US3178244A
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Assignee: Stanley Works
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Filing: 1961-03-31
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Granted: 1965-04-13
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Expires: 1981-03-31
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Edmund F Reiss
- 👤 Kenneth M Johnson
- 👤 Walter J Macfariane
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 02:28
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47B; A47B47/00; A47B47/02; A47B47/03; A47B77/00; A47B77/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
257 words
A MODULAR ENCLOSURE FOR USE WITH A HORIZONTAL PLANAR SURFACE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS OF RECTILINEAR CROSS SECTION DEFINING AT LEAST TWO MUTUALLY PERPENDICULAR FACES EACH HAVING A SLOT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREIN, A NUMBER OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS EXTENDING VERTICALLY OF THE HORIZONTAL PLANAR SURFACE AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY OF SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS TO DEFINE A SKELETAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ENCLOSURE, AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS BEING SPACED APART WITH SLOTS THEREOF IN OPPOSED ALIGNMENT TO DEFINE A WALL SKELETON; MEANS FASTENING SAID HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS AND VERTICAL EXTENDING MEMBERS IN RIGHT ANGULAR ASSEMBLY WITH SAID HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS ABUTTING SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS AND LYING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE SAME PLANE AS THE VERTICALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A RIGHT ANGLE BRACKET HAVING A PAIR OF LEGS WITH APERTURES REGISTERING WITH THE SLOTS OF MEMBERS TO BE CONNECTED AND FASTENING MEMBERS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID APERTURES OF THE BRACKET AND ENGAGED IN SAID SLOTS; MEANS FOR FASTENING SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS TO THE HORIZONTAL PLANAR SURFACE INCLUDING RIGHT ANGLES BRACKETS HAVING ONE LEG WITH ITS APERTURE REGISTERING WITH A SLOT OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND ITS OTHER LEG EXTENDING LATERALLY ALONG THE PLANAR SURFACE FOR ENGAGEMENT OF THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS THEREWITH IN RIGID ASSEMBLY AND A FASTENING MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ONE LEG AND ENGAGED IN SAID SLLT; AND A PANEL SEATED IN THE ALIGNED SLOTS OF SAID PAIR OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS DEFINING THE WALL SKELETON TO PROVIDE A FIXED WALL FOR THE ENCLOSURE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
257 words
A MODULAR ENCLOSURE FOR USE WITH A HORIZONTAL PLANAR SURFACE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS OF RECTILINEAR CROSS SECTION DEFINING AT LEAST TWO MUTUALLY PERPENDICULAR FACES EACH HAVING A SLOT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREIN, A NUMBER OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS EXTENDING VERTICALLY OF THE HORIZONTAL PLANAR SURFACE AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY OF SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS TO DEFINE A SKELETAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ENCLOSURE, AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS BEING SPACED APART WITH SLOTS THEREOF IN OPPOSED ALIGNMENT TO DEFINE A WALL SKELETON; MEANS FASTENING SAID HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS AND VERTICAL EXTENDING MEMBERS IN RIGHT ANGULAR ASSEMBLY WITH SAID HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS ABUTTING SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS AND LYING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE SAME PLANE AS THE VERTICALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A RIGHT ANGLE BRACKET HAVING A PAIR OF LEGS WITH APERTURES REGISTERING WITH THE SLOTS OF MEMBERS TO BE CONNECTED AND FASTENING MEMBERS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID APERTURES OF THE BRACKET AND ENGAGED IN SAID SLOTS; MEANS FOR FASTENING SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS TO THE HORIZONTAL PLANAR SURFACE INCLUDING RIGHT ANGLES BRACKETS HAVING ONE LEG WITH ITS APERTURE REGISTERING WITH A SLOT OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND ITS OTHER LEG EXTENDING LATERALLY ALONG THE PLANAR SURFACE FOR ENGAGEMENT OF THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS THEREWITH IN RIGID ASSEMBLY AND A FASTENING MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ONE LEG AND ENGAGED IN SAID SLLT; AND A PANEL SEATED IN THE ALIGNED SLOTS OF SAID PAIR OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING MEMBERS DEFINING THE WALL SKELETON TO PROVIDE A FIXED WALL FOR THE ENCLOSURE.
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