Wall structure and method
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD OF PANELING A WALL BY PLUMBING A FIRST PANEL CONNECTOR TRUE VERTICAL TO RECEIVE ONE VERTICAL EDGE OF A PANEL, SECURING THE FIRST CONNECTOR TO A BASE WALL, SNAPFITTING A SECOND PANEL CONNECTOR TO THE OTHER VERTICAL PANEL EDGE OF THE PANEL, SNAP-FITTING THE ONE VERTICAL PANEL EDGE TO THE FIRST PANEL CONNECTOR AND THEREBY POSITIONING THE SECOND PANEL CONNECTOR AGAINST THE BASE WALL, AND SECURING THE SECOND PANEL CONNECTOR TO THE WALL. THE PANEL CONNECTORS ARE OF AN ELONGATED, REINFORCED CONSTRUCTION WHICH CAN EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL HEIGHT OF THE PANEL MEMBERS AND ARE PROVIDED WITH OPENINGS FOR RECEIVING FASTENING MEANS THERETHROUGH INTO THE WALL. CONNECTOR-SPLICERS ARE PROVIDED FOR SPACED-APART PANEL CONNECTORS AND HAVE FASTENER-RECEIVING MEANS. CORNER TRIM CONNECTORS COVER THE EXPOSED INNER AND OUTER CORNERS OF THE BASE WALL.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert P Lickliter
- 👤 Earl Abbott
- 👤 John F Reeves
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