Fancy batten pockets

Bill Roosa · Jul 30, 2010

Got a picture?

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Richard19068 · Jul 30, 2010

It sounds like you have the type of batten pocket where there is a flap of material with velcro on one side that wraps around the end of the batten and is then pushed into the batten pocket with a "batten pusher". The velcro on the flap sticks to some velcro sewn on the inside of the batten pocket and the flap holds the batten in. The strings are used to pull the flap out of the pocket when you want to remove the batten. But from your description maybe you have something else going on.

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All U Get · Jul 30, 2010

What Richard said

BobM said:
My main has a fancy batten pocket design that I'll be darned if I can figure out how to use. There is a long strip of velcro material that you stick the batten into that slides into the pocket sticking to the inside of the pocket. It has two thin lines attached to it and the pocket has a loop mounted to the side of the batten pocket on the outside about four inches forward of where the batten projects. I have tried tying the lines in various creative fashions to no avail. I finally managed to lose a batten last night :cussing:

Help!

BobM

Hi Bob,
If they are like mine you slide the batten in completely. Then I use a short batten about 12 inches long to fold over the velcro strip and push it in along the batten until it is completely reversed over itself. The thin line would be available to pull the velcro end out at the end of the season. Kinda like sliding your hand in your pocket if it had velcro on it and a little string to pull it out.
All U Get
What Richard said.

ffaubert · Jul 30, 2010

BobM said:
My main has a fancy batten pocket design that I'll be darned if I can figure out how to use. There is a long strip of velcro material that you stick the batten into that slides into the pocket sticking to the inside of the pocket. It has two thin lines attached to it and the pocket has a loop mounted to the side of the batten pocket on the outside about four inches forward of where the batten projects. I have tried tying the lines in various creative fashions to no avail. I finally managed to lose a batten last night :cussing:

Help!

BobM

Bill's right, a picture is worth a thousand words.

PaulK · Jul 30, 2010

Richard is right. Our "pusher" is a thin plastic wand that fits into a tiny pocket on the end of the velcroed flap. After the batten is in place you stick the pusher into tiny pocket and slide the flap into the batten pocket with the plastic pusher going between the velcro sections. The flap captures the batten end. The string is left sticking out of the pocket, so you can open it later. The pusher slides out and the velcro sections catch. It makes battens VERY hard to lose.

Joe · Jul 30, 2010

Also, you can use the pusher to tension the battens by making the pocket smaller.. pulling the strings makes the pocket larger... more tension means more curve... less tension means flatter.