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US3303626A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Connecting means for framed panels

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-07-23
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Granted: 1967-02-14
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Expires: 1983-07-23
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 George B Brigham

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 15:38
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/38; E04B1/61; E04B1/6108; E04B1/6112; E04B1/612; E04B1/6145; E04B1/6158; E04C; E04C2/00; E04C2/30; E04C2/38; E04C2/384; F; F16; F16B; F16B5/00; F16B5/0004; F16B5/0056; F16B5/0068; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24008; Y10T428/24017

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 207 words
IN COMBINATION, TWO RECTANGULAR COPLANAR FRAMED PANELED UNITS, EACH HAVING A RECTANGULAR PANEL AND A PERIPHERAL RECTANGULAR FRAME; WITH THE FRAME OF EACH UNIT SURROUNDING AND FRAMING THE PANEL THEREOF; EACH FRAME COMPRISING SNAP-TOGETHER CO-OPERATING MALE AND FEMALE COMPLETED RECTANGULAR FRAME MEMBERS; EACH COMPLETED RECTANGULAR FRAME MEMBER HAVING A FACE FLANGE FOR ONE FACE OF A PANEL AND HAVING A TRANSVERSE FLANGE NORMAL TO THE FACE FLANGE; THE TRANSVERSE FLANGE OF THE FEMALE FRAME MEMBER BEING BIFURCATED TO RECEIVE BETWEEN ITS HALVES THE TRANSVERSE FLANGE OF THE MALE FRAME MEMBER; THE OUTER FACES OF THE TRANSVERSE FLANGE OF THE MALE FRAME MEMBER AND AS WELL THE INNER FACES OF THE BIFURCATED TRANSVERSE FLANGES TO THE FEMALE FRAME MEMBER AHVING CO-OPERATING INTERLOCKING RIB AND GROOVE SNAP TOGETHER FORMATIONS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THESE TRANSVERSE FLANGES; WITH THE FACE FLANGES BEING EXTENDED BEYOND THE TRANSVERSE FLANGES TO PROVIDE SOCKETS SURROUNDING THE PANEL; WITH THE FACE FLANGES HAVING AT THEIR EDGES SUPPLEMENTARY TRANSVERSE FLANGES PROJECTED TOWARDS EACH OTHER TO CLOSE THE SOCKETS; AND MEANS EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE SUPPLEMENTARY TRANSVERSE FLANGES OF ONE UNIT AND HEADED TO FORM A T AT ITS END FITTING IN THE SOCKET OF THE COPLANAR ADJACENT FRAMED UNIT FOR JOINING THE TWO UNITS EDGE TO EDGE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 207 words
IN COMBINATION, TWO RECTANGULAR COPLANAR FRAMED PANELED UNITS, EACH HAVING A RECTANGULAR PANEL AND A PERIPHERAL RECTANGULAR FRAME; WITH THE FRAME OF EACH UNIT SURROUNDING AND FRAMING THE PANEL THEREOF; EACH FRAME COMPRISING SNAP-TOGETHER CO-OPERATING MALE AND FEMALE COMPLETED RECTANGULAR FRAME MEMBERS; EACH COMPLETED RECTANGULAR FRAME MEMBER HAVING A FACE FLANGE FOR ONE FACE OF A PANEL AND HAVING A TRANSVERSE FLANGE NORMAL TO THE FACE FLANGE; THE TRANSVERSE FLANGE OF THE FEMALE FRAME MEMBER BEING BIFURCATED TO RECEIVE BETWEEN ITS HALVES THE TRANSVERSE FLANGE OF THE MALE FRAME MEMBER; THE OUTER FACES OF THE TRANSVERSE FLANGE OF THE MALE FRAME MEMBER AND AS WELL THE INNER FACES OF THE BIFURCATED TRANSVERSE FLANGES TO THE FEMALE FRAME MEMBER AHVING CO-OPERATING INTERLOCKING RIB AND GROOVE SNAP TOGETHER FORMATIONS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THESE TRANSVERSE FLANGES; WITH THE FACE FLANGES BEING EXTENDED BEYOND THE TRANSVERSE FLANGES TO PROVIDE SOCKETS SURROUNDING THE PANEL; WITH THE FACE FLANGES HAVING AT THEIR EDGES SUPPLEMENTARY TRANSVERSE FLANGES PROJECTED TOWARDS EACH OTHER TO CLOSE THE SOCKETS; AND MEANS EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE SUPPLEMENTARY TRANSVERSE FLANGES OF ONE UNIT AND HEADED TO FORM A T AT ITS END FITTING IN THE SOCKET OF THE COPLANAR ADJACENT FRAMED UNIT FOR JOINING THE TWO UNITS EDGE TO EDGE.

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