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US 5,197,239 AGranted
Containment system
AssigneeSinco, Inc.
InventorsWilliam T. Glynn, John Rexroad, David S. Denny
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Abstract
A containment system employs a pair of spaced webs and a cord which is laced through grommets mounted to the webs for adjusting the effective dimensions of the containment panels at the work site. Panels are connectable in end-to-end fashion wherein a panel flap extends between the panels with each of the panels being fastened to a support cable, so that there is no containment gap between panels of the containment system.
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A containment system comprising:
- flexible containment panel means having a first end and an opposing laterally spaced second end;
- first web means mounted to said panels means and extending generally transversely to said panel means, said first web means defining a first plurality of eyelets;
- second web means mounted to said panel means and laterally spaced from said first web means, said second web means extending generally transversely to said panel means and defining a second plurality of eyelets;
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- a cord receivable through said first and second eyelets in alternating fashion wherein the effective lateral dimension of said panel means may be adjusted by pulling on said cord to thereby selectively adjust the lateral spacing between said first and second web means.
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A containment system comprising:
- a first containment panel having a first end and a laterally spaced opposing second end, a first web mounted at said first end and defining a first series of openings, second opening means for defining a second series of transversely spaced openings disposed between said first and second ends and a first series of transversely spaced connector means attached at said second end;
- a second containment panel having a first end and a laterally spaced opposing second end, a first and a second web mounted at said ends and defining a series of openings, a second series of transversely spaced connector means disposed between said first and second ends and releaseably engageable with said first series of connector means;
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- a cable, said first containment panel being attached to said cable by fastener means inserted through said second series of openings, and said second containment panel being secured to said cable by means of fastener means inserted between said first series of openings of said first end of said second containment panel, and said first series of connector means being engaged with said second series of connector means, wherein a flap portion of said first containment panel between said second series of openings and said second end extends at one side of said cable and connects with said second containment panel by means of said first and second connector means.
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A containment system comprising:
- flexible rectangular containment means having a first end and an opposing laterally spaced second end;
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- adjustment means for adjusting the lateral spacing between portions of said containment means comprising:
- first eyelet means for defining a first series of transversely spaced eyelets disposed generally parallel to said first end;
- second eyelet means for defining a second series of transversely spaced eyelets disposed generally parallel to said first end and laterally spaced from said first eyelet means;
- cord means comprising a cord extending through said first and second eyelets wherein said cord is tightenable to define the lateral spacing between said first and second eyelet means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.