Heating and ventilating enclosure module connection means

Claim 1

Enclosure module connection means for joining two adjacent module panels and comprising in combination: a. a connector strip having a rear wall which overlies the marginal adjacent side edges of the panels, and said rear wall also having a rearwardly open cavity extending longitudinally of said strip; b. said rearwardly open longitudinally extending cavity having its inner longitudinally extending side edges laterally spaced from one another by a slightly greater distance than the spacing between its outer longitudinally extending sides edges; c. a plurality of clips for use at longitudinally spaced locations along said strip to hold said strip to said panels, each of said clips having laterally opposed flanged portions to permit the clip to be slidably received in said longitudinally extending cavity, d. each clip having a panel engaging leg spaced rearwardly from one of said flanged portions to resiliently engage the rear of the panel and thereby secure the panel to the connector strip, e. some of said clips having their panel engaging legs oriented in one direction to engage one panel and other clips oppositely oriented to engage the other of said two panels.