A lot of stagehands and AV techs stroll through the day assembling large projection screens that contain these snaps that aren’t always the easiest on the thumbs and fingers to manage when it comes to stretching the screen out to it’s destination. Pulling and tugging, while trying to snap these things down over and over and over. By the end of things your hands and fingers are sore and numb.
Basically this tool eliminates it by giving you leverage. It gives you something to grab the screen with so you can easily pull to stretch it and just snap it into place without damaging the screen or it’s snaps (or your fingers). It can also be used to open the snaps that may be stuck (unusual but an example none-the-less). One of the greatest things I have ever seen in a category of work….that doesn’t have any tools to help you out.
The tool was actually created for boat covers that use the same concept and same size/type snaps. It helps boat owners stretch their boat cover easily and into place to snap it on. Thanks to the fact that the snaps are the same it becomes a hybrid tool 🙂
