Devices for use in the manufacture of articles of upholstery
AssigneeEtablissements Delahousse et Bruant
InventorsRegis J. Delahousse, Philippe J. Delahousse
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Abstract
A device for use in the manufacture of buttoned upholstery includes a loop of thread or the like and a bar having a notch which is capable of receiving and nipping a part of the thread of the loop. The bar and thread are passed through an eyelet of an ornamental button and a half-hitch knot is formed. The bar is passed through the article and when turned at right angles to the loop forms an anchorage on the surface of the article opposite the surface receiving the button.
Claims8
A device for use in the production of an upholstered article for securing a button having an eyelet thereon to the face of the article, said device comprising
- flexible means defining a loop having a length less than the uncompressed thickness of the article to be upholstered, and
- a thin elongated flat and relatively straight bar adapted to be inserted through the eyelet of the button;
- said bar including means for engaging and nipping the loop and for maintaining the bar in a relatively fixed position on the loop, said means including a notch extending in a direction normal to the length dimension of the bar,
- said loop being secured to the eyelet of the button which will be incorporated on the operative face of the article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.