Panel system and support member for use with the same
AssigneeAWI Licensing LLC
InventorsScott D. Harnish, Todd M. Bergman, Ryan D. Hanuschak, Jonathan P. Van Dore
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Abstract
A building panel system is provided that includes a perimeter frame; a main beam attached to the perimeter frame; a carrier attached to the main beam, the carrier having a plurality of identical hook members, each of the hook members having a protruding hooking portion on only a first side of the hook member, and a non-hooking portion on a second side of the hook member, the second side being opposite the first side; and a plurality of panels removably attached to the carrier, each of the panels being attached to the carrier by engaging one of the hooking portions.
Claims18
A building panel system comprising:
- a perimeter frame;
- a main beam attached to the perimeter frame;
- a carrier attached to the main beam, the carrier having
- a plurality of identical hook members including a first hook member and a second hook member, each of the hook members having a protruding hooking portion on only a first side of the hook member, and a non-hooking portion on a second side of the hook member, the second side being opposite the first side;
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- a plurality of panels removably attached to the carrier, each of the panels being attached to the carrier by engaging one of the hooking portions, wherein one of the plurality of panels contacts both the protruding hooking portion of the first hook member and the protruding hooking portion of the second hook member.
A building panel system comprising:
- a perimeter frame;
- a main beam attached to the perimeter frame;
- a carrier attached to the main beam, the carrier having a longitudinal direction and a plurality of identical hook members arranged along the longitudinal direction, each of the hook members having
- a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side and the second side being arranged relative to each other along the longitudinal direction of the carrier, and the first side and the second side being non-symmetrical, and
- a protruding hooking portion on the first side;
- and
- a plurality of panels removably attached to the carrier including a first panel and a second panel, each of the panels being attached to the carrier by engaging one of the hooking portion,
- wherein the first panel engages one of the hooking portion at a first point and the second panel engages the same hooking portion at a second point, the first point being horizontally offset from the second point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.