System for tightening fabric panels
AssigneeHawkeye Steel Products, Inc.
InventorJonathan Reed WENSTRAND
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Abstract
A system for tightening panels between two fixed structural members. The system includes a mechanism which can selectively loosen or tighten the panels between the structural members. The system can also include flaps to conceal any gaps between the panels as well as conceal certain structural elements. A series of these systems can be used to create a covering for a frame made of a plurality of fixed structures.
Claims20
A system for tightening panels between structural members, comprising:
- a housing member;
- a connecting member;
- a tensioning bracket;
- the tensioning bracket and connecting member are connected;
- at least one mechanism for selectively changing the tautness of the panel wherein the panel can be stretched to a desired tautness between the structural members.
A system for tightening panels between structural members, comprising:
- a housing member;
- the housing member having a first side and a second side;
- a first panel;
- a second panel;
- the first side having a channel;
- the second side having a channel;
- a tensioning bracket having a first end and a second end;
- a second tensioning bracket having a first end a second end;
- wherein the first end of the tensioning bracket is secured in the first channel;
- wherein the first end of the second tensioning bracket is secured in the second channel;
- the second end of the tensioning bracket is connected to a connecting member;
- the second end of the second tensioning bracket is connected to a second connecting member;
- the tensioning bracket slidable on the connecting member;
- wherein the further the tensioning member moves relative to a first end of the connecting member, the greater the tautness of the first panel.
A system for tightening panels between structural members, comprising:
- a housing member;
- the housing member having at least one channel;
- a panel;
- a connecting member;
- a tensioning member;
- the tensioning member receivable within the at least one channel;
- the tensioning member connected to the tensioning member;
- wherein a distance between the housing member and the connecting member can be selectively changed and a lesser distance corresponds to the panel having a greater tautness between structural members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.