Patent ID: 7871131
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A panel comprising: an envelope of resilient material; an envelope support frame being substantially rigid and having a U-shape, and a bar being connectable to said envelope support frame, said envelope having at least one passageway to an interior of said envelope, said passageway sized so as to receive only a diameter of said envelope support frame, said envelope support frame being positioned inside said envelope through said passageway and when positioned inside said envelope tensioning the resilient material of said envelope in a plurality of contiguous tension zones wherein each tension zone is stretched to a predetermined tautness that is different than the tautness of each immediately adjacent tension zone; said bar being positioned inside said envelope through said passageway and being connected to said envelope support frame, the tension created by said envelope support frame on said envelope being effective for maintaining said bar in the connected state; said passageway when sealed enclosing said envelope support frame and said bar completely within said envelope.