Fastening means for fastening a protective sheet material to a scaffold or a similar frame structure

Abstract

A fastening means for fastening a protective or covering sheet material, such as plastic film or textile material, to a scaffold or another frame structure is formed like a strip or band having a film-piercing pointed end and an adjacent barb-like member. The opposite end portion having aplurality of resilient, longitudinally spaced barb-like projections may be passed through an opening or slot in the band-like member. When the sheet material is to be fastened to the scaffold the sheet material is punctured by means of the pointed end. The head formed by the pointed end by the barb-like member is then passed through the opening thus formed in the sheet material. Thereafter the strip member is passed around an adjacent element of the scaffold and inserted through an opening formed in the strip member. The connection thus formed between the sheet material and the scaffold may now be tightened up by pulling the free end of the strip member in the direction indicated by an arrow.

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