Cabana panels having adjustable-strength interlocking means

Details Cabana panels having adjustable-strength interlocking means Cabana panels having adjustable-strength interlocking means

1993-06-28

1994-09-06

Friedman, Carl D.

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Module or panel having discrete edgewise or face-to-face...

Interfitted integral flange

525861, E04C 330

Patent

active

053436652

ABSTRACT:
Modular building panels having foam cores protected by metal skins are releasably interconnected in edge-to-edge relation to one another. The interconnection is accomplished by bending the metal skins that protect the top and bottom surfaces of the core into complementary shapes so that contiguous panels are snap fit together when the bent metal skins are interlocked with one another. In some embodiments, the cores are grooved and the flexibility of the interlocking members is increased by decreasing the depth of the grooves and the flexibility is decreased by increasing the depths of those grooves because decreasing the groove depth provides less support for the interlocking members and allows them to displace more during the interlocking procedure and increasing the depth increases the support and thus limits their movement. The interconnecting members are flexible and resilient so that they re-assume their initial positions of repose after being transiently displaced from such positions during the interlocking procedure. The configuration of the interlocking members aligns the skins with respect to the cores during the adhesive curing process and shields caulking compound from sunlight when the panel edges are joined to one another.

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patent: 5138812 (1992-08-01), Palmersten

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