US1557483A - Upholstery edge - Google Patents

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H. SISKIN UPHOLSTERY EDGE 'Octo 13, 1925- Filed Jan. 15. 1924 s sheets-sheet 1 T@M. .J

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i BARRY SISKI, F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

'UPBILSTEEY EDGE.

Application filed January 15, 1924. Serial No. 686,248.

Be it known that I, HARRY SISKIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California,.have invented new and #useful Improvements in Upholstery Edges, of which the following is a specication.

My present invention being entitled as referring to an upholstery edge, it may be understood to be an object of this invention to provide a novel edge construction sultable` for use upon' over-stuffed furniture, or the like, and to provide a method for the production of edges upon furniture of the general character referred to. It is an object of this invention to provide over-stuffed furniture, orthe like,

with edge rolls not liable to deterioration but of especially simple and rugged lconstruction; and my invention comprises also an advantageous method of assembling and associating' the materials comprised` in an edge roll, mainly in advance of the application of thesame to articles of furniture; and it is an especial merit of my novel method of assembling the mentioned elements, which may comprise a core element covered with feltv and retained by stitching, that a large part of the Istitching that has heretofore been done mainly by hand, may, by my improved method, be done by machinery andA Vin advance of the actual positioning of the assembled 4materials upon an article of furniture. -Y l f As implied' above, it is an object of my invention toiprovide means whereby -artithe over-stuffed type, in connection with which my invention may be employed to a special advantage, this `rocker being 4shown. as Without the removable ,box springs customarily provided therefor, and without a cushion. f

\ Fig. 2 is a perspective representation of a box spring ofthe type suitable for use v1n an over-stu'ed article of furniture such as is shown in Fig. l.

s Fig. 3 isa perspective view showing a preferred mode of construction of a box spring of the type illustrated' in Fig. 2, assuming the covering materials therefor to have been previously stitched together in a manner hereinafter referred to.

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective illustrations respectively of felt and core materials suitable for employment -in a rolled edge, iny a manner'illustrated in the succeeding figures.

Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views illustrating successive steps in the assembling and securing of the materials illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 in connection ywith lining materials and cover materials-and stuffing or. `filling materials securedthereto, preferably by machine stitching executedl by comparatively unskilled labor in advance of the adjustment of the same upon thevsprings or frame of an article of furniture. g

Figs.'8 and-9 are respectively a sectional perspective and a vertical section illustrating subsequent steps in the production of an upholstery edge and a stuffed top upon 'a box ,spring of the general character illlus-` trated in Figs. 2 and 3.

Fig. 1() is a horizontal sectional viewlwhich may be regarded as taken on the line 10N- 10 of Fig. 1, this view'illustrating an advan-l tageousf method of securing ed'geroll adjacent an unyielding edge of anv article of furniture. Referring to the details of that specific 4embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs.` 2-9' inclusive, 1 being a frame upon which a box seat is to be built, and 2 being springs supported 'therefrom byjmcans of metallic or other strips 3 provided with' clips 4 and retained by nails or screws 5, the"tops of the springs 2 being retained in their intended relationship by means of an iron or other `frame 6, and all of the parts thus referred to being of any uspal or preferred construction immaterial tothe present invention, 7 may be a core formed of twisted paper or other suitable material, and 8 may be a suitably cut section of felt adapted to vbe rolled thereover in the manner suggested in Figs. 4 and 6. ,A

Instead of employing a stitching, or the like, merely to hold the felt Sfupon the core 7 ,Nor lits equivalent, I consider it advantageous to place'lin contact to thel folded edges of the felt, as shown in Fig. 6, the

interior surface of a suitably cut and refolded section of cover material 9, the refolded edge 10 of this material being placed substantially parallel with the edges 11, 11 o f the felt 8, in a manner permitting the simultaneous stitching of the mentioned elements, optionally associated also vwith the burlap or other lining element 12, by a single row ofstitching 13, such as may be effected by a sewing machine run by a comparatively unskilled operative.

Aswill be seen,y for example, Figure 7, the stitching 13 extends through intermediate portions, and not through end portions of the cover material 9 and the liningv material, 12, both of which should, however,

' cient length to provide also, afterl attachhave been previously cut into a form suitable to an intended use, the end 9a of the cover material being, in case the same is to be used upon a box seat of the general character shown in Fig. 1, of suiiicient length to provide not only for thev covering of the roll 14, produced by folding the felt 8 over the core 7 as described, but of suffiment, as by a seam 15, to a section of denim or other inexpensive cover material 16, to permit of an additional row of stitching 17, effected either before or after the application of the assembled elements to an article of furniture, in a manner serving A. not only completely to enclose the roll 14 but also securely to retain the same in an intended relationship to a resilient or rigid corner upon which the same may be applied. s l

Either before or after the attachment, as

by means of stitching 17, of whatI may a' desired relationship to an edge element 20 of said frame; and I may thereafter secure the'end 9b of the cover material 9, to the lower frame 1 of a box spring, stretching the described materials thereover to produce a desired tension and retaining them by any suitable means such as the tacks 21. As is suggested in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the burlap or other lining material 12 may advantageously extend not only across the horizontal top of a box seat of the character hereinA referredto but also over the front surface thereofl in the manner suggested, at 12"; and either before or after the securing of the end 9",of the cover material andthe end'12" of the lining material by means such as the tacks 21, I may optionally interpose stufling material 22, retaining the same in any suitable manner, as by means of stitching 23, shown as extending through both the mentioned cover material and the mentioned lining material, the stitching here referred to, like that mentioned above, being optionally done in advance of the positioning of the fabric elements, secured together* as described, upon the frame 6 of the box spring.

Having secured the fabric elements mentioned to one another by stitching in the economical and comparatively inexpensive manner referred to and having secured the materials so assembled to the top and bottom frames of a box spring in the manner described, I may advantageously proceed with the insertion of additional filling or stuiiing material 24, interposed between the horizontally extending portion 12'a` of the burlap lining referred to and the denim or other cover material 16 adapted to cooperate therewith in the retention of said stuifing or filling material, and the corresponding free end of the burlap lining, these elements being optionally stitched or otherwise secured together, as along the line 25 at the upper rear edge of a box spring, and thereafter secured, as by tacking along the lower rear edge, to the frame 1.

When my novel upholstery edge is to be applied to a rigid rather than to a yielding edge, the general procedure outlined above ma o tionall be employed except that,

y P y when it is desired that a rolled edge and the outer and inner surface of an article of furniture shall be covered by a continuous expanse of uniform material uninterrupted by any crease or seam, as is considered appropriate in the covering of the arms of a rocker, or the like, in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 10, no effort need be made to provide a fin such as is shown at 18, or its equivalent` or to securev such afin `v to a vburlap or other lining. In the application of m invention which is somewhat diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 10, 26 being an upright wooden element employed at the front of an arm, and 27 being an outside frame element associated therewith, 14 may be an edge roll secured toa fold 10 in cover material 9 by means of stitching 13', this stitching being preferably carried also through a lining material 12', and

the end 9a of the mentioned covering ma-v terial may extend smoothly and continuously over the stuffing or filling material 24 the opposite end 9" of `said covering material being secured in any suitable way,

as by means of tacks 21 shown as extending therethrough and also through a refolded v end or edge of afseparate section of cover- `ing material 28, employed upon the outer side of the arm referred to. Although I have herein described alter- ,that various additional modifications might be made therein by those skilled in the art Without the slightest departure from the spirit and scope of my invention as the same is indicated above and in the following claims.

It is to be understood that in place of felt, any equivalent resilient material may be used in place of it and the term felt in the claims is to be understood to include equivalents.

What I claim is:

l. In an article of furniture, a core, a sheet of felt folded over the core, a cover having a refolded edge fitting under the felt, the cover extending from the refolded edge around the felt, a lining under the refolded edge, stitching through the felt, refolded edge and lining, and stitching connecting the opposite edge of the cover from the refolded edge to the lining.

2. In an article of furniture, an upholstery edge comprising a core, a sheet, of felt folded around the core, a lining, a cover having a refolded edge extending under the felt against the lining, stitching connecting the felt, refolded edge and lining, the cover material extending from the refolded edge around the felt and stitched to the lining, a second cover material stitched to the first cover material behind the felt and a lling between the lining and second cover material.

3. In an article of furniture, the cornbination with a `base and a coil-spring supporting frame having a wire edge, of a lin- 1ng secured to the base and extending over the wire edge and resting upon the top of the coil spring construction, a cover secured to the base through the lining and having a refolded edge fitting over the lining above the wire edge, a core, a sheet of felt folded around the core with the edges flat together and extending inwardly, the cover material extending outwardly and upwardly around the felt, a second cover material secured to the inner edge of the first cover material and forming a fin, Stitching securing the edge of the iin to the lining, and filling between the second cover material and lining.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HARRY SISKIN.

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