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Apparatus for installation of a textile deck assembly in an article of furniture

  • US 9,247,820 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2012
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for installing a fabric decking material in an article of furniture, the apparatus comprising:

  • a cylindrical base having a central axis and adapted to be placed in proximity to a frame of the article of furniture;

    a plurality of spaced needles extending away from said base and aligned in a row parallel to said axis of said cylindrical base, said row encompassing only a portion of a circumferential surface of said cylindrical base and said needles extending a distance greater than a thickness of the fabric decking material;

    a plate hingedly coupled above said cylindrical base and positioned to extend over said needles when said plate is in a closed position; and

    a rotation mechanism coupled to said cylindrical base and operable to impart a rotational movement to said cylindrical base about said axis, between a first, ready position for engagement with the fabric decking material, and a second stretched position.

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