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body and rim having the adjacent edges thereof forming butt joints, said joints be- ing offset one relative to the other,. a lacing threaded through the four adjacent mar 5 ginal portions of the coverings, a row of stitching connecting the overlying marginal portion of the body covering and the rim covering and bridged by the lacing, and rows of stitching arranged at opposite sides. o of the lacing and connecting the marginal
portions of each of the coverings, the row 6f stitchings being substantially parallel to the. butt joints.. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my .signature in the presence of two witnesses. 15 JOHN M. HENDRIX. Witnesses: F. D. GAUL, H. M. KEENER.
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