System for mounting objects to polymeric membranes
OwnerJoel A. Stanleyinventor
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Abstract
A mounting system and method to elastically attach an object to a support structure with an elastic membrane. The elastic membrane allows the object attached thereto to elastically extend in a direction away from the support structure as force is exerted on the object. The elastic membrane includes two surface areas, the first surface area extending peripherally along a perimeter a bottom surface of the elastic membrane and a remaining second surface area. The first surface area being thermally bonded to the support structure, while the second surface area remaining separable from the support structure.
Claims4
A method for attaching an object to a support structure, the method comprising:
- thermally bonding an elastic membrane to the support structure, the elastic membrane being configured to elastically move in a direction relative to the support structure as force is exerted on the object, the elastic membrane comprising:
- an upper surface;
- and
- a lower surface having:
- a first surface area, the first surface area extending peripherally along at least a portion of a perimeter of the lower surface;
- and
- a second surface area, the second surface area being at least partially enclosed within the first surface area;
- thermally bonding the first surface area of the lower surface to a top surface of the support structure;
- thermally bonding a mounting plate to the upper surface solely above the second surface area of the lower surface;
- and
- attaching the object to the mounting plate;
- wherein the second surface area remains separable from the first polymeric membrane such that the second surface area elastically extends in a direction away from the first polymeric membrane as a force is exerted against the object and lies relatively flat against the support structure when no force is exerted against the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.