Upholstery panel nail construction
AssigneeHartco Company
InventorKenneth C. Pearson
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Abstract
A panel nail construction adapted to be assembled on a backing material used in making shaped, upholstered panels employed in the making of furniture, and the like. The panel nail construction is provided with backing material-retaining means which enable it to be attached on a backing material. The panel nail construction advantageously is used in the form of a strip comprised of panel nails integrally, but separably, interconnected along the adjacent transverse margins of the head portion of each of the panel nails. In this form, the panel nail construction can be rapidly, and selectively, assembled on a backing material with an automatic machine or tool.
Claims14
A unitary, one-piece panel nail adapted to be assembled to a backing material used in making shaped, upholstered panels of the type employed in the fabrication of furniture, and the like, having a wooden framework, comprising:
- a head portion, a nail shank struck from the head portion and extending at substantially a right angle from one side of the head portion, said nail shank having a length and thickness such that it can be hammered into and penetrate the wooden framework of an article of furniture, or the like, and thereafter maintain an upholstered panel to which the panel nail has been assembled thereon, and backing material-retaining means formed from the head portion and being adapted to be bent into engagement with a backing material thereby to secure the panel nail on the backing material with the nail shank being oriented thereon in a manner to enable it to be hammered into and penetrate the wooden framework of an article of furniture, or the like.
A panel nail strip for use in a tool for assembling panel nails on a backing material employed in making shaped, upholstered panels of the type used in the manufacture of furniture, and the like, having a wooden framework, comprising an integral, elongated metal strip of panel nails including a plurality of nail heads integrally, but separably, interconnected along the length of the metal strip by integral interconnecting portions at the adjacent transverse margins of the nail heads, each of the panel nails of the strip including a nail shank struck from the nail heads and extending at substantially a right angle from one side of the nail heads, said nail shank having a length and thickness such that it can be hammered into and penetrate the wooden framework of an article of furniture, or the like, and thereafter maintain an upholstered panel to which its associated panel nail has been assembled thereon, each of the panel nails further including backing material-retaining means formed from the nail heads and being adapted to be bent into engagement with a backing material to which the panel nails of the strip are assembled thereby to secure each panel nail on the backing material with the nail shank of each panel nail being oriented thereon in a manner to enable it to be hammered into and penetrate the wooden framework of an article of furniture, or the like.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.