Patent ID: 6892888

Claim:
A unibody structure for a screen assembly for a vibratory separator, the unibody structure comprising an integral body member with a portion having a plurality of spaced-apart openings therethrough defining a pattern of a plurality of spaced-apart screening openings, the integral body member including a pair of spaced-apart integral side members comprising side portions folded to form the pair of spaced-apart integral side members, a pair of spaced-apart integral end members comprising end portions folded to form the pair of spaced-apart integral end members, the pair of spaced-apart integral end members including a first end member and a second end member, wherein the first end member is configured with a shoulder support portion adapted to sealingly abut a screen ledge end of an adjacent screen, wherein the second end member is configured with a ledge portion adapted to sealingly abut a shoulder portion of an end of an adjacent screen, wherein the plurality of spaced-apart openings of the integral body member are defined by a plurality of spaced-apart strips extending between the pair of spaced-apart integral side members, each adjacent pair of the plurality of spaced-apart strips defining a space therebetween through the integral body member, each strip of the plurality of spaced-apart strips having a strip length and being independent of each other strip of the plurality of spaced-apart strips along said strip length, and the integral body member having spaced-apart connector portions folded to form connection structure for securing the unibody structure to a vibratory separator apparatus.