Fabric wall and ceiling supporting means

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR STRETCHING AND MOUNTING A FABRIC PANEL ON A SUPERSTRUCTURE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID CHANNEL, SAID CHANNEL COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER AND A PAIR OF SPACED SIDE EDGE ARMS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AT AN ANGLE THERETO, MEANS TO SECURE THE CHANNEL TO THE SUPERSTRUCTURE, SAID ARMS EACH TERMINATING IN AN INWARDLY DIRECTED PORTION EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE CHANNEL, AND A SERIES OF STRIP-LIKE RESILIENT ELONGATED SPRING CLIPS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FABRIC PANEL ADJACENT AN EDGE THEREOF, EACH SAID SPRING CLIP TERMINATING AT ITS ENDS IN INCLINED PORTIONS ENGAGING IN AND BEHIND SAID INWARDLY DIRECTED TERMINAL PORTIONS OF THE CHANNELS, SAID SPRING CLIPS EACH HAVING AN ORIGINAL LENGTH GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TERMINAL PORTIONS OF THE CHANNEL. AND A LOCK HAVING ENDS ENGAGING THE INCLINED PORTIONS AT THE ENDS OF SAID SPRING CLIPS AND FORCING THE SAME INTO TIGHT LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INSIDE SURFACES OF THE OUTWARDLY DIRECTED ARMS OF THE CHANNEL, LOCKING THE SPRING CLIPS IN PLACE WITHIN THE CHANNEL ANS SUBSTANTIALLY PERMANENTLY HOLDING THE CLOTH OF THE FABRIC, THE LOCKS EACH HAVING A LENGTH GREATER THEN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE INCLINED PORTIONS AT THE ENDS OF THE SPRING CLIPS.