Partition mount system including head coupler with adjustable head length and head position
AssigneeZipwall, LLC
InventorJeffrey P. Whittemore
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Abstract
A coupler comprises a first channel having a first axis of extension in a first horizontal direction and a second channel having a second axis of extension in the first horizontal direction. The second axis of extension is parallel to and spaced apart from the first axis of extension in a second horizontal direction. The second axis of extension has a pitch angle relative to the first axis of extension in a vertical direction, the pitch angle being less than 180 degrees. The first and second channels each include head-mounting features, the head-mounting features constructed and arranged to retain an elongated head to the coupler while permitting movement of the elongated head relative to the coupler in the first horizontal direction.
Claims20
A coupler comprising:
- a first channel having a first axis of extension in a first horizontal direction;
- a second channel having a second axis of extension in a second horizontal direction parallel to and spaced apart from the first horizontal direction and having a pitch angle relative to the first axis of extension in a vertical direction, the second axis of extension parallel to and spaced apart from the first axis of extension in a third horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second horizontal directions, the pitch angle being less than 180 degrees and being a non-zero angle;
- the first channel including first head-mounting features, the first head-mounting features constructed and arranged to retain a first elongated head to the coupler while permitting movement of the first elongated head relative to the coupler in the first horizontal direction;
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- the second channel including second head-mounting features, the second head-mounting features constructed and arranged to retain a second elongated head to the coupler while permitting movement of the second elongated head relative to the coupler in the second horizontal direction.
A coupler comprising:
- a first channel having a first axis of extension in a first horizontal direction;
- a second channel having a second axis of extension in a second horizontal direction parallel to and spaced apart from the first horizontal direction and having a pitch angle relative to the first axis of extension in a vertical direction, the second axis of extension parallel to and spaced apart from the first axis of extension in a third horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second horizontal directions, the pitch angle being less than 180 degrees;
- the first channel including first head-mounting features, the first head-mounting features constructed and arranged to retain a first elongated head to the coupler while permitting movement of the first elongated head relative to the coupler in the first horizontal direction;
- the second channel including second head-mounting features, the second head-mounting features constructed and arranged to retain a second elongated head to the coupler while permitting movement of the second elongated head relative to the coupler in the second horizontal direction;
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- a locking mechanism that locks a position of the first elongated head in the first channel and locks a position of the second elongated head in the second channel,
- wherein the locking mechanism comprises a body having first and second lobes positioned in the first and second channels, the body constructed and arranged to pivot so that the first and second lobes interfere with the first and second channels to prevent sliding of a first elongated head inserted in the first channel and to prevent sliding of a second elongated head in the second channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.