Radiant panel assembly

Claim 1

IN A RADIANT PANEL BASEBOARD ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED PANELS MOUNTED ON AND EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY ALONG THE BASE OF ROOM WALLS, SAID PANELS BEING DISPOSED IN END TO END RELATION TO FOLLOW THE CONTOUR OF THE WALL AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH A FLOOR, EACH OF SAID PANELS HAVING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING FACE SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM SAID WALL AND AN INTEGRAL UPPER PORTION CURVED UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL TOP TERMINATING IN A VERTICALLY DEPENDING FLANGE AT ITS REARWARD EDGE ADJACENT THE WALL, AND EACH OF SAID PANELS HAVING A FOOT PORTION PROJECTING REARWARDLY FROM THE LOWER EDGE OF THE PANEL FACE; A COUPLING MEMBER FOR CONNECTING THE ADJOINING ENDS OF A PAIR OF SAID PANELS, SAID COUPLING MEMBER HAVING FACE AND TOP PORTIONS OVERLAPPING THE MARGINS OF THE ADJOINING PANEL ENDS AND BEING FORMED WITH A CONTOUR CORRESPONDING THEREWITH, THE TOP PORTION OF SAID COUPLING MEMBER PROJECTING TO THE RESPECTIVE REARWARD EDGES OF SAID ADJOINING PANELS AND HAVING VERTICAL DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE MEANS ENGAGING BEHIND THE DEPENDING FLANGE OF THE SAID PANELS, FORWARDLY PROJECTING TABS ON THE DOWNWARDLY DISPOSED MARGINS OF SAID FLANGE MEANS, EACH TAB HAVING A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL TOP EDGE ENGAGING BENEATH THE LOWER EDGE OF THE DEPENDING FLANGE OF A RESPECTIVE PANEL AND A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED EDGE TERMINATING IN THE PLANE OF THE FLANGE MEANS, A REARWARDLY PROJECTING FOOT MEANS ON SAID COUPLING MEMBER EXTENDING BENEATH THE ADJACENT FOOT PORTION OF AN ADJOINING PANEL, AND UPWARDLY PROJECTING LUGS STRUCK FROM THE SAID COUPLING FOOT MEANS AND POSITIONED TO ENGAGE THE REARWARD EDGE OF THE ADJACENT FOOT PANEL WHEN SAID COUPLING MEMBER AND PANEL ARE IN OVERLAPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER.