US3225952A
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Locking strip
Assignee: Z Z CORP
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Filing: 1963-09-30
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1983-09-30
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Phillip H Stiles
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 09:31
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D9/00; B65D9/32; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/44; Y10T24/44641; Y10T24/44769; Y10T24/44923; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/71; Y10T403/7123
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
THE COMBINATION OF TWO ELEMENTS HAVING ELONGATED EDGES ADJACENT EACH OTHER AND MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID ELEMENTS TOGETHER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED GROOVE IN EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS SPACED FROM THEIR ADJACENT EDGES AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER WHEN SAID EDGES ARE TOGETHER, SAID GROOVES EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE LENGTHS OF SAID ELONGATED EDGES, AND AN ELONGATED STRIP OF RESILIENT MATERIAL EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF SAID ADJACENT EDGES AND WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LONGITUDINALLY AND BOWED TRANSVERSELY, SAID STRIP HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED FINGERS ALONG ITS SIDE EDGES EXTENDING AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES FROM SAID SIDE EDGES, SAID FINGERS BEING IN THE FORM OF NOTCHED FLANGES WHEREIN THE NOTCHES THEREOF EXTEND INTO SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID STRIP SO THAT SAID FINGERS ARE ADAPTED TO BE SPREAD APART FOR PROGRESSIVELY ENTERING INTO SAID TWO GROOVES BY CURVING SAID STRIP LONGITUDINALLY TO THEREBY FLATTEN ITS TRANSVERSE CURVATURE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
THE COMBINATION OF TWO ELEMENTS HAVING ELONGATED EDGES ADJACENT EACH OTHER AND MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID ELEMENTS TOGETHER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED GROOVE IN EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS SPACED FROM THEIR ADJACENT EDGES AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER WHEN SAID EDGES ARE TOGETHER, SAID GROOVES EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE LENGTHS OF SAID ELONGATED EDGES, AND AN ELONGATED STRIP OF RESILIENT MATERIAL EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF SAID ADJACENT EDGES AND WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LONGITUDINALLY AND BOWED TRANSVERSELY, SAID STRIP HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED FINGERS ALONG ITS SIDE EDGES EXTENDING AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES FROM SAID SIDE EDGES, SAID FINGERS BEING IN THE FORM OF NOTCHED FLANGES WHEREIN THE NOTCHES THEREOF EXTEND INTO SAID SIDE EDGES OF SAID STRIP SO THAT SAID FINGERS ARE ADAPTED TO BE SPREAD APART FOR PROGRESSIVELY ENTERING INTO SAID TWO GROOVES BY CURVING SAID STRIP LONGITUDINALLY TO THEREBY FLATTEN ITS TRANSVERSE CURVATURE.
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