Patent ID: 6422292
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B44D

Abstract:
A frame for stretching a fabric material, comprising:means for stretching said fabric material taut, further comprising: a plurality of outer frame members, each of said outer frame members having two ends, each of said two ends being cut at a diagonal from the length of said outer frame member, and a dado cut into the shorter length of said outer frame member as created by said diagonal cut of each of said two ends; a plurality of inner frame members, each of said inner frame members being equal in length to said dado of the corresponding of said outer frame member at the longest dimension of said dado as formed by said diagonal of cut of each of said two ends of said outer framing member greater in width than the depth of said dado, and equal in depth to the width of said dado, and having two ends, each of said two ends having a half lap cut, equal in length to the width of said inner frame member, such that when joined orthogonally a full half lapped joint is formed; and means for adjusting the tension on said fabric.