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US3309115A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Mechanism for removably securing panels

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-03-16
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Granted: 1967-03-14
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Expires: 1984-03-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Alfred C Langer

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 22:24
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/38; E04B1/61; E04B1/6108; E04B1/612; E04B1/6183; E04B2/00; E04B2/74; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S52/00; Y10S52/01; Y10T; Y10T292/00; Y10T292/08; Y10T292/0911; Y10T292/0913; Y10T292/0914; Y10T292/0917

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 184 words
FASTENING MEANS FOR REMOVABLY SECURING TOGETHER TWO PANEL MEMBERS EACH OF WHICH HAS AN OPENING FOR SAID FASTENING MEANS IN AN END THEREOF AND INNER FACES FORMED BY SAID OPENING COMPRISING, ANCHOR MEANS SECURED HIDDEN WITHIN THE OPENING IN ONE OF SAID PANEL MEMBERS, ECCENTRIC MEANS SECURED HIDDEN WITH THE OPENING IN THE OTHER ONE OF SAID PANEL MEMBERS, SAID ECCENTRIC MEANS COMPRISES A PAIR OF ACTUATOR MEANS EACH HAVING A PIVOT, A PAWL RADIALLY EXTENDING FROM SAID PIVOT AND A SHAFT EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID ACTUATORS AND SECURED TO SAID PAWLS SO THAT IT IS OFFSET FROM SAID PIVOT TO PROVIDE AN ECCENTRIC MOVEMENT TO SAID SHAFT, LATCHING MEANS HAVING ONE END THEREOF SECURED TO SAID ECCENTRIC MEANS, AND ROTATING MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ECCENTRIC MEANS AND SAID ATTACHED LATCHING MEANS THORUGH THEIR ARC OF EXCURSION, SAID LATCHING MEANS ENGAGING SAID ANCHOR MEANS AND BEING TENSIONED TO RESILIENTLY AND FORCIBLY URGE SAID ENDS OF SAID PANEL MEMBERS TOGETHER, SAID LATCHING MEANS HAVING MEANS THEREON FOR ENGAGING SAID INNER FACES OF SAID TWO PANEL MEMBERS TO FORCIBLY URGE SAID TWO PANEL MEMBERS IN LATERAL ALIGNMENT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 184 words
FASTENING MEANS FOR REMOVABLY SECURING TOGETHER TWO PANEL MEMBERS EACH OF WHICH HAS AN OPENING FOR SAID FASTENING MEANS IN AN END THEREOF AND INNER FACES FORMED BY SAID OPENING COMPRISING, ANCHOR MEANS SECURED HIDDEN WITHIN THE OPENING IN ONE OF SAID PANEL MEMBERS, ECCENTRIC MEANS SECURED HIDDEN WITH THE OPENING IN THE OTHER ONE OF SAID PANEL MEMBERS, SAID ECCENTRIC MEANS COMPRISES A PAIR OF ACTUATOR MEANS EACH HAVING A PIVOT, A PAWL RADIALLY EXTENDING FROM SAID PIVOT AND A SHAFT EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID ACTUATORS AND SECURED TO SAID PAWLS SO THAT IT IS OFFSET FROM SAID PIVOT TO PROVIDE AN ECCENTRIC MOVEMENT TO SAID SHAFT, LATCHING MEANS HAVING ONE END THEREOF SECURED TO SAID ECCENTRIC MEANS, AND ROTATING MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ECCENTRIC MEANS AND SAID ATTACHED LATCHING MEANS THORUGH THEIR ARC OF EXCURSION, SAID LATCHING MEANS ENGAGING SAID ANCHOR MEANS AND BEING TENSIONED TO RESILIENTLY AND FORCIBLY URGE SAID ENDS OF SAID PANEL MEMBERS TOGETHER, SAID LATCHING MEANS HAVING MEANS THEREON FOR ENGAGING SAID INNER FACES OF SAID TWO PANEL MEMBERS TO FORCIBLY URGE SAID TWO PANEL MEMBERS IN LATERAL ALIGNMENT.

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