Patent ID: 8522681

Claim:
A method for tensioning a screen-printing panel on a frame, the method comprising: positioning a rectangular screen printing panel adjacent a frame, the screen printing panel including a mesh and four locking strips, each locking strip secured to an edge of the screen printing panel using stitching sewn through the locking strip and through two surfaces of the mesh folded around a first edge of the locking strip; securing an edge of the panel to a side of the frame using an insertion procedure of: folding the mesh around a second edge of the sewn locking strip; inserting the second edge of the locking strip through an entrance of a locking strip groove disposed along the side of the frame, and into an insertion cavity of the locking strip groove; rotating the first edge of the locking strip through the entrance into the locking strip groove; applying tension to the mesh to urge the first edge of the locking strip into a side cavity of the locking strip groove; and repeating the insertion procedure to secure each of the remaining edges of the panel to a respective side of the frame.