Tension board latch
AssigneeWireman Pty Limited
InventorIan LOWREY
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Abstract
A tension board arrangement (1) has a pair of elongated bodies (2,3), a longitudinally extending hinge mechanism (5) releasably inter-connecting the bodies to create a longitudinally extending bight (9) therebetween which, when decreased to a predetermined degree, will maintain the arrangement on a wire mesh to be tensioned. A lever (11) is pivoted at one end to one of the bodies and movable by an external force applied adjacent to the other end of the lever in a first direction to decrease the size of the bight. A latch mechanism (20,26) is connected between the other one of the bodies and the other end of the lever to retain the bight decreased to the predetermined degree.
Claims7
A tension board arrangement comprising:
- a pair of elongated bodies,
- a longitudinally extending hinge mechanism releasably inter-connecting said bodies to create a longitudinally extending bight therebetween which, when decreased to a predetermined degree, will maintain said arrangement on a wire mesh to be tensioned, and
- a lever pivoted at one end to one of said bodies and movable by an external force applied adjacent to the other end of said lever in a first direction to decrease the size of said bight,
- wherein a latch mechanism is connected between the other one of said bodies and said other end of said lever to retain said bight decreased to said predetermined degree.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.