Clip assembly for use holding sinuous springs

摘要

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).

主权项

1. 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; and portions of the flexible connectors being sandwiched between the spaced grooves of the plastic clip and the metal fastener of the clip assembly.