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US 4,731,972 AGranted
Method of installing fabric wall panels
AssigneeAccutrack, Systems, Inc.
InventorAndy Anderson
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Abstract
There is disclosed a fabric wall panel consisting of a frame formed from linear frame members with a flat insert within the frame and fabric stretched over the frame and glued on the back. The linear frame members have an inside tongue for fastening the frame to a wall and an outside raised channel of three profiles, square, triangle, and quarter round.
Claims2
A method for installing a fabric wall panel on an existing wall comprising the steps of:
- a. assembling a frame comprising linear frame members, each linear frame member comprising a flexible flat spine with a front side and a back side and having a raised channel of a preselected height on the front side forming a peripheral edge and an extending tongue on the front side forming an inner edge;
- b. inlaying a flat filler insert within the frame on the front side of the spine;
- c. bonding the filler insert to the tongue;
- d. wrapping the frame with fabric and bonding the fabric to the raised channel along the peripheral edge and along the back of the spine;
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- e. affixing the fabric panel to the wall by driving pin nails through the tongue in crossed fashion.
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