Upholstery fabric tack strips
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.
Claims10
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, and wherein said ribbon includes at least one knurled lateral edge having a series of transverse ridges along a lengthwise extent of the at least one lateral edge, wherein said ridges establish a roughened surface to assist in positionally anchoring said thermoplastic sleeve to said metal ribbon.
An upholstery tack strip comprising a metal ribbon having opposed lateral knurled edges each having a series of transverse ridges extending along a lengthwise extent thereof, 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.