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US 6,647,610 B1Granted
Method for making an upholstery tack strip
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.
Claims8
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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.