GB2025558A

GB2025558A - Furniture upholstery button

Info

Publication number: GB2025558A
Application number: GB7918993A
Authority: GB
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1978-06-22
Filing date: 1979-05-31
Publication date: 1980-01-23
Also published as: GB2025558B; ES236806Y; DE7913910U1; ES236806U; FR2429000B3; BE877149A; FR2429000A1

Abstract

A furniture upholstery button, comprising a head (2), and a pointed spike (3) or (8) projecting from the head (2) and including barbs (5) or pin-and-hole (10, 9) for enabling it to be fastened at the rear of an article (2, 6, 7) of furniture through which the spike has been pushed. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION An improved button for furniture upholstery Furniture consisting of all types of seating, such as armchairs, sofas and in general any type of upholstered seating having padded portions usually have buttons distributed in an ordered fashion around their backs and seats, these buttons compress the padded part at certain points, giving an attractive quilted appearance, and provide fixings for the padded portions. The buttons currently used for this purpose conventionally consist of a cover, usually metallic, to which is attached a lining of the material with which the furniture is to be covered.These known buttons have a small ring which enables them to be sewn on with thread or twine, the disadvantage of this method being that as the piece of furniture is used, there is continual wearing of the thread with which the button has been sewn on, so that this eventually falls off, and in order to replace it, it is necessary to employ a furniture maker to resew it in the correct position.

The aforementioned disadvantages are eliminated in the use of the improved button which is the object of the present invention, since this button, in the event of its breaking or detachment can easily be replaced by another of the same type by the user of the furniture himself, at the same time providing the furniture maker with a rapid and efficient means of fixing by simple pressure, for which purpose, at the rear of the button, instead of the conventional ring by means of which it is sewn on, there is a spike of variable length, ending in a point to facilitate its fixing, having at an intermediate point oblique arms, which act as hooks or barbs to prevent it from becoming detached after it has been fixed.

Thus according to the invention we provide a furniture upholstery button, comprising a head, and a pointed spike projecting from the head, the spike including fastening means for enabling it to be fastened to the back of an article of furniture through which the spike has been pushed.

We also provide an article of upholstered furniture provided with such buttons.

In order to obtain effective holding of the improved button to the back of the padded part of the piece of furniture, there is preferably included a rigid board or plate with perforations through which the pointed end of the rear spike of the button may be inserted, remaining fixed there once the arms have passed through one of the perforations in the board.

As a means of simplication of the button and with the idea of giving it wider possible application, the pointed spike can be made without the barb-like arms, and in their place, may have several diametrical holes spaced along its length, the spike in this case being somewhat thicker. In this case the spike may pass through a metal girth located in the rear part of the padding of the seat, the button staying fixed by means of a pin lodged in one of the aforementioned diametrical holes.

The invention is hereinafter described in more detail by way of example only and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a side elevation of one button, according to the invention, Figure 2 is an end elevation of the button shown in Fig. 1, Figure 3 is a cross section of part of an article of furniture showing the button of Fig.

1 fitted to it, Figure 4 corresponds to Fig. 3, but shows a different button in accordance with the invention fitted to the article of furniture.

The button 1 shown in Fig. 1 has a head covered in the same material 2, as is to be used for the upholstery 2 of the article of furniture to which the button is to be fitted.

The button has a projecting spike 3 ending in a point 4 to facilitate the fixing of it to the article of furniture by simple pressure.

The spike is provided with a pair of arms 5, which project laterally and towards the head of the button, thus forming a barb. To fit the button to an article of furniture, the pointed end 4 of the spike is pushed through the upholstery 2 and the padding 6, and finally through a hole in a perforated rigid board 7, at the back of the article of furniture, so that the arms 5 rest against the rear surface of the board 7. The number of the arms 5 projecting from the spike is variable.

The button 1 shown in Fig. 4 has a spike 8 of somewhat greater diameter than the button shown in Figs. 1 to 3, along the length of which is provided a series of spaced diametrical perforations, into which can be fixed a pin 10, which bears against the back of a plate 11, which may be metal or of some other material. The amount of compression of the upholstery padding caused by the button can be varied according to the particular hole 9 into which the pin 10 is fitted.

1. A furniture upholstery button, comprising a head, and a pointed spike projecting from the head, the spike including fastening means for enabling it to be fastened to the back of an article of furniture through which the spike has been pushed.

2. A button according to Claim 1, wherein the fastening means includes one or more arms projecting outwardly from the spike and towards the head of the button.

3. A button according to Claim 1, wherein the fastening means includes two or more spaced diametrical holes through the spike, which holes can receive a pin for fastening

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Claims

**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. SPECIFICATION An improved button for furniture upholstery Furniture consisting of all types of seating, such as armchairs, sofas and in general any type of upholstered seating having padded portions usually have buttons distributed in an ordered fashion around their backs and seats, these buttons compress the padded part at certain points, giving an attractive quilted appearance, and provide fixings for the padded portions. The buttons currently used for this purpose conventionally consist of a cover, usually metallic, to which is attached a lining of the material with which the furniture is to be covered.These known buttons have a small ring which enables them to be sewn on with thread or twine, the disadvantage of this method being that as the piece of furniture is used, there is continual wearing of the thread with which the button has been sewn on, so that this eventually falls off, and in order to replace it, it is necessary to employ a furniture maker to resew it in the correct position. The aforementioned disadvantages are eliminated in the use of the improved button which is the object of the present invention, since this button, in the event of its breaking or detachment can easily be replaced by another of the same type by the user of the furniture himself, at the same time providing the furniture maker with a rapid and efficient means of fixing by simple pressure, for which purpose, at the rear of the button, instead of the conventional ring by means of which it is sewn on, there is a spike of variable length, ending in a point to facilitate its fixing, having at an intermediate point oblique arms, which act as hooks or barbs to prevent it from becoming detached after it has been fixed. Thus according to the invention we provide a furniture upholstery button, comprising a head, and a pointed spike projecting from the head, the spike including fastening means for enabling it to be fastened to the back of an article of furniture through which the spike has been pushed. We also provide an article of upholstered furniture provided with such buttons. In order to obtain effective holding of the improved button to the back of the padded part of the piece of furniture, there is preferably included a rigid board or plate with perforations through which the pointed end of the rear spike of the button may be inserted, remaining fixed there once the arms have passed through one of the perforations in the board. As a means of simplication of the button and with the idea of giving it wider possible application, the pointed spike can be made without the barb-like arms, and in their place, may have several diametrical holes spaced along its length, the spike in this case being somewhat thicker. In this case the spike may pass through a metal girth located in the rear part of the padding of the seat, the button staying fixed by means of a pin lodged in one of the aforementioned diametrical holes. The invention is hereinafter described in more detail by way of example only and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a side elevation of one button, according to the invention, Figure 2 is an end elevation of the button shown in Fig. 1, Figure 3 is a cross section of part of an article of furniture showing the button of Fig. 1 fitted to it, Figure 4 corresponds to Fig. 3, but shows a different button in accordance with the invention fitted to the article of furniture. The button 1 shown in Fig. 1 has a head covered in the same material 2, as is to be used for the upholstery 2 of the article of furniture to which the button is to be fitted. The button has a projecting spike 3 ending in a point 4 to facilitate the fixing of it to the article of furniture by simple pressure. The spike is provided with a pair of arms 5, which project laterally and towards the head of the button, thus forming a barb. To fit the button to an article of furniture, the pointed end 4 of the spike is pushed through the upholstery 2 and the padding 6, and finally through a hole in a perforated rigid board 7, at the back of the article of furniture, so that the arms 5 rest against the rear surface of the board 7. The number of the arms 5 projecting from the spike is variable. The button 1 shown in Fig. 4 has a spike 8 of somewhat greater diameter than the button shown in Figs. 1 to 3, along the length of which is provided a series of spaced diametrical perforations, into which can be fixed a pin 10, which bears against the back of a plate 11, which may be metal or of some other material. The amount of compression of the upholstery padding caused by the button can be varied according to the particular hole 9 into which the pin 10 is fitted. CLAIMS

3. A button according to Claim 1, wherein the fastening means includes two or more spaced diametrical holes through the spike, which holes can receive a pin for fastening the button to the back of the article of furniture.

4. An article of furniture including a padded and upholstered front portion, and a rigid plate or board on a back portion, and a plurality of upholstery buttons according to Claim 1 with their spikes projecting through the upholstery and the padding and the board or plate, the spikes being fastened by the fastening means to the back of the board or plate.