Panel post joining means

Abstract

Abstract MEANS IS PROVIDED FOR JOINING PANEL POSTS TOGETHER IN SUCH MANNER THAT PARTITIONS OR THE LIKE FORMED OF PANELS AND POST UNITS MAY BE READILY ASSEMBLED IN A MINIMUM OF TIME AND THEREAFTER "KNOCKED DOWN" WITH EQUAL FACILITY. CHANNEL-SHAPED POSTS ARE PROVIDED HAVING THE FLANGES THEREOF INTERFITTING WITH EACH OTHER AND JOINED BY MEANS OF FINGER WEDGES CONCEALED INSIDE THE CHANNEL-SHAPED POSTS. THE FINGER WEDGES ARE DESIGNED TO COACT WITH EACH OTHER BY FIRST LONGITUDINALLY OFFSETTING ONE CHANNEL-SHAPED POST RELATIVE TO THE OTHER, AND THEN SLIDING THEM TO ACHIEVE FINAL ALIGNMENT, WHEREUPON INTERLOCKING TONGUE AND GROOVE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FLANGES OF ONE CHANNELSHAPED MEMBER AND THE FLANGES OF THE OTHER CHANNELSHAPED MEMBERS SO COACT WITH EACH OTHER THAT THE TWO POSTS FORM A SINGLE SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR POST. THE CHANNEL-SHAPED POSTS MAY BE FORMED AS EXTRUSIONS OF METAL, PLASTIC OR THE LIKE AND USED FOR ASSEMBONG PANELS TOGETHER BY SECURING THE CHANNEL-SHAPED POSTS TO THE EDGES OF PANELS OF WOOD, PLASTIC, PARTICLE BOARD OR THE LIKE AS BY MEANS OF SCREWS. THE CHANNEL-SHAPED POSTS ARE PROVIDED WITH MATING WEDGE SURFACES SO DISPOSED AS TO SPREAD THE POST FLANGES AS THE POST WEBS ARE DRAWN TOWARD EACH OTHER BY THE FINGER WEDGES, AND THE SPREADING ACTION EFFECTS ENTRY OF THE TONGUESE INTO THE GROOVES OF THE FLANGES TO ATTAIN FINAL ASSEMBLY OF THE TWO POSTS INTO A SINGLE RECTANGULAR POST.

Inventors

• 👤 Arthur Fernandez
• 👤 David H Humphrey

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