Listing bead for upholstery clips

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9834431
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14839386

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A listing bead for use in securing upholstery trim covers to upholstery clips embedded in a foam substrate that includes finger-friendly formations on its surface. The formation in an illustrative embodiment defines a flat top at the upper end of a neck that extends between the bead and the top. Illustratively, the top is formed in two outwardly bent L-shapes extending at right angles in opposing directions from the neck. The bead, neck and flat top define confronting halves, joined at the bottom edge, which encase a web that is constructed and arranged to be secured to the trim cover by adhesives, welding or stitching. The web illustratively includes punched and/or cut holes (tactile indicia) at predetermined intervals therealong that provide visual and tactile feedback to the installer on the approximate location of clips in the substrate during assembly.

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HOPE GLOBAL DIVISION OF NFA CORP50 MARTIN STREET CUMBERLAND RI 02864

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Agonia, Jeffrey A Lincoln, US 3 20
Boguk, Aleksandr V North Providence, US 3 20
Santin, Andrew W Newton, US 12 160

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