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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Leslie David Howe, Atlanta, GA (US);
Leslie David Howe, Atlanta, GA (US);
SOUTHPAC TRUST INTERNATIONAL INC., Rarotonga, CK;
Abstract
An example embodiment of substrate tensioning system is disclosed that may comprise a frame including four sides and channels, wherein the channels may comprise a first surface, a second surface that opposes the first surface, and an edge truss retention feature. The substrate tensioning system may further comprise at least one substrate including four major edges and a first surface, wherein each major edge is configured with one or more edge trusses configured from corresponding folds in the at least one substrate, such that the edge trusses may be configured at an angle relative to the first surface of the substrate. The at least one substrate may attach to the frame, wherein each edge truss may nest inside, and be secured inside a corresponding frame channel, wherein a perimeter edge of each outermost edge truss may be engaged by the corresponding frame channel's edge truss retention feature.