Patent ID: 7784202

Claim:
A stretcher lath to be used in a frame for a painter's canvas, the stretcher lath comprising: a main part; and a flexible leg extending from the main part, the flexible leg extending substantially parallel to a principal plane of the frame in use with at least a free end of the flexible leg situated at a higher position relative to an upper surface of the main part, wherein the flexible leg is formed in one piece with at least a portion of the main part, wherein the free end of the flexible leg has a curved, generally C-shape over which a canvas may be stretched, wherein the flexible leg is flexible in a direction substantially perpendicular to a principal plane of the frame, and wherein the curved end of the flexible leg terminates in a straight portion that extends underneath a higher portion of the flexible leg, between the flexible leg and the frame, in a direction substantially parallel to the principal plane of the frame.