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US 11,097,640 B2Granted
Method and articles for attaching upholstery covers and other flexible material
AssigneeFranklin Products, Inc.
InventorHoward Velasco
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Abstract
An article of upholstery covering is attached to an article of furniture, by steps that include inserting, into a channel around a frame of the article of furniture, an edge attachment article that is attached by an securement portion thereof along a periphery of the article of upholstery covering; and tensioning the article of upholstery covering to engage a catch portion of the edge attachment article under a lip of the channel.
Claims17
An article for attaching a flexible panel to a frame, comprising:
- a ribbon of spring material, which is formed to provide a securement portion for securement along a perimeter of the flexible panel, and to provide a catch portion that extends contiguous from and in a same plane as the securement portion such that the ribbon of spring material comprises a series of at least two alternating portion pairs, each alternating portion pair respectively defining the securement portion and the catch portion;
- wherein the securement portion is formed as loops projecting from the catch portion and
- wherein the series of at least two alternating portion pairs lie in the same plane.
An article for attaching a flexible panel to a frame, comprising:
- a ribbon of spring material comprising a series of at least two alternating portion pairs, each alternating portion pair respectively defining a securement portion for securement along a perimeter of the flexible panel, and defining a catch portion that extends contiguous from and in a same plane as the securement portion;
- wherein the securement portion and the catch portion are formed of contiguous alternating bends of identical size and shape;
- and
- wherein the series of at least two alternating portion pairs lie in the same plane.
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An article for attaching a flexible panel to a frame, comprising:
- a ribbon of spring material, which is formed to provide a securement portion for securement along a perimeter of the flexible panel, and to provide a catch portion that extends contiguous from and in a same plane as the securement portion, the ribbon of spring material comprising a series of at least two alternating portion pairs, each alternating portion pair respectively defining the securement portion and the catch portion;
- wherein the catch portion comprises generally straight sections of the ribbon of spring material extending between the loops comprising the securement portion;
- and
- wherein the series of at least two alternating portion pairs lie in the same plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.