Overlay cover and tensioning mechanism for a modular wall overlay system
AssigneeRAYVA International LLC
InventorsPaul Stary, Theodore Kalomirakis
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Abstract
A modular wall overlay system for installation on a support surface includes a frame; a cover that is securely, yet detachably, retained on and along a front face of the frame by a tensioning mechanism that is configured to tension the cover; and elastic corner inserts that are disposed in corners of the frame and include curved outer surfaces that are configured to permit the cover to be stretched over the elastic corner inserts creating radiused corners and preventing tearing of the cover in corners thereof when the cover is tensioned by the tensioning mechanism.
Claims20
A modular wall overlay system for installation on a support surface comprising:
- a frame including first and second side walls that are opposite one another;
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- a cover securely, yet detachably, retained on and along a front face of the frame by a tensioning mechanism that is configured to tension the cover;
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- elastic corner inserts that are disposed in corners of the frame and include curved outer surfaces that are configured to permit the cover to be stretched over the elastic corner inserts creating radiused corners and preventing tearing of the cover in corners thereof when the cover is tensioned by the tensioning mechanism;
- wherein the cover comprises a main portion and discrete edge pocket sections that are not continuous to one another so as to form an open corner and the tensioning mechanism comprises a single cable that is routed through the edge pocket sections;
- wherein the tensioning mechanism further includes a plurality of pulleys with at least two pulleys of the plurality of pulleys being located along each of the first side wall spaced from corners of the frame and the second side wall of the frame, the cable being routed along and wrapped around the pulleys to tension and pull the cable inward at the discrete locations of the pulleys for tensioning sides and ends of the cover, wherein the at least two pulleys are disposed inward relative to the edge pocket sections along the respective first and second side wall causing the cable to exit one edge pocket section and be locally routed inward to the respective pulley before subsequently traveling outward to enter another edge pocket section.
A modular wall overlay system for installation on a support surface comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- a cover securely, yet detachably, retained on and along a front face of the frame by a tensioning mechanism that is configured to tension the cover;
- and
- elastic corner inserts that are disposed in corners of the frame and include curved outer surfaces that are configured to permit the cover to be stretched over the elastic corner inserts creating radiused corners and preventing tearing of the cover in corners thereof when the cover is tensioned by the tensioning mechanism;
- wherein the cover comprises a main portion and discrete edge pocket sections that are not continuous to one another so as to form an open corner and the tensioning system comprises a cable that is routed though the edge pocket sections and is tightened with a turnbuckle that is attached to ends of the cable for tensioning the cover;
- wherein the cover includes a cut flap section that is formed along one edge of the cover and moves between an open position and a closed position, the turnbuckle being disposed above the flap section with the flap section being in the closed position and lying along the frame.
A method for installing a cover on a modular wall overlay system comprising the step of:
- placing the cover beneath a frame of the modular wall overlay system;
- folding edges of the cover over sides of the frame;
- inserting elastic corner inserts within corners of the frame to complete and define the corners of the frame, the elastic corner inserts including curved outer surfaces that are configured to permit the cover to be stretched over the elastic corner inserts creating radiused corners and preventing tearing of the cover in corners thereof;
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- tensioning the cover over the frame and corner inserts using a tensioning mechanism resulting in the cover being securely held on the frame;
- wherein prior to insertion of the corner inserts within corners of the frame, the method includes a step of initially tensioning the cover using the tensioning mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.