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Assignee: United States Gypsum Co
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Filing: 1961-12-26
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Granted: 1964-08-18
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Expires: 1981-12-26
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Henry A Balinski

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 14:10
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B2/00; E04B2/56; E04B2/72; E04B2/723; E04B2002/725; E04B2002/726

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 242 words
A CLIP FORMED FROM A BLANK OF SHEET METAL INCLUDTWO PORTIONS AND ADAPTED FOR ACCOMMODATING ADJACENT PANELS, SAID CLIP COMPRISING A PAIR OF ANGULARLY DISPOSED POCKETS FOR RECEIVING ADJACENT EDGE PORTIONS OF SUCH PANELS; EACH POCKET BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CHANNEL-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION AND INCLUDING A BASE PORTION FOR CONTACTING THE EDGE SURFACE OF AN ACCOMMODATED PANEL, AND A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL ELONGATED LEG PORTIONS PROJECTING FROM SAID BASE PORTION FOR ENGAGING OPPOSITE PLANAR SURFACES OF SUCH PANELS; A FIRST LEG PORTION OF ONE POCKET BEING FORMED FROM ONE PORTION OF SAID BLANK AND BEING GENERALLY COPLANAR WITH ONE PORTION OF THE OTHER POCKET; THE REMAINING LEG PORTIONS AND THE BASE PORTIONS OF SAID PAIR OF POCKETS BEING STRUCK FROM THE OTHER PORTION OF SAID BLANK; SAID REMAINING LEG PORTIONS INCLUDING SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH LEG PORTIONS; SAID SECOND AND THIRD LEG PORTIONS EACH INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED GENERALLY COPLANAR ELONGATED SIDE ELEMENTS JOINED TO SAID BASE PORTIONS, AND A BRIDGING ELEMENT JOINING THE DISTAL OF SAID SIDE ELEMENTS; SAID FOURTH LEG PORTION BEING STRUCK AT LEAST IN PART FROM THE OPENING DELIMITED BY SAID SIDE ELEMENTS AND BRIDGING ELEMENT OF SAID THIRD LEG PORTION; SAID THIRD LEG PORTION BEING STRUCK AT LEAST IN PART FROM THE OPENING DELIMITED BY SAID SIDE ELEMENTS AND BRIDGING ELEMENT OF SAID SECOND LEG PORTION; AND EACH LEG PORTION INCLUDING A DISTAL EDGE EXTENDING AT LEAST A MAJOR PORTION OF THE WIDTH OF SAID CLIP.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 242 words
A CLIP FORMED FROM A BLANK OF SHEET METAL INCLUDTWO PORTIONS AND ADAPTED FOR ACCOMMODATING ADJACENT PANELS, SAID CLIP COMPRISING A PAIR OF ANGULARLY DISPOSED POCKETS FOR RECEIVING ADJACENT EDGE PORTIONS OF SUCH PANELS; EACH POCKET BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CHANNEL-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION AND INCLUDING A BASE PORTION FOR CONTACTING THE EDGE SURFACE OF AN ACCOMMODATED PANEL, AND A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL ELONGATED LEG PORTIONS PROJECTING FROM SAID BASE PORTION FOR ENGAGING OPPOSITE PLANAR SURFACES OF SUCH PANELS; A FIRST LEG PORTION OF ONE POCKET BEING FORMED FROM ONE PORTION OF SAID BLANK AND BEING GENERALLY COPLANAR WITH ONE PORTION OF THE OTHER POCKET; THE REMAINING LEG PORTIONS AND THE BASE PORTIONS OF SAID PAIR OF POCKETS BEING STRUCK FROM THE OTHER PORTION OF SAID BLANK; SAID REMAINING LEG PORTIONS INCLUDING SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH LEG PORTIONS; SAID SECOND AND THIRD LEG PORTIONS EACH INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED GENERALLY COPLANAR ELONGATED SIDE ELEMENTS JOINED TO SAID BASE PORTIONS, AND A BRIDGING ELEMENT JOINING THE DISTAL OF SAID SIDE ELEMENTS; SAID FOURTH LEG PORTION BEING STRUCK AT LEAST IN PART FROM THE OPENING DELIMITED BY SAID SIDE ELEMENTS AND BRIDGING ELEMENT OF SAID THIRD LEG PORTION; SAID THIRD LEG PORTION BEING STRUCK AT LEAST IN PART FROM THE OPENING DELIMITED BY SAID SIDE ELEMENTS AND BRIDGING ELEMENT OF SAID SECOND LEG PORTION; AND EACH LEG PORTION INCLUDING A DISTAL EDGE EXTENDING AT LEAST A MAJOR PORTION OF THE WIDTH OF SAID CLIP.

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