Patent ID: 7503719

Claim:
A connecting system connecting a mesh sheet to a structural member defining a plurality of structure loop portions each defining a passage axially aligned with a single structure loop axis, the connecting system comprising: a plurality of housing structures, wherein: each of the housing structures is a discrete tubular member defining a longitudinally extending loop passageway and a pin passageway transversely extending through opposite sidewalls of each housing structure defining a pin axis, and one of the structure loop portions extends in a first direction into each of the loop passageways defined by the plurality of housing structures; a plurality of mesh loop portions formed on the mesh sheet, each mesh loop portion defining a passage axially aligned with a single mesh loop axis, wherein: one of the mesh loop portions extends in a second direction into each of the loop passageways defined by the plurality of housing structures such that the structure loop axis is aligned with the mesh loop axis, where the second direction is opposite the first direction, and the pin axis associated with each housing structure extends through the structure loop portion and the mesh loop portion extending into the loop passageways of the housing structures; and a pin member; wherein: the mesh sheet lies in a sheet plane; the pin member extends through the pin passageway of each of the housing structures such that the pin member engages the structure loop portion and the mesh loop portion extending into the loop passageway of each of the housing structures; a force applied to the structural member away from the mesh sheet causes the pin member to engage the structure loop portions and the mesh loop portions to inhibit movement between the mesh sheet and the structural member; and the housing members engage the structure loop portions and the mesh loop portions to inhibit withdrawal of the structure loop portions and the mesh loop portions from the loop passageways.