting effect and serve to attach a padding to a frame. The tufting buttons have internally threaded shank portions, and screws are threaded into such shank portions to secure the padding to a frame. A cushion assembly is provided by forming ridges on the shank portions of the tufting buttons and utilizing washer-type fasteners that are attached to the shank portions to hold the tufting buttons in place. A methods of producing an upholstered item of furniture that utilizes a flexible plate which is substantially flat in the nonflexed state and which is flexed to and held in a desired curvature in the completed item of furniture. The plate is upholstered in the substantially flat, non-flexed state. Thereafter the upholstered plate is flexed to a desired curvature and secured in its flexed state.
|
173 |
Tufted upholstery panel |
US44867365 |
1965-04-16 |
US3298047A |
1967-01-17 |
JACK FEINERMAN |
|
174 |
Upholstery construction |
US23723362 |
1962-11-13 |
US3188663A |
1965-06-15 |
ARTHUR CONRAD WILLIAM |
|
175 |
Method of assembling t-shaped fasteners to webbing strips |
US80724359 |
1959-04-17 |
US3039184A |
1962-06-19 |
HYMAN KRAMER |
|
176 |
Upholstery tacking strip |
US15042250 |
1950-03-18 |
US2757719A |
1956-08-07 |
DUVAL RONALD F |
|
177 |
Pin fastener for furniture covers and the like |
US28133052 |
1952-04-09 |
US2697863A |
1954-12-28 |
MOSER MARIETTA A |
|
178 |
Furniture structure, marquetry with fabric |
US20790051 |
1951-01-26 |
US2638971A |
1953-05-19 |
JACK FURMAN |
|
179 |
Mattress |
US66235246 |
1946-04-15 |
US2631306A |
1953-03-17 |
HENTZELL JOHN F |
|
180 |
Upholstery tuft fastener |
US20464151 |
1951-01-05 |
US2592725A |
1952-04-15 |
ORAM EDWARD D |
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