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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 20, 2010
Richard D. Stackenwalt, Marietta, GA (US);
Eric Krantz-lilienthal, Lancaster, PA (US);
Wesley T. K. Bischel, Lancaster, PA (US);
Martin L. Graver, Lancaster, PA (US);
James F. Mathis, Lancaster, PA (US);
Richard D. Stackenwalt, Marietta, GA (US);
Eric Krantz-Lilienthal, Lancaster, PA (US);
Wesley T. K. Bischel, Lancaster, PA (US);
Martin L. Graver, Lancaster, PA (US);
James F. Mathis, Lancaster, PA (US);
AWI Licensing Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A decorative structure is provided that is suspended within a space and includes a flexible panel maintained in a flexed configuration. The decorative structure includes a cable that supports the flexible panel and that is connected to a biasing member. The biasing member cooperates with a portion of the flexible panel to maintain the panel in a flexed configuration. A method of configuring a decorative structure with a flexed panel is also provided.