Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Module or panel having discrete edgewise or face-to-face... – With joining means of dissimilar material and separate from...
Patent
1995-03-10
1996-08-20
Mai, Lanna
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Module or panel having discrete edgewise or face-to-face...
With joining means of dissimilar material and separate from...
525862, E04B 200
Patent
active
055467202
ABSTRACT:
A panel system is provided in which adjacent panels are removably joined at their edges. The system includes the following components: a pair of substantially identical clips, each of which is affixed to an edge of a panel, each clip including a base portion and a body portion extending upwardly from the base portion in a generally perpendicular disposition with respect to the base portion. At least two linear members extend in an inward direction away from the body portion away from the base. These members define slots which also extend parallel to the base. These body further includes a substantially flat, outwardly facing portion on the side of the body opposite the members. Each of the panel edges defines a channel having flat walls which extend parallel to their respective panel. The channel walls extend from a channel bottom upwardly to the panel edge.
The base of each clip is designed to be affixed to its respective channel at the bottom. The configuration and height of the clips are such that at least one of the linear members and at least one of the slots is disposed within the channel when the base is mounted in place, and at least one of the linear members and at least one of the slots extends out of the channel beyond or above the edge of the panel. The flat, outwardly facing portion of the body of each clip extends in substantial contact with its adjacent channel wall when the clip is affixed in the channel.
The clips and their associated panels can be mounted to one another by sliding the linear members of one of the clips into complementary slots in the other clips, with the channel walls preventing the two clips from being disengaged. Once it is desired to disassemble the panels they are vertically slid apart. Because the normal loading of a panel is not normally in that lengthwise direction, inadvertent dislodgement is highly unlikely.
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