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AssigneeCover-All Building Systems, Inc.
InventorsRick Henbid, Greg Parsons, Wayne Rendely, Maurice Van Nes
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The invention relates to building structures of the type comprising arched frame members supporting panels of flexible materials such as weather resistant fabric. Problems accompanying the use of separate panels extending between frame members are overcome by providing connecting members on the frame members, and panels having means for attachment to the connecting members and flaps of flexible material adjacent to but spaced from the side margins of the panels, the connecting members slidably engage the means for attachment and have a channel to receive the flaps. The flaps are secured in the channel to provide weatherproof connections between the panels.
A building structure comprising:
A connecting member for connecting keder ropes at the sides of flexible panels extending between frame members of a building structure and also for connecting flaps joined to the panels adjacent to, but spaced from the side margins of the panels, said connecting member is a keder strip which comprises oppositely-facing c-shaped sections slidably to engage the keder ropes, and an offset web connecting the c-shaped sections so that a channel within which the flaps may be secured is defined by central portions of the c-shaped sections and said web.
A panel to extend between connecting members on frame members of a building structure, said panel comprising a sheet of flexible material, a keder rope secured to each side margin of the sheet and adapted slidably to engage the connecting member and a flap of flexible material joined to said sheet adjacent to, but spaced from the side margins of the sheet, said flaps being adapted to be secured to said connecting members.
A method for making a building structure with a weather-tight seal comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.