摘要 |
A tufting button which preferably is molded as an integral unit of plastic, and has a head portion and a shank portion. The shank portion has a first longitudinal slot formed in it which extends from its free end towards its attachment to the head portion, and a second longitudinal slot which is angularly offset with respect to the first longitudinal slot and which is closed at the free end of the shank portion. These two longitudinal slots are connected by two generally horizontal slots which extend from the respective edges of the first longitudinal slot to the second longitudinal slot, such that the button can be attached to a tufting cord by extending the latter through the first longitudinal slot and then rotating the tufting button to extend the tufting cord through the two horizontal slots into the second longitudinal slot. The tufting cord then is lockingly engaged in the second longitudinal slot, by pulling it toward the free end of the shank portion to seat it within the second longitudinal slot.
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