Patent ID: 8113559

Claim:
A device for attachment to sheet material, said device comprising: an elongated bar terminating at first and second opposite ends and having first and second raised mounting surfaces and defining at least one fastener receiving hole extending through said bar and each first and second raised mounting surface and wherein the first mounting surface is located proximate said first end of said bar and said second mounting surface is located proximate said second end of said bar; an elongated sleeve having open ends for receiving said bar and a sheet of material positioned around said bar, said elongated sleeve also having a slit which extends from one said open end to the other said open end and which enables sheet material positioned around said bar and received in said sleeve to extend outwardly through said slit on opposite sides of said bar, said bar having a cross section which is sized and configured so that both said bar and the sheet material are capable of being received in said sleeve; and wherein said first and second raised mounting surfaces are sized and configured to project outwardly through said slit of said sleeve when said bar is received in said sleeve so that (1) said raised mounting surfaces can be placed against the surface of an external object to enable said bar to be rigidly affixed to said object with a fastener inserted through said fastener receiving holes of said raised mounting surfaces and (2) said sleeve can slidably receive said bar after said bar is rigidly affixed to said external object.