Patent ID: 8040602

Claim:
A frame assembly for a flexible projection screen system, comprising: a flexible screen including a screen perimeter and a viewing region interior the screen perimeter; at least one frame-splice member; a plurality of screen-perimeter members foamed by one or more frame segments, each frame segment having an enclosed opening for receiving the at least one frame splice member in a mating configuration; and a tensioning device connected to the one or more frame segments for increasing stability and flatness of the frame assembly; wherein the plurality of screen-perimeter members are selectively arrangeable into an assembled viewing configuration for holding the viewing region of the screen substantially flat, each of the at least one frame-splice member being inserted into the opening of two adjacent frame segments for forming the screen perimeter members such that the two adjacent frame segments connected by a frame splice member completely encloses and hides the at least one frame splice member from both sides of the frame assembly; said tensioning device being positioned to engage at least one joint formed by the joining of the two adjacent frame segments.