Patent ID: 6032433
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B63B,E04H,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of adjustably securing a flexible sheet using at least three intermitting fastening components; including placing a portion of said sheet in a first recess provided in a first fastening component; securing said sheet in said first recess by cooperation of a locking portion of a second fastening component with said first recess; and securing a secured portion of an assembly comprising said first and second fastening components and flexible sheet to a third fastening component by engagement of an engaging surface of the assembly with a complementary engaging surface of said third fastening component, wherein said third fastening component includes a second recess, accommodative of a whole of said first fastening component on completion of securement, said complementary engaging surface is a surface of the second recess and said second recess is smaller than at least the secured portion of the assembly formed by said first and second fastening components wherein said first recess is bounded by walls which partially overhang said first recess at an open end thereof and a part of said second fastening component at least partially overlaps said overhang of said walls bounding said first recess.