Modular corner uplift assembly
AssigneePetelka Investments Inc.
InventorBrian W. Petelka
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Abstract
A joint system for use with a plurality of bows in an uplift of a tarpaulin system having a joint and a base insert with, a body component with a first base end and a second base end, a third coupling member extending from the first base end, the third coupling member adapted to releasably engage with a free end of one of the plurality of bows, a fourth coupling member fixed to the second base end, the fourth coupling member adapted to be securable to a component of the uplift, and a third support extending from the first base end proximate the third coupling member for engaging with the bow releasably secured with the third coupling member.
Claims19
A joint for use with a pair of bows in an uplift of a tarpaulin system, the joint comprising:
- a corner component with a first end and a second end;
- a first coupling member extending from the first end, the first coupling member adapted to be releasably engagable with an end of one of the pair of bows;
- a second coupling member extending from the second end, the second coupling member adapted to be releasably engagable with an end of the other of the pair of bows;
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- a first support extending from the first end proximate the first coupling member for engagement with the one bow that is releasably engagable with the first coupling member,
- wherein the first support includes an aperture that extends through the first support towards the first coupling member, the aperture dimensioned to receive a fastener therethrough.
A joint system for use with a plurality of bows in an uplift of a tarpaulin system, the joint system comprising a first and second joint, each joint respectively comprising:
- a corner component with a first end and a second end;
- a first coupling member extending from the first end, the first coupling member adapted to be releasably engagable with an end of one of the pair of bows;
- a second coupling member extending from the second end, the second coupling member adapted to be releasably engagable with an end of the other of the pair of bows;
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- a first support extending from the first end proximate the first coupling member for engagement with the one bow that is releasably engagable with the first coupling member;
- wherein the corner component of each joint further includes a bracket, the bracket adapted to releasably engage with another bracket to form a hinge, wherein the bracket of the first joint is a first bracket and the bracket of the second joint is a second bracket, the first and second brackets are collectively engagable to form the hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.