CA2577763A1 - Assembly for removably fixing a cloth in a furnishing article - Google Patents

Assembly for removably fixing a cloth in a furnishing article Download PDF

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CA2577763A1
CA2577763A1 CA002577763A CA2577763A CA2577763A1 CA 2577763 A1 CA2577763 A1 CA 2577763A1 CA 002577763 A CA002577763 A CA 002577763A CA 2577763 A CA2577763 A CA 2577763A CA 2577763 A1 CA2577763 A1 CA 2577763A1
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Giovanni Bonzini
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Gracious Living Corp
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Giovanni Bonzini
Shaf S.P.A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C31/00Details or accessories for chairs, beds, or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass, e.g. upholstery fasteners, mattress protectors, stretching devices for mattress nets
    • A47C31/02Upholstery attaching means
    • A47C31/023Upholstery attaching means connecting upholstery to frames, e.g. by hooks, clips, snap fasteners, clamping means or the like

Abstract

An assembly is disclosed for removably fixing a cloth in a furnishing article, wherein snap locking means (35) are provided inserted into slots provided within the cloth and thus engaging holes (25) having corresponding shape and dimensions arranged on the frame (20) of the furnishing article.

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"Assembly for removably fixing a cloth in a furnishing article"

Field of the Invention The present invention concerns an assembly for removably fixing a cloth to a substantially rigid frame of a furnishing article. In particular, the invention relates to furnishing articles which are provided with a frame onto which a cloth is fixed which completes the article.
Background of the Invention Typical examples of such furnishing articles are chairs, armchairs, cots, deckchairs or the like, principally but not exclusively destined to outdoor furnishing, for example in beach resorts, swimming pools, etc.
In this type of articles, the frame is generally made in a plastic material, for example in polypropylene (PP), while the cloth may be made not only with fabrics made of woven fibers, but also with "fabrics"
realized as a continuous sheet in a plastic material, as for example polyvinylchloride (PVC), by way of known materials and methods which make it possible to obtain a substantially flexible and particularly strong sheet-like material.
Later on, the word "cloth" will be herein adopted in its larger meaning to both identify a cloth made with woven fibers, and a continuous cloth made as a sheet of a plastic material.
In the aforesaid furnishing articles it is seasonable for the cloth to be securely joinable to the frame, because the same cloth has to uphold high loads anyway. However, it is often preferable for the cloth to be easily removable from the frame when its replacement is required.
For these reasons, different fixing devices have been hereto provided in the technique, wherein snap locking means are utilized coupled in various ways to the cloth and are suitable to engage the frame in order to keep the same cloth into position.
For example, it is known to realize a beach cot wherein the cloth is pre-shaped according to the contour of a groove provided on the rigid frame. A semi-rigid reinforcing belt is applied on the cloth perpendicularly positioned with respect to the plane of the cloth and suitable to be inserted in the groove of the frame. The removably fixing device comprises snap locking means located along a single piece cornice, also shaped according to the contour of the frame groove, and suitable to engage corresponding fhrough holes provided on the bottom of the groove.
A system of this kind is particularly expensive to assemble because of the numerous processings necessary for shaping and prearrange the cloth. Moreover, the fixing and the removal of the cloth to/from the frame are difficult because possible irregular arrangements of the cloth and/or of the single piece cornice in any point of the groove impose to make subsequent locking and unlocking attempts of the cornice. This also increases the possibility for the single piece cornice to be damaged, thus compromising the correct fixing of the cloth to the frame.
Also systems are known wherein the cloth is fixed to one or more bars, in plastic material, fhrough metallic self-tapping screws near the peripheral edges of the cloth. The bars include snap coupling means which are then engaged in corresponding holes provided in one or more corresponding grooves of the frame.
Also in this case, costs and producfion time are considerable, mostly because of the need of screwing the cloth to the bars. The look of the product realized in this way is moreover unattractive and gets worse naturally as time passes because of oxidation of the metallic screws.
Summary of the Invention It is an object of the present invention to provide an assembly which allows for removably fixing a cloth to the frame of a furnishing article in a particularly simple and economic way.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an assembly of the aforesaid type which is easy to use.
A further object of the present invention is to provide an assembly of the aforesaid type which permits to obtain a final product having a pleasant and lasting look.
These objects are achieved by the present invention, which concerns an assembly for removably fixing a cloth in a furnishing article, wherein the furnishing article comprises at least one substantially rigid frame, the assembly comprising a cloth, snap locking means integral with at least one bar and projecting from it, the snap locking means being suitable to be engaged into holes having corresponding shape and dimensions provided on the frame of the furnishing article, characterized in that the snap locking means projecting from the bar (or the bars) are inserted in slots having corresponding shape and dimensions provided within the cloth.
The invention allows to achieve, in a particularly easy and economic way, the coupling between the bars comprising the snap locking means and the cloth, with considerable advantages from the point of view of the economy and the simplicity of the processing.
The slots are provided near one or more peripheral edges of the cloth. The latter is preferably folded around the bar (or the bars) and the terminal free edge can be eventually fixed to the same cloth in order to form a closed section wherein the bar (or the bars) is (are) lodged.
The bar (or the bars) and the portions of the cloth folded around it (them) are preferably concealingy inserted into a groove provided within the frame of the furnishing article. In this way, the portions of the cloth folded around the bar (or the bars) are blocked between the bar and the lateral sides of the groove, ensuring in this way a particularly steady and secure fastening.
According to another aspect of the present invention, at least two bars are removably joinable one to the other, through snap locking means, in correspondence of respective ends in order to form a unique element suitable to adapt to a longer fixing length.
Brief Description of the Drawings Further features and advantages of the present invention will be more evident from the following description, made as an illustrative, non limitative, example with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings, wherein:
- Figure 1 is a perspective exploded view of a possible embodiment of a fixing assembly according to the present invention, wherein some particulars are omitted;
- Figure 2 is a cross section view which shows the mounting of an assembly like the one represented in Figure 1;
- Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of another possible embodiment of a fixing assembly according to the present invention, wherein some particulars are omitted;
- Figure 4 is a cross section view which shows the mounting of an assembly like the one represented in Figure 3;
- Figure 5 is a perspective view which shows the linking arrangement between two consecutive bars according to a possible embodiment of the present invention; and - Figure 6 is a schematic cross section view of another possible embodiment of a fixing assembly according to the present invention applied to the backrest of a seat.
Modes for Carryincg Out the Invention The reference number 10, in Figures 1 and 2, identifies a cloth for a furnishing article which has to be removably fixed to the frame 20 of a furnishing article.
The fixing is achieved by a bar 30 comprising snap locking means 35 projecting from the same bar and intended to engage through holes 25, having suitable shape and dimensions, provided on the bottom wall of a groove 21 of the frame 20. The bar 30 and the frame 20 may be made for example of a substantially rigid plastic material, as for example polypropylene or the like.
According to the invention, the snap locking means 35 are inserted into slots 15, which also have suitable shape and dimensions, provided within the cloth 10 in order to block the same cloth once the snap locking means are inserted into corresponding holes 25.
In the embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 2, the slots 15 are provided near the terminal edge 12 of the cloth 10 at a distance sufficient to allow the fixing of the edge 12 to the remaining cloth 10, for example by sewing, welding, gluing or the like, so as to form a closed section wherein the bar 30 is lodged.
In a possible embodiment, represented in Figures 3 and 4, the terminal edge 12 of the cloth 10 is not fixed to the remaining of the cloth but is left free. In this case the slots 15 within the cloth 10 may be provided also at a distance different from that one of the previously described embodiment. The embodiment shown in Figures 3 and 4 is further more economic to be made compared with the one shown in Figures 1 and 2, because the fixing of the terminal edge 12 to the remaining of the cloth is not required.
Independently from the particular embodiment, the portions of the cloth folded around the bar 30 are in any case restrained between the bar 30 and the lateral sides of the groove 21, and the set bar/cloth is concealingly inserted in the groove 21. Consequently, in the case that the terminal edge 12 fixed to the cloth 10 (Figures 1 and 2), would separate from the remaining cloth, a secure fixing of the cloth 10 to. the frame 20 will be anyhow guaranteed.
In Figure 5 it is illustrated a further aspect of the present invention, according to which it is provided that two or more bars 20a and 20b can be connected in a removable way. This can be achieved for example with snap locking means comprising a terminal portion 23 having a wedge shape with a tapering upwardly and a blocking shoulder 24 on the bar 20a.
On the following bar 20b, instead, it is present an end 26 which provides a window 27 and a guide wall 28, in such a way that the wedge portion 23 is guided until it enters the window 27 with the shoulder portion 24 abutting against one of the lateral edges of the same.
In order to provide the uncoupling between the two bars 20a and 20b it may be provided, for example, that the guide wall 28 had shape and dimensions such as to guarantee certain elasticity when the blocking shoulder 24 is forced to disengage the window 27.
Figure 6 illustrates a possible application of the fixing assembly according to the invention to the backrest of a seat. The frame, herein represented in a schematic way, comprises an upper crossbar 201 and.a portion 202 joined to the sitting plane of the seat. In correspondence of the upper crossbar 201, the cloth 10 is coupled to a bar 300 and thus folded around the crossbar 201 in such a way to cover the same crossbar with the cloth. The fixing in correspondence of the portion 202 of the frame is achieved according to the aforesaid embodiment with reference to Figures from 1 to 4.
Various modifications may be provided for the present invention without departing from the scope of the same invention. For example, the snap locking means 35 of the bars 20 can be made also in a different way from the one so far represented, as well as the slots 15 of the cloth 10 and the holes 25 of the frame. Also the groove 21 of the frame 10 may be provided on the lower part of the frame, or anyhow in a hidden position of the same frame.

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1. An assembly for removably fixing a cloth in a furnishing article, wherein said furnishing article comprises at least one substantially rigid frame, the assembly comprising a cloth and snap locking means integral with at least one bar and projecting from the same, said snap locking means being suitable to engage holes having corresponding shape and dimensions provided on the frame of said furnishing article, characterized in that said snap locking means projecting from said at least one bar are inserted in slots having corresponding shape and dimension provided within said cloth.
2. A removably fixing assembly according to claim 1, wherein said slots are arranged near one or more peripheral edges of said cloth.
3. A removably fixing assembly according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said cloth is folded around said at least one bar.
4. A removably fixing assembly according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said cloth is folded around said at least one bar and wherein the terminal edge of said cloth is fixed to the same cloth in order to form a closed section wherein said at least one bar is lodged.
5. A removably fixing assembly according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said at least one bar and the portions of said cloth folded around it are concealingly inserted in a groove of the frame of said furnishing article.
6. A removably fixing assembly according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the cloth portions folded around said at least one bar are blocked between said at least one bar and the lateral sides of said groove.
7. A removably fixing assembly according to any of the preceding
8 claims, wherein said holes suitable to receive said snap locking means are through holes provided on the bottom wall of said groove of the frame of said furnishing article.

8. A removably fixing assembly according to claim 1, wherein at least two bars are provided being mutually joinable in a removable way in correspondence of respective ends by way of snap locking means.
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