Upholstery button chain clip

Aug- 23, 1932- '
E. B. G. LEFEVRE
1,873,607
vUP'HOLSTE'RY BUTTON CHAIN CLIP
Filed Sept. 29, 1950
INVEN TOR.
A TTORNE Y.
vPatented Aug. 23, 1932
1,873,607
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
EH11} B. G. LEFEVBE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
OF DEARBORN, MICHIGAN, A. CORPORATION'OF DELAWARE
IUPHOIQSTERY BUTTON CHAIN CLIP
Application ?led September .29, 1930. Serial No. 485,046.
The object of my invention is to provide ‘chain from either the button or the cushion
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a simple, durable and inexpensive means for frame.
securlng upholstery on automobile seat cush
With these and other objects in view, my
ions and the like.
invention consists in the arrangement, con~'
Conventional upholstery buttons are here struction and combination of the various
in used, the novel feature of the device being parts of my improved device, as described
in the speci?cation, claimed in my claims and
choring chains.
- illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in
More particularly the clips disclosed here which:
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the clips for fastening the buttons to the an
10 in quickly and securely link the eye of the
Figure 1 shows a plan view of my im
upholstery button to a light metal‘ chain and proved upholstery button chain clip.
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likewise, a second clip links the opposite end ‘ Figure 2 shows a side view of the clip
of the chain to the bottom of the seat frame shown in. Figure 1.
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to thereby anchor the upholstery button.
Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view
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The purpose of an upholstery button is to through a spring seat cushion, illustrating
limit the upward movement of ‘the seat due the use of my improved device, and
to the cushion springs. It is important that
the compressing action of ‘these springs not
be interfered with by the anchoring device
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Figure 4 shows a top view of the clip
shown in Figure 1.
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Referring to the accompanying drawing,
20 so giat a ?exible device as a chain should be I have used the reference numeral 10 to in
use
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dicate generally coil springs ordinarily used
It has been customary for some time to in a seat cushion, which springs are fastened
provide light metallic chains extending from by suitable fasteners 11 to a wire spring
the under side of each button down to the frame 12. A fabric spring covering 13 is se
25 lower cross rods of the cushion frame for cured over the upper ends of the seat springs
this purpose. Several devices are now in use 10 and curled hair or ‘other ?lling material
for linking these chains to both the cushion 14 is provided on the top of this covering.
frame and the upholstery button, which de Upholstery 15 is placed over the ?ller 14
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viced are fairly satisfactory but which have Which upholstery is held in place by con
30 a tendency to become disengaged through ventional upholstery buttons 16. These but
repeated use or are expensive. A low initial tons 16 are each provided with an eye 17
‘cost is desirable as many of these clips are extending from their under sides to anchor
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required for a single cushioni
the buttons to the wire frame 12 thereby
A simple hook cannot be employed satis limiting the movement of the springs 10,
factorily for connecting these parts because preventing the ?ller 14 from shifting, and
when the cushion has a load on it the an
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choring chain is slack and will readily un
hook itself from the bottom of the cushion»
frame or from the button. When such chains
are detached great inconvenience is caused
because of the inaccessibleness of the chains
retaining the seat in the desired sha e;
Generally speaking, the distance etween
the button 16 and the frame 12 in the ordi
nary automobile cushion is a matter of about
six inches so that usually a chain 18 is fas 90
tened to the eye 17 which chain extends down
and the di?culty in connecting the hooks. ward and is secured to the frame 12, thereby
Consequently, when such‘ detachment takes limiting the upward movement of the but
place the upholstery button becomes useless ton. It is necessary to provide a chain or
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and causes an unsightly appearance of the some othervery ?exible means for this‘ pur;
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pose, because when the springs 10 are com
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upholstery.
My improved device, although exception pressed through the use of the cushion the
ally cheap to manufacture provides a simple ‘ chain ‘must be perfectly slack so as not to
and efficient means for positively. preventing impair the resiliency of the cushion. My
5° accidental detachment of the anchoring improved device consists in a simple means 100
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termediate portion and having their end
portions bent so as to extend across both said
intermediate portion and the other bent back
portion and resiliently urged into connec
tion with each to form a pair of spaced closed
loops, whereby one of said ends may be in
serted into an upholstery button eye and the
latter snapped successively past the‘coacting
bent back portion and then the intermediate
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into one of the loops, and a fastening chain
link inserted into the other loop by inserting
the other end member therethrough in like
manner.
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2. An upholstery button chain clip formed
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from spring wire having an intermediate
portion with its ends bent back upon'itself
to form an S shaped clip, the ‘bent back por
tions of said clip extending a substantial dis
tance beyond the center of the intermediate
portion and having their end portions bent
at right angles so as to cross both said inter
mediate portion and the opposite bent back
portion and resiliently urged into contact
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with each to form a pair of closed spaced
loops whereby one of said ends may be in
serte into an upholstery button eye and
the latter snapped successively past the op
posite bent back portion and then the inter
mediate portion and then the opposite end
portion into one of the loops, and a fasten
ing chain link inserted into the other loop
by inserting the other end member there
through in like manner.
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‘ 3. An upholstery button chain clip formed’
from spring wire having an intermediate
portion with its end portions bent back upon
itself to form an S shaped clip, the. bent
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back portions extending beyond the center of
the intermediate portion and having their
end portions bent at substantially right an
gles so as to lie parallel with each other,
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said ends being resiliently urged into con
tact with both said intermediate portion and
the opposite bent back portion to form a pair
of closed spaced loops, whereby one of said
ends may be inserted into an upholstery but
ton eye and the latter snapped successively
past the opposite bent back portio and then
the intermediate portion and then‘ the op
posite end portion into one of the loops, and
a chain link threaded into the other loop in
like manner.
EM'IL B. G. LEFEVRE.
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