Kenneth A Pearson

US Patent:

41025865, Jul 25, 1978

Filed:

Jun 27, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/810202

Inventors:

Kenneth Carlton Pearson - Glenview IL
Harrison Church Lingle - Northbrook IL

Assignee:

Hartco Company - Lincolnwood IL

International Classification:

F16F 302

US Classification:

403188

Abstract:

A metallic clip for holding the end bar of a sinuous cushion-supporting spring in position on the wooden rail of an article of furniture and having a horizontal base portion which seats on the top surface of the rail and a downturned flange which lies flush with the outside face of the rail, such flange having rail-penetrating anchor prongs which, when the clip is applied enters the wood transversely of the general plane of the wood grain, preferably at a right angle so as to inhibit splitting of the rail. The clip is formed from a flat metal blank by a punch press stamping operation in such a manner so that each prong is shorter than the width of the blank with the two prongs interfitting so that when they are bent out of the plane of the flange. Because the prongs are struck laterally from the vertical flange of the clip, they do not constitute added metal and therefore a considerably narrower continuous strip may be fed to the punch press in the production of successive clips, thus reducing the amount of metal required in the production of a given number of clips.

US Patent:

45082200, Apr 2, 1985

Filed:

Mar 6, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/586669

Inventors:

Kenneth C. Pearson - Glenview IL

Assignee:

Hartco Company - Skokie IL

International Classification:

B65D 7100

US Classification:

206343

Abstract:

An improved clip assembly in the form of a row of aligned U-shaped clips. The clips are maintained in aligned relation to each other by resilient interconnecting means such as small diameter flexible strong metal wires which advantageously are intimately secured to the crown portions of the clips by a metal-to-metal bond. The assembly can be wound, in the manner of spool of thread or wire, into a tight, self-sustaining, compact roll comprising thousands of clips. The invention also involves a method of producing said improved clip assembly and a method in which said improved clip assembly is utilized to wrap the U-shaped clips on overlying wire members to produce bed spring, furniture and the like.

US Patent:

49359983, Jun 26, 1990

Filed:

Jun 22, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/370032

Inventors:

Thomas A. Frazier - Wilmette IL
Kenneth C. Pearson - Glenview IL
Wayne A. Bechtoldt - Glenview IL

Assignee:

Hartco Company - IL

International Classification:

A47C 2300

US Classification:

24350

Abstract:

A fastener clip for securing an end bar of a furniture spring to a rail of a framework of an article of furniture, and a method of inserting the fastener clip into the rail, are disclosed.

US Patent:

44583877, Jul 10, 1984

Filed:

Apr 26, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/372096

Inventors:

Kenneth C. Pearson - Glenview IL

Assignee:

Hartco Company - Skokie IL

International Classification:

A44B 118
A44B 900

US Classification:

24101B

Abstract:

A panel nail construction adapted to be assembled on a backing material used in making shaped, upholstered panels employed in the making of furniture, and the like. The panel nail construction is provided with backing material-retaining means which enable it to be attached on a backing material. The panel nail construction advantageously is used in the form of a strip comprised of panel nails integrally, but separably, interconnected along the adjacent transverse margins of the head portion of each of the panel nails. In this form, the panel nail construction can be rapidly, and selectively, assembled on a backing material with an automatic machine or tool.

US Patent:

41895231, Feb 19, 1980

Filed:

May 11, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/904746

Inventors:

Kenneth C. Pearson - Glenview IL

Assignee:

Hartco Company - Lincolnwood IL

International Classification:

A47C 3102

US Classification:

428571

Abstract:

A flexible string of interconnected sheet metal clips of the type which are adapted to hold the end bars of a sinuous or zigzag cushion-supporting springs on the wooden frame of an article of furniture. The clips are disposed in side-by-side relationship and adjacent clips in the string are connected together by a thin flexible web, the thickness of which is reduced by a swaging operation, and which serves to maintain such clips slightly spaced apart. A method of producing such a string of clips which comprises initially fashioning a substantially rigid stick of clips wherein adjacent clips are disposed in contiguous edge-to-edge relationship with adjacent clips being held in their abutting relation by an a integral narrow but full thickness web, and subsequently swaging the webs to flatten the same and thus expand the area of the webs so as to spread adjacent clips apart and produce a narrow gap therebetween, the thus expanded webs serving, collectively, to create a string of clips in which adjacent clips are sufficiently spaced apart that no interference is afforded therebetween, thus enabling the string to be coiled for clip-feeding purposes in connection with a suitable clip-applying tool.

US Patent:

44546360, Jun 19, 1984

Filed:

May 17, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/378875

Inventors:

Kenneth C. Pearson - Glenview IL

Assignee:

Hartco Company - Skokie IL

International Classification:

A47C 2300

US Classification:

24347

Abstract:

An improved fastener clip for holding the end bar of a sinuous cushion-supporting spring in position on the wooden rail of an article of furniture. The clip, in its preferred form, has a base portion, a leg portion and a reentrant or reverse curved portion. The base portion and the reentrant or reverse curved portion are provided with end bar retaining means which cooperate to lock the end bar on the clip when the reentrant or reverse curved portion is wrapped on the end bar. The reentrant or reverse curved portion also has an impact receiving, upwardly extending lip adapted to receive and transmit the full force of a hammer blow, for example, whereby the reentrant or reverse curved portion is positively and effectively wrapped on the end bar while at the same time positioning the end bar retaining means in end bar locking relation to each other.