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US3224155A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Hollow panel with integral key connecting feature

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-08-12
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Granted: 1965-12-21
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Expires: 1983-08-12
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Rook Charles Galloway

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 08:12
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/02; E04B1/08; E04B1/18; E04B1/24; E04C; E04C2/00; E04C2/02; E04C2/08; E04B2001/2481

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 170 words
A BUILDING CONSTRUCTION INTERLOCKING PANEL BOARD COMPRISING, A PAIR OF PARALLEL SPACED SIDEWALL MEMBERS HAVING LOWER AND SIDE EDGE PORTIONS AND AN INTEGRAL UPPER EDGE CONNECTING PORTION THEREBETWEEN FORMED OF SHEET MATERIAL TO A GENERALLY U-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION, PORTIONS OF EACH OF SAID SIDEWALLS REMOTE FROM SAID UPPER EDGE CONNECTING PORTION AND ADJACENT THE LOWER EDGES BEING CRIMPED INWARDS AND OUTWARDS TO FORM INWARDLY EXTENDING RESPECTIVE STIFFENING RIBS GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LOWER EDGE PORTIONS, THE LOWER OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID RIBS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY BELOW SAID RIBS SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANES OF THE RESPECTIVE SIDE WALLS AND THEN BEING FORMED INWARDS AND UPWARDS TO PROVIDE DEPENDING SPACED TONGUE ELEMENTS WITH PARALLEL SIDEWALL MEMBERS AND GROOVES THEREBETWEEN, A STIFFENING CHANNEL MEMBER OF U-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION HAVING A BASE PORTION AND DEPENDING LEG PORTIONS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID SIDEWALL MEMBERS OF SAID PANEL BOARD WITH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF ITS LEG PORTIONS RECEIVED IN A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID GROOVES AND WITH ITS BASE PORTION ABUTTING BOTH SAID RIBS AND WITH RESPECTIVE CORNERS OF ITS
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 170 words
A BUILDING CONSTRUCTION INTERLOCKING PANEL BOARD COMPRISING, A PAIR OF PARALLEL SPACED SIDEWALL MEMBERS HAVING LOWER AND SIDE EDGE PORTIONS AND AN INTEGRAL UPPER EDGE CONNECTING PORTION THEREBETWEEN FORMED OF SHEET MATERIAL TO A GENERALLY U-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION, PORTIONS OF EACH OF SAID SIDEWALLS REMOTE FROM SAID UPPER EDGE CONNECTING PORTION AND ADJACENT THE LOWER EDGES BEING CRIMPED INWARDS AND OUTWARDS TO FORM INWARDLY EXTENDING RESPECTIVE STIFFENING RIBS GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LOWER EDGE PORTIONS, THE LOWER OUTER PORTIONS OF SAID RIBS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY BELOW SAID RIBS SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANES OF THE RESPECTIVE SIDE WALLS AND THEN BEING FORMED INWARDS AND UPWARDS TO PROVIDE DEPENDING SPACED TONGUE ELEMENTS WITH PARALLEL SIDEWALL MEMBERS AND GROOVES THEREBETWEEN, A STIFFENING CHANNEL MEMBER OF U-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION HAVING A BASE PORTION AND DEPENDING LEG PORTIONS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID SIDEWALL MEMBERS OF SAID PANEL BOARD WITH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF ITS LEG PORTIONS RECEIVED IN A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID GROOVES AND WITH ITS BASE PORTION ABUTTING BOTH SAID RIBS AND WITH RESPECTIVE CORNERS OF ITS

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