Patent ID: 6152046
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
As an article of manufacture, a liner sleeve for interposition between edge wall portions that define an inside perimeter of an aperture existing in a deck member, and rim portions that define an outside perimeter of a cooperating panel member that is positioned in and across said aperture, said liner sleeve comprising:at least two transversely generally flattened, elongated preformed members which have laterally spaced, generally opposed outside and inside surface portions;said elongated member outside surface portions being configured to overlie, extend along and associate in face-to-face adjacent engagement with said edge wall portions; andsaid elongated member inside surface portions being configured to overlie, extend along and associate in face-to-face adjacent engagement with said rim portions;a means for connecting said at least two elongated members; andwhereby said liner sleeve, when so engaged with said edge wall portions and with said rim portions, is interposed in adjacent, mutually contacting relationship between said edge wall portions and said rim portions and supports said panel member in said aperture.