Catapult air beam with permanently affixed laceloops
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1. An air beam, comprising:
- an inflatable bladder; and
a plurality of fasteners affixed along a length of the inflatable bladder, wherein the fasteners are laceloops affixed to the inflatable bladder; and
wherein the laceloops are attached to an elongated strip of base material forming a laceloop assembly, the laceloop assembly being affixed to the inflatable bladder affixing the laceloops to the inflatable bladder, andwherein the air beam further comprises an outer sleeve surrounding the inflatable bladder, the strip of base material being affixed to the outer sleeve.
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Abstract
An inflatable air beam having a laceloop assembly affixed thereto, a structure utilizing same and a method of constructing a structure is provided. In the structure, the fabric is laced to a structural support, typically, an air beam to position and properly tension the fabric thereon. The laceloop assembly includes spaced apart adjacent laceloops that are interconnected to secure the fabric panel to the structural support. In practicing the method, the laceloops are passed through fabric panels and through adjacent laceloops to interconnect the adjacent laceloops and secure the fabric panels to the structural support.
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1. An air beam, comprising:
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an inflatable bladder; and a plurality of fasteners affixed along a length of the inflatable bladder, wherein the fasteners are laceloops affixed to the inflatable bladder; and wherein the laceloops are attached to an elongated strip of base material forming a laceloop assembly, the laceloop assembly being affixed to the inflatable bladder affixing the laceloops to the inflatable bladder, and wherein the air beam further comprises an outer sleeve surrounding the inflatable bladder, the strip of base material being affixed to the outer sleeve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A shelter, comprising:
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at least one structural support member having a plurality of fasteners affixed thereto; at least one fabric panel; and wherein the fasteners secure the at least one fabric panel to the structural support member in a plurality of locations along a length of the at least one structural member and wherein the fasteners are a plurality of laceloops; and wherein the plurality of the laceloops includes at least one last laceloop and each laceloop except for the at least one last laceloop receives a single adjacent one of the laceloops through the loop formed by the laceloop. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of constructing a shelter, comprising the step of lacing a first fabric panel to a structural support member to form the shelter;
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wherein the step of lacing includes passing at least one laceloop through the first fabric panel; and wherein the step of lacing includes passing a plurality of laceloops through the first panel and interconnecting a first string of the laceloops by passing a subsequent laceloop in the first string of laceloops through a preceding laceloop of the first string of laceloops until all of the laceloops in the first string of laceloops are interconnected, wherein no more than one laceloop is passed through any given laceloop. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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