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US2703428A
US2703428A US100416A US10041649A US2703428A US 2703428 A US2703428 A US 2703428A US 100416 A US100416 A US 100416A US 10041649 A US10041649 A US 10041649A US 2703428 A US2703428 A US 2703428A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C21/00Attachments for beds, e.g. sheet holders, bed-cover holders; Ventilating, cooling or heating means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses
    • A47C21/02Holders for loose bed elements, e.g. sheet holders; bed cover holders
    • A47C21/022Sheet holders; Bed cover holders
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16BDEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B2/00Friction-grip releasable fastenings
    • F16B2/20Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening
    • F16B2/22Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material
    • F16B2/24Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material of metal
    • F16B2/241Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material of metal of sheet metal
    • F16B2/243Clips, i.e. with gripping action effected solely by the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material of metal of sheet metal internal, i.e. with spreading action
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45471Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration
    • Y10T24/45524Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration including resiliently biased projection component or surface segment
    • Y10T24/45545Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration including resiliently biased projection component or surface segment forming total external surface of projection
    • Y10T24/45581Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration including resiliently biased projection component or surface segment forming total external surface of projection having inserted end formed by oppositely biased surface segments
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45471Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration
    • Y10T24/45524Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration including resiliently biased projection component or surface segment
    • Y10T24/45545Projection having movable connection between components thereof or variable configuration including resiliently biased projection component or surface segment forming total external surface of projection
    • Y10T24/45586Constructed from wire
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/4588Means for mounting projection or cavity portion
    • Y10T24/45885Allows bodily movement facilitating interlock
    • Y10T24/45895Includes resilient component separate from portion

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  • This invention relates to a cushon head pin and has particularly to do with a button type of cushon which is fastened at various places to provide a resilient pad. It is an object of the invention to provide a cushon head pin which has a resilient clipping Construction inherent therein and which is easily formed to a definite shape by the method to be described herein.
  • the invention consists of a spring clip means having a portion to be embodied in a cushon head, a paper button telescoped over said head portion, the assembly then being dipped to fill and surround the button.
  • Figure l a sectional view showing the application of the buttons in a cushioning position between two parts.
  • Figure 2 a plan view of a blank used n formng a holding clip.
  • Figure 3 a view of the formed clp pror to assembly.
  • Figure 4 a view of the skeleton button.
  • Figure 5 a view of the assembled button and clp pror to dipping.
  • Figure 6 a vew showng the button after a dppng operation.
  • Figure 7 a view of a modfied type of clp.
  • Figure 8 a view of the clip assembled wth the paper button prior to dipping.
  • the fastenng clp blank cons sts of a straight piece of flat resilient material 20 hav ng semi-circular heads 22 integral therewth and extendng transversely of the ends.
  • the blank 20 s bent n the mddle to form a bight portion 24, the legs extendmg outwardly therefrom in portions 26 and back toward each other n portions 28 to enclose a diamond shaped aperture.
  • Th e heads 22 are bent to lie in a common plane whch s normal to the axis of the formed legs as shown n Fgure 3.
  • a cup 30 is shown preferably formed of a drawn piece of cardboard, paper, or other fibrous m aterial to have a base 32 and side walls 34.
  • the cup diameter is so dimensioned relative to the heads 22 that when the heads are inserted in the cup there wll be a slight outward pressure of the heads 22 against the walls 34.
  • the resilience of the legs 28 wll mantam the parts together for the dipping operaton shown n Fgure 6 where a tank 36 of a lquid dispersion of rubber or smlar material is provided. The dipping could, of course, be
  • Figure 7 I have shown a modified type of construction formed of spring wire in which a circular loop of wire 50 has legs extendng upwardly therefrom centrally of the circle 50. These legs have crossing portions 56 at the ends and outwardly extendng portions 58 which project down toward the center of the circle. As in Figure 3 it will be seen that the legs enclose 'a diamond shaped area.
  • the head 50 is dimensioned to be received snugly in the cup 30 and the dipping operation shown in Figure 9 is similar to that described in connection with Figure 6.
  • a cushon head pin which comprises a core having a head and a shank, a cup of relatively light, flexible material surrounding the head and having a Volume capacity materially greater than the head portion, and a body of soft, compressible material such as rubber filling the cup to embed the head of the core and surrounding the outer walls and bottom of the cup to envelope the cup to provide a unitary resilient cushon head adapted to be distorted upon application of pressure thereto, said shank portion remaining free to function as a fastening element for the head.
  • a cushon head pin which comprises a core having a head and a shank, a cup of relatively light, flexible material surrounding the head and having a Volume capacity materially greater than the head portion and engaged with the head portion, and a body of soft, compressible material such as rubber filling the cup to embed the head of the core and surrounding the outer walls and bottom of the cup to envelope the cup to provide a unitary resilient cushon head adapted to be distorted upon application of pressure thereto, said shank portion remaining free to function as a fastening element for the head.
  • a bumper pad and prong holder which comprises a metal core having a head portion and a shank holding portion extendng away from the general plane of the head portion, a cup of relatively light, compressible material having a Volume capacity materially greater than the head portion and surrounding the head portion and a part of the shank portion, and a soft, resilient material filling the cup and surrounding the outer surfaces thereof and anchoring the head portion, said holding portion remaining free to function as a fastening element for the head.
  • a bumper pad and prong holder which comprises a metal core having a head portion and a holding portion extendng away from the general plane of the head portion, a cup formed of inexpensive fibrous material such as paper telescoping over the head portion of the core and a part of the holding' portion, and a coating of soft material such as rubber surrounding the bottom and outside cup walls and filling the cup on the inside to embed the head portion of the core and that part of the holding portion within the cup, said holding portion remaining free to function as a fastening element for the head.
  • a bumper pad and prong holder as defined in claim 5 4 in which the cup has relatively straight cylindrical walls and the head portion and the cup are associated with the head portion engaging the interior of said walls to remain frictionally engaged independently of the rubber coating.
  • a bumper pad and prong holder which comprises a core having a head portion and a holding portion formed head, the ends being bent n a plane normal to the plane of the head to enclose a. diamond-shaped area in said ⁇ normal plane, a paper cup frictionally engagng said head to surround the head and a portion of said ends, and a soft material such as rubber filling the cup and eoating the outer walls and bottom thereof to anchor the head portion, said holding portion remaining free to function as a fastening element for the head.
  • a headed pin as dened in claim 2 in which the core is formed of a single piece of strip resilient metal having tab ends extending laterally thereof, said metal being bent to bring those ends together in a plane at the end of a damond-shaped enclosure formed by the strip itself, said cup being formed of fibrous material and receiving those ends, the resilience of the strip urging those of a single piece of w're curved in one plane to form the ends against the side walls of the cup to engage the cu 8.
  • a bumper pad and prong holder which comprises a strip of resilent material bent upon itself to form spaced legs, a cup of paper material over the free ends of said legs held in place by the resilience of the legs acting on the walls, anchoring means on the ends of the legs, and a soft material such as rubber filling the cup and coating the walls and bottom thereof and embedding the anchorng means.

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United States Paren CUSHION HEAD PIN Robert L. Rednond and Lawrence H. Heuer, Detroit,
Mich., assignors to Automotive Spring Company, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application June 21, 19 49, Serial No. l00,416
8 Claims. (Cl. 16-86) This invention relates to a cushon head pin and has particularly to do with a button type of cushon which is fastened at various places to provide a resilient pad. It is an object of the invention to provide a cushon head pin which has a resilient clipping Construction inherent therein and which is easily formed to a definite shape by the method to be described herein.
Preferably the invention consists of a spring clip means having a portion to be embodied in a cushon head, a paper button telescoped over said head portion, the assembly then being dipped to fill and surround the button.
It is an object of the invention to provide a button which can be made with a single dipping as compared with some constructions which require several dips to obtain the necessary body and thickness for the cushioning function.
It is a further object to provide unusual clip constructions which adapt themselves to fastening the button in apertured plates.
Other objects and features of the invention relatng to details of Construction and operation will be apparent in the following description and claims.
A drawing accompanies the specification, and the varous views thereof may be briefly descrbed as:
Figure l, a sectional view showing the application of the buttons in a cushioning position between two parts.
Figure 2, a plan view of a blank used n formng a holding clip.
Figure 3, a view of the formed clp pror to assembly.
Figure 4, a view of the skeleton button. 0
Figure 5, a view of the assembled button and clp pror to dipping.
Figure 6, a vew showng the button after a dppng operation.
Figure 7, a view of a modfied type of clp.
Figure 8, a view of the clip assembled wth the paper button prior to dipping.
Figure 9, a sectional vew showng the dppng operation completed. O
Referring to Figure 2, the fastenng clp blank cons sts of a straight piece of flat resilient material 20 hav ng semi-circular heads 22 integral therewth and extendng transversely of the ends. In the process of formng the unit to be described, the blank 20 s bent n the mddle to form a bight portion 24, the legs extendmg outwardly therefrom in portions 26 and back toward each other n portions 28 to enclose a diamond shaped aperture. Th e heads 22 are bent to lie in a common plane whch s normal to the axis of the formed legs as shown n Fgure 3. In Figure 4 a cup 30 is shown preferably formed of a drawn piece of cardboard, paper, or other fibrous m aterial to have a base 32 and side walls 34. For use n a cushon head pin the side walls would have such flexblty as not to interfere with the cushon function. The cup diameter is so dimensioned relative to the heads 22 that when the heads are inserted in the cup there wll be a slight outward pressure of the heads 22 against the walls 34. The resilience of the legs 28 wll mantam the parts together for the dipping operaton shown n Fgure 6 where a tank 36 of a lquid dispersion of rubber or smlar material is provided. The dipping could, of course, be
accomplished by hand but in production would probably 7 be performed by a conveyor system wherein the cupped end of the clip is dipped for pre-determmed tme n the bath, depending upon the coating desiregl and the consistency of the material. As shown in lfgure 6 the cup is inserted right side up so that when mmersed t wll 2,703,428 Patented Mar. 8, 1955 fill with the coating material and also the material will coat the outside of the cup with a definite thickness. The drawing exaggerates the thickness on the outer walls of the cup. The projecting leg portions 26, 28 then extend from the cushon end of the unit and may be snapped nto place in an aperture plate 40 as shown in Figure 1. The cushioned end then provides a resilient pad for any Contacting member 42. For example, these cushon head pns may be used undemeath the hood of an automobile to provide a cushon stop and an anti-rattle spacer.
In Figure 7 I have shown a modified type of construction formed of spring wire in which a circular loop of wire 50 has legs extendng upwardly therefrom centrally of the circle 50. These legs have crossing portions 56 at the ends and outwardly extendng portions 58 which project down toward the center of the circle. As in Figure 3 it will be seen that the legs enclose 'a diamond shaped area. The head 50 is dimensioned to be received snugly in the cup 30 and the dipping operation shown in Figure 9 is similar to that described in connection with Figure 6.
It will thus be seen that there is provided an excellent cushon head pin with the resilient extendng legs serving as fastening portions and also serving during the manufactu'ing steps to hold the parts in assembly. One dip in the coating material is usually adequate to complete the entire cushon due to the cup which fills and coats simultaneo-usly.
What we claim is:
1. A cushon head pin which comprises a core having a head and a shank, a cup of relatively light, flexible material surrounding the head and having a Volume capacity materially greater than the head portion, and a body of soft, compressible material such as rubber filling the cup to embed the head of the core and surrounding the outer walls and bottom of the cup to envelope the cup to provide a unitary resilient cushon head adapted to be distorted upon application of pressure thereto, said shank portion remaining free to function as a fastening element for the head.
2. A cushon head pin which comprises a core having a head and a shank, a cup of relatively light, flexible material surrounding the head and having a Volume capacity materially greater than the head portion and engaged with the head portion, and a body of soft, compressible material such as rubber filling the cup to embed the head of the core and surrounding the outer walls and bottom of the cup to envelope the cup to provide a unitary resilient cushon head adapted to be distorted upon application of pressure thereto, said shank portion remaining free to function as a fastening element for the head.
3. A bumper pad and prong holder which comprises a metal core having a head portion and a shank holding portion extendng away from the general plane of the head portion, a cup of relatively light, compressible material having a Volume capacity materially greater than the head portion and surrounding the head portion and a part of the shank portion, and a soft, resilient material filling the cup and surrounding the outer surfaces thereof and anchoring the head portion, said holding portion remaining free to function as a fastening element for the head.
4. A bumper pad and prong holder which comprises a metal core having a head portion and a holding portion extendng away from the general plane of the head portion, a cup formed of inexpensive fibrous material such as paper telescoping over the head portion of the core and a part of the holding' portion, and a coating of soft material such as rubber surrounding the bottom and outside cup walls and filling the cup on the inside to embed the head portion of the core and that part of the holding portion within the cup, said holding portion remaining free to function as a fastening element for the head.
5. A bumper pad and prong holder as defined in claim 5 4 in which the cup has relatively straight cylindrical walls and the head portion and the cup are associated with the head portion engaging the interior of said walls to remain frictionally engaged independently of the rubber coating.
6. A bumper pad and prong holder which comprises a core having a head portion and a holding portion formed head, the ends being bent n a plane normal to the plane of the head to enclose a. diamond-shaped area in said` normal plane, a paper cup frictionally engagng said head to surround the head and a portion of said ends, and a soft material such as rubber filling the cup and eoating the outer walls and bottom thereof to anchor the head portion, said holding portion remaining free to function as a fastening element for the head.
7. A headed pin as dened in claim 2 in which the core is formed of a single piece of strip resilient metal having tab ends extending laterally thereof, said metal being bent to bring those ends together in a plane at the end of a damond-shaped enclosure formed by the strip itself, said cup being formed of fibrous material and receiving those ends, the resilience of the strip urging those of a single piece of w're curved in one plane to form the ends against the side walls of the cup to engage the cu 8. A bumper pad and prong holder which comprises a strip of resilent material bent upon itself to form spaced legs, a cup of paper material over the free ends of said legs held in place by the resilience of the legs acting on the walls, anchoring means on the ends of the legs, and a soft material such as rubber filling the cup and coating the walls and bottom thereof and embedding the anchorng means.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,191,412 Pihl Feb. 20, 1940 2,267,558 Fernberg Dec. 23, 1941 2,455,669 Gagnier Dec. 7, 1948
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US4945935A (en) * 1989-01-19 1990-08-07 Su Yung Fr Car shielding cover
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US2967324A (en) * 1957-05-31 1961-01-10 Gagnier Fibre Products Company Bumper assembly
US2983008A (en) * 1957-09-14 1961-05-09 Raymond A Molding fastener
US3256891A (en) * 1963-12-11 1966-06-21 New Products Entpr Pipe bowl reamer
US4945935A (en) * 1989-01-19 1990-08-07 Su Yung Fr Car shielding cover
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US5123680A (en) * 1991-02-14 1992-06-23 Enlight Corporation Fastening device for connecting the front panel to a computer casing
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