Patent ID: 9468308
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A47C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A double ended elastic fabric tensioner comprising: (a) at least two gripping members, each gripping member having a first jaw and a second jaw, the first jaw and the second jaw each having a first jaw end and a second jaw end opposed to the first jaw end, the first jaw and second jaw being biased together at a first pivot point and at a second pivot point wherein the first and second pivot points are set apart from each other; (b) a compression activation site positioned in between the first and second pivot points on the first and second jaws for activating the first and second jaws from a closed position to an open position; and (c) a tensioning elastomeric member having a first end and second end wherein each end has a stopping member enclosed within a respective gripping member, with the stopping member extended between the first jaw and the second jaw at the second jaw ends and toward the first jaw ends to cross the second pivot point and abut first jaw end facing surfaces of either or both the first jaw and the second jaw; whereby each gripping member engages either the first end or the second end of the tensioning elastomeric member to provide tension between the gripping members when the gripping members are stretched apart in the open or closed position, in which each second pivot point comprises a pair of pivot points set apart along a pivot axis, with the tensioning elastomeric member passing between the pair of pivot points.