Upholstery fabric tack strips and methods of making same
OwnerDavid L. Haygood, Gary T. Schwertnerinventors
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Abstract
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.
Claims25
An upholstery tack strip comprising a metal ribbon and a thermoplastic sleeve covering at least a portion of said ribbon, wherein said sleeve includes a lengthwise removed section so as to expose a corresponding lengthwise surface of the metal ribbon, and wherein said metal ribbon integrally includes nail sections which protrude outwardly from said tack strip.
An upholstery tack strip comprising a metal ribbon having opposed lateral knurled edges, and a pair of thermoplastic generally cross-sectionally U-shaped edge protectors covering said knurled edges of said metal ribbon, wherein said metal ribbon integrally includes nail sections which protrude outwardly from said tack strip.
A method of making an upholstery tack strip comprising the steps of:
- (i) extruding a thermoplastic sleeve over a length of metal ribbon stock;
- (ii) removing a lengthwise section of the thermoplastic sleeve to expose a corresponding lengthwise surface region of the metal ribbon stock;
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- (iii) forming nail sections from said exposed corresponding surface regions of the metal ribbon stock which protrude outwardly therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.