Abstract: A driver measure system aids in determining the physical requirements of a disabled driver in order to modify a van or other vehicle to his or her specific needs. The driver measurement system comprises a frame including tracks for positioning a wheelchair and a control assembly which includes a steering wheel and hand controls. Force adjustment and measurement mechanisms for the steering wheel and hand controls enables a trained technician to evaluate the functional driving ability of the disabled driver. The simulator also provides a structural reference framework for taking anthropometric measurements. The measurements obtained are used to prepare a specification or "mobility prescription" for modifications and adaptive driving equipment needed to customize a vehicle.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.