Patent ID: 10446066

Abstract:
Cladding elements are provided to facilitate the creation of crisp joint edges between adjacent tensioned panels on display systems built with round tubular frame members. A cladding element is elongated, and includes a pair of gasket grooves and a frame alignment channel. The alignment channel receivingly engages a portion of the outer surface of a round tubular frame member, and is affixed thereat. Each groove has a mouth portion disposed oppositely of a floor portion, and an inner wall disposed oppositely of an outer wall. The grooves securingly receive a mounting gasket of a respective fabric panel. The grooves are preferably canted toward one another. The outer walls of the grooves may define a unitary slot outward of the mouth portions. The inner walls may intersect one another, and a web portion may extend between the floor portions, thereby defining a closed contour in combination with the two inner walls.