Corner reinforcement with eyelet for cloth

• US 5,415,915 A
• Filed: 04/23/1993
• Issued: 05/16/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: C&H Vina Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Korea Tarpaulin, Inc.
• Inventors: Oh, Sei-Yoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomas, Alexander S.
• Application Number:
  US08/052,179
• Time in Patent Office: 753 Days
• Field of Search: 428/99, 428/63, 428/80, 428/131, 428/137, 428/156, 428/167, 135/119
• US Class Current: 428/99
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 13/007 made of plastics
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 13/0082 by riveting
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 15/64 Tent or canopy cover fastenings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24008 including fastener for attaching to external surface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24322 Composite web or sheet
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2457 Parallel ribs and/or grooves

Abstract

A corner reinforcement for cloth is disclosed. This reinforcement comprises upper and lower plates for covering the upper and lower surfaces of the corner and reinforcing this corner. These upper and lower plates are integrally formed with each other in a single injection molding and have the same right-angled triangular appearance so as to provide a twofold right-angled triangular structure. This triangular structure of the reinforcement is opened at its hypotenuse but closed at the remaining sides thereof, thereby preventing the corner of cloth from jutting out of the reinforcement after fastening the reinforcement to the corner of cloth. The upper and lower plates each has an opening for a pitching rope and they are integrally formed with annular protrusions or eyelets which are adapted to reinforce the upper and lower plates against pull of the rope tied thereto. The reinforcement further includes grooves and protrusions to clamp the corner of cloth. These grooves and protrusions are provided at inner surfaces of the upper and lower plates.

Claims

1. A corner reinforcement for cloth such as a tent material comprising:

a first plate generally shaped to match a corner of the cloth and including an opening for a pitching rope and a plurality of rivetting holes; and

a second plate integrally formed to said first plate so that said first and second plates have a predetermined space therebetween and being connected to each other along their margins leaving an opening therebetween to allow the entry of the cloth corner, whereby said reinforcement covers said corner of cloth and may be fastened thereto by rivetting through said rivetting holes, wherein said first and second plates have the same right-angled triangular appearance so as to provide a twofold right-angled triangular structure, said triangular structure being closed at its two sides except the hypotenuse, thereby preventing said corner of the cloth from jutting out of said reinforcement after clamping said reinforcement to said corner of the cloth.

2. A corner reinforcement for cloth according to claim 1, wherein said first and second plates are each provided at said rope opening with an integral eyelet which is adapted to reinforce said first and second plates when said plates are pulled by said rope together with said corner of cloth being reinforced.

3. A corner reinforcement for cloth according to claim 1, wherein said first and second plates are provided at their margins forming said opening with thickened portions to give a strength to the margins.

4. A corner reinforcement for cloth according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcement further includes one or more pairs of grooves and protrusions formed on the inner surfaces of said first and second plates.

5. A corner reinforcement for cloth according to claim 4, wherein said grooves are formed on the inner surfaces of said first plate and the corresponding protrusions are formed on the inner surfaces of said second plate so that said grooves and protrusions are matched when said plates are pressed together.

6. A corner reinforcement for cloth according to claim 5, wherein said grooves and protrusions are alternately provided on each of said inner surfaces of said first and second plates.