Bumper for furniture or the like

Claim 1

A BUMPER FOR FURNITURE AND THE LIKE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A U-SHAPED UPHOLSTERY PIN HAVING THE U-SHAPED END PORTION BENT TO FORM WITH THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREOF AN ACUTE ANGLE APPROACHING A RIGHT ANGLE AND WITH SAID U-SHAPED END PORTION PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREOF, A WALL ENGAGEABLE BUTTON MOLDED AROUND SAID BENT U-SHAPED END PORTION OF SAID PIN AND POSITIONED IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID PIN, SAID BUTTON HAVING A CYLINDRICAL BASE PORTION WITH A RELATIVELY FLAT SIDE AT ONE END THEREOF IN A PLANE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID PIN, SAID BASE PORTION MERGING INTO A SEMI-SPHERICAL END OPPOSITE FROM SAID FLAT SIDE, SAID BUTTON BEING FORMED OF A SMOOTH, RESILIENT, NONTACKY PLASTIC MATERIAL, SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID PIN BEING SPACED FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL BASE PORTION OF SAID BUTTON AND HAVING A BEND IN EACH SIDE PORTION THEREOF POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THE EDGE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF SAID BUTTON, SAID BUMPER BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED SO THAT THE OTHER END PORTION OF SAID PIN CAN BE INSERTED INTO THE BACK OF A PIECE OF FURNITURE WITH THE FABRIC THEREOF BEING RECEIVED BETWEEN SAID BUTTON AND SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID PIN WITH SAID BUTTON AND SAID LAST-NAMED BENDS IN SAID PIN GRIPPING SAID FABRIC THEREBETWEEN AND WITH SAID SPHERICAL END OF SAID BUTTON ENGAGEABLE WITH A WALL OR THE LIKE TO PREVENT DAMAGE THERETO OR TO SAID PIECE OF FURNITURE.