Reinforced corner structure for cloth

• US 5,424,107 A
• Filed: 11/02/1993
• Issued: 06/13/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyowa Industrial Company Limited (Kojima Industries Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kyowa Industrial Company Limited (Kojima Industries Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Young S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomas, Alexander S.
• Application Number:
  US08/144,441
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: 428/80, 428/99, 428/131, 428/137, 52/3, 52/4, 150/52 R
• US Class Current: 428/80
• CPC Class Codes: B68F 1/00 Making articles from leather, canvas, or the like machines or equipment for saddle-making B68F3/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; manufacture and treatment of leather in general, splitting leather, manufacture of driving or other belts C14
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24008 including fastener for attaching to external surface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24322 Composite web or sheet

Abstract

A reinforced corner structure for cloth, especially a tent, capable of enabling the cloth corner to endure the dragging force coming from a cord installed therein and tied at a support and thus prolonging the life of the cloth. This reinforced corner structure 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 by a single injection molding of plastic material each other and each of them is an equilateral trapezoid in figure. This trapezoidal structure is opened at two sides but closed at the two other sides thereof, thereby allowing a cloth corner to be adjusted therein and preventing the corner of cloth from jutting out of the structure after the corner structure is fixed to the corner of cloth.

Claims

1. A reinforced corner structure for being secured to a cloth article, which comprises:

an interlining member integrally formed by injection molding of a plastic material, which includes an upper plate and a lower plate, said upper plate and said lower plate being in the shape of an equilateral trapezoid wherein the upper and lower plates are connected by a first pair of opposite edges wherein a second set of opposite edges define a slit therebetween for allowing a cloth corner to be positioned therein, each of said plates having an opening and a pair of orifices respectively provided in the upper plate on opposite sides of the opening for allowing the cloth corner to be secured in the interlining; and

a grommet positioned in said opening of each of said plates.