Insect Screen Structures
AssigneeIcon Plastics Pty Ltd
InventorRoyston Douglas Bull
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Abstract
A screen structure consists of a flexible screen mesh material retained in a plurality of edge engagement members forming a perimeter frame for the screen structure. Each of the engagement members is formed by a first part joined to a second part by a hinge structure. The first part has a wall formation extending longitudinally along and laterally therefrom. The wall formation is engagable in a complementary shaped groove to retain an edge region of the screen mesh material in the groove. Both of the wall formation and the groove are inclined in an outward direction when the wall formation is engaged in the groove.
Claims22
An engagement member having an outer edge and an inner edge adapted for use as a retaining structure for a product having a flexible two dimensional material secured to the retaining structure extending from said inner edge of the engagement member, said engagement member having a substantially uniform cross-section with first and second parts connected by a longitudinally extending hinge line, one of said first or said second parts including a wall formation extending longitudinally and the other of said first or said second parts including a longitudinally extending first groove complementary in shape to said wall formation whereby in a first relative configuration of said first and second parts said wall formation is fully free of said first groove and in a second relative configuration of said first and second parts said wall formation is engagable in said first groove, said first groove and said wall formation being inclined towards said outer edge when in said second configuration.
A frame comprising:
- a plurality of engagement members arranged such that adjacent two of said engagement members meet at respective corners, each said engagement member having an outer edge and an inner edge adapted for use as a retaining structure for a product having a flexible two dimensional material secured to the retaining structure extending from said inner edge of the engagement member, said engagement member having a substantially uniform cross-section with first and second parts connected by a longitudinally extending hinge line, one of said first or said second parts including a wall formation extending longitudinally and the other of said first or said second parts including a longitudinally extending first groove complementary in shape to said wall formation whereby in a first relative configuration of said first and second parts said wall formation is fully free of said first groove and in a second relative configuration of said first and second parts said wall formation is engagable in said first groove, said first groove and said wall formation being inclined towards said outer edge when in said second configuration.
An insect screen panel comprising:
- a frame having an internal space defined by a plurality of peripherally positioned engagement members, each said engagement member having an outer edge and an inner edge adapted for use as a retaining structure for a product having a flexible two dimensional material secured to the retaining structure extending from said inner edge of the engagement member, said engagement member having a substantially uniform cross-section with first and second parts connected by a longitudinally extending hinge line, one of said first or said second parts including a wall formation extending longitudinally and the other of said first or said second parts including a longitudinally extending first groove complementary in shape to said wall formation whereby in a first relative configuration of said first and second parts said wall formation is fully free of said first groove and in a second relative configuration of said first and second parts said wall formation is engagable in said first groove, said first groove and said wall formation being inclined towards said outer edge when in said second configuration;
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- a flexible mesh screen material covering said internal space, said mesh screen material having edge zones captured and retained in said first grooves of the engagement members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.