Clip assembly for use holding sinuous springs
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorsLawrence J. Conway, Scott A. Bridges
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Abstract
A piece of furniture (10) includes a rectangular frame (12) for supporting a plurality of sinuous springs (20). A plurality of clip assemblies (18) are secured to opposed side walls (14) of frame (12). Each clip assembly (18) comprises a non-metallic piece (22) having openings (40) and a metallic piece having tacks (42) extending through the openings (40) for insertion into the frame (12). Flexible connectors (38) may be located in grooves (36) of the clip assembly (18) to collate multiple clip assemblies (18).
Claims27
A clip assembly for securing an end portion of a sinuous spring to a wooden rail, said clip assembly comprising:
- a plastic clip having a generally planar body portion and a generally planar flange portion extending outwardly from one end of the body portion opposite a U-shaped hook portion in a direction generally perpendicular to the body portion, the flange portion having spaced grooves adapted to receive flexible connectors to join multiple clip assemblies together;
- a metal fastener including at least two tacks extending downwardly from a generally planar generally U-shaped portion of the fastener, wherein each of the tacks passes through a preexisting opening in the flange portion of the plastic clip and the grooves are located adjacent the generally planar generally U-shaped portion of the metal fastener;
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- portions of the flexible connectors being sandwiched between the spaced grooves of the plastic clip and the metal fastener of the clip assembly.
A clip assembly for securing an end portion of a sinuous spring to a wooden rail, said clip assembly comprising:
- a non-metallic clip having a U-shaped hook portion adapted to receive and retain a portion of a spring, said non-metallic clip having a generally planar body portion and a generally planar flange portion extending outwardly from one end of the body portion opposite the U-shaped hook portion;
- a metal fastener including at least two tacks extending outwardly from opposite corners of a generally U-shaped planar portion of the fastener wherein each of the tacks passes through a preformed opening in the flange portion of the non-metallic clip;
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- portions of flexible connectors for joining multiple clip assemblies together, the portions of flexible connectors being sandwiched between the flange portion of the non-metallic clip and the metal fastener of the clip assembly.
A clip assembly for securing an end portion of a sinuous spring to a rail, said clip assembly comprising:
- a first non-metallic piece having a generally planar body portion and a generally planar flange portion extending outwardly from one end of the body portion in a direction generally perpendicular to the body portion, the flange portion having spaced grooves adapted to receive flexible connectors to join multiple clip assemblies together and formed openings therethrough;
- a second metal piece having a generally planar U-shaped portion and projections extending from the generally planar U-shaped portion through the openings of the first piece, the projections being adapted to extend through the formed openings in the flange portion of the first non-metallic piece and be secured into a rail;
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- portions of the flexible connectors being sandwiched between the grooves of the flange portion of the first piece and the second piece of the clip assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.