US 2002/0162198 A1 · Anti-flap clamp

Abstract

A collapsible awning assembly 10 fitted to the side of a caravan 11 and equipped with two anti-flap clamp assemblies 11 land 12. The awning assembly 10 comprises a fabric sheet material 13 which is stored on a roller 14 and held in its extended position by respective stays 15 at each end of the awning assembly. The clamp assemblies 11 and 12 are identical and are equipped at each end with transverse member attachment means 16 and 17 so that the clamp assemblies effectively form pole rafters extending rigidly between transverse members formed by the top surround of the caravan 18 and the brace 15 or the end portion of the roller 14 where the clamp assembly is attached at 17. The clamp assemblies 11 and 12 are telescopic assemblies having telescopic connectors 19 which hold spaced apart clamps comprising first longitudinal clamp members and second longitudinal clamp members 20 which overlay the first longitudinal clamp members, the spaced apart clamps securing marginal edge portions of the sheet material 13 to inhibit flapping.

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Dependent claims

An anti-flap clamp adapted to secure an edge of a flexible sheet material, the clamp having a first longitudinal clamp member and a second longitudinal clamp member held together by clamp fastener means, the clamp fastener means being operable to secure the clamp members in a sheet clamping position from a sheet release position, the clamp members having axially extending clamping parts adapted to engage along a margin of the edge of the sheet material to clamp the edge, characterized in that no component of the clamp is required to be permanently secured to the sheet material and that the sheet material, when clamped, exhibits no or minimal lateral displacement at the margin when the clamp members are in the clamping position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Anti-flap clamp

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Anti-flap clamp

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Abstract

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