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US3218769A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Grouting assembly

Assignee: DONN PRODUCTS Inc
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Filing: 1963-06-17
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Granted: 1965-11-23
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Expires: 1983-06-17
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Donald A Brown
  • 👤 Jr Lucien R Downing

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 22:27
CPC Classifications
E; E06; E06B; E06B3/00; E06B3/54; E06B3/58; E06B3/62; E06B3/6205; E06B2003/6217; E06B2003/6223; E06B2003/625; E06B2003/6267

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 258 words
A GROUTING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF SPACED ABUTMENTS, A PANEL, A PAIR OF ELONGATED RESILIENTLY FLEXIBLE GROUTING MEMBERS COACTING BETWEEN SAID SPACED ABUTMENTS TO RECEIVE AND HOLD THE EDGE OF SAID PANEL IN SEALING ENGAGMENT THEREBETWEEN, ONE OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A WEB PORTION WITH FIRST UPPER AND LOWER MARGINAL FLANGES, THE LOWER OF SAID FIRST MARGINAL FLANGES DIVERGING OUTWARDLY FROM THE UPPER FLANGE AND HAVING A GREATER DIMENSION WITH AN INWARDLY DEFORMED OUTER EDGE FORMING A FIRST INTERLOCKING PORTION, THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A WEB PORTION WITH SECOND UPPER AND LOWER MARGINAL FLANGES AND AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION PROJECTING IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION BETWEEN THE SECOND MARGINAL FLANGES, SAID PROJECTING PORTION HAVING AN INWARDLY DEFORMED OUTER EDGE FORMING A SECOND INTERLOCKING PORTION, SAID PROJECTING PORTION AND THE LOWER OF SAID SECOND MARGINAL FLANGES BEING SUCCESSIVELY GREATER IN DIMENSION THAN THE UPPER OF SAID SECOND MARGINAL FLANGES, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS DISPOSED RESPECTIVELY ALONG THE EXPOSED EDGES OF SAID SPACED ABUTMENTS WITH THEIR UPPER FLANGES PROJECTING TOWARD THE OTHER RESPECTIVELY AND WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND INTERLOCKING PORTIONS COACTING IN INTERLOCKED RELATION TO SUPPORT THE EDGE OF SAID PANEL THEREALONG, AND URGING THE UPPER OF SAID FIRST MARGINAL FLANGES AND THE CORRESPONDING UPPER FLANE OF SAID SECOND MARGINAL FLANGES INTO COACTING COMPRESSION AGAINST OPPOSED SIDES OF SAID PANEL TO HOLD THE PANEL THEREBETWEEN, AND THE LOWER OF SAID SECOND MARGINAL FLANGES EXTENDING ACROSS THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ABUTMENTS WITH ITS FREE EXTREMITY IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OPPOSITE ABUTMENT TO ANCHOR THE ASSEMBLY THEREIN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 258 words
A GROUTING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF SPACED ABUTMENTS, A PANEL, A PAIR OF ELONGATED RESILIENTLY FLEXIBLE GROUTING MEMBERS COACTING BETWEEN SAID SPACED ABUTMENTS TO RECEIVE AND HOLD THE EDGE OF SAID PANEL IN SEALING ENGAGMENT THEREBETWEEN, ONE OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A WEB PORTION WITH FIRST UPPER AND LOWER MARGINAL FLANGES, THE LOWER OF SAID FIRST MARGINAL FLANGES DIVERGING OUTWARDLY FROM THE UPPER FLANGE AND HAVING A GREATER DIMENSION WITH AN INWARDLY DEFORMED OUTER EDGE FORMING A FIRST INTERLOCKING PORTION, THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A WEB PORTION WITH SECOND UPPER AND LOWER MARGINAL FLANGES AND AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION PROJECTING IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION BETWEEN THE SECOND MARGINAL FLANGES, SAID PROJECTING PORTION HAVING AN INWARDLY DEFORMED OUTER EDGE FORMING A SECOND INTERLOCKING PORTION, SAID PROJECTING PORTION AND THE LOWER OF SAID SECOND MARGINAL FLANGES BEING SUCCESSIVELY GREATER IN DIMENSION THAN THE UPPER OF SAID SECOND MARGINAL FLANGES, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS DISPOSED RESPECTIVELY ALONG THE EXPOSED EDGES OF SAID SPACED ABUTMENTS WITH THEIR UPPER FLANGES PROJECTING TOWARD THE OTHER RESPECTIVELY AND WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND INTERLOCKING PORTIONS COACTING IN INTERLOCKED RELATION TO SUPPORT THE EDGE OF SAID PANEL THEREALONG, AND URGING THE UPPER OF SAID FIRST MARGINAL FLANGES AND THE CORRESPONDING UPPER FLANE OF SAID SECOND MARGINAL FLANGES INTO COACTING COMPRESSION AGAINST OPPOSED SIDES OF SAID PANEL TO HOLD THE PANEL THEREBETWEEN, AND THE LOWER OF SAID SECOND MARGINAL FLANGES EXTENDING ACROSS THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ABUTMENTS WITH ITS FREE EXTREMITY IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OPPOSITE ABUTMENT TO ANCHOR THE ASSEMBLY THEREIN.

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