Joiner clip
AssigneeExterior Research & Design, LLC
InventorsColin Ruark Murphy, Darbi Sovay Krumpos
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Abstract
A joiner clip for securing panels to a substrate is provided that includes a sheet of material that has a first portion, a second portion, a first face, and a second face. On the first face, a first anchoring cleat is located in the first portion and a second anchoring cleat is located in the second portion. A spaced guide is positioned between the first portion and the second portion of the sheet on the first face. A mounting hole is formed through the sheet and is positioned colinear with the spacer guide. A fastener from the second face secures the joiner clip and panels to a vertical stud substrate. A construction unit including the joiner clip for securing panels of material to a vertical stud substrate is also provided. A butt joint is readily formed between two secured panels.
Claims21
A joiner clip for securing panels to a substrate, said joiner clip comprising:
- a sheet of material, having a first portion, a second portion, a first face, and an oppositely opposed second face;
- a first anchoring cleat defined between two parallel through slits disposed in the first portion of said sheet and punched from first anchoring cleat material intermediate between the two parallel slits out of a basal plane defined by said sheet, said first anchoring cleat forming a first point protruding from the first face of said sheet;
- a second anchoring cleat defined between two parallel through slits disposed in the second portion of said sheet and punched from second anchoring cleat material intermediate between the two parallel slits out of the basal plane defined by said sheet, said second anchoring cleat forming a second point protruding from the first face of said sheet;
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- a spacer guide defined between two parallel through slits protruding from the first face of said sheet and punched from space guide material intermediate between the two parallel slits out of the basal plane defined by said sheet, said spacer guide positioned between the first portion and the second portion of said sheet.
A construction unit comprising:
- a vertical stud substrate;
- a joiner clip for securing panels to the substrate comprising:
- a sheet of material, having a first portion, a second portion, a first face, and an oppositely opposed second face;
- a first anchoring cleat defined between two parallel through slits disposed in the first portion of said sheet formed by punching first anchoring cleat material intermediate between the two parallel slits out of a basal plane defined by said sheet, said first anchoring cleat forming a first point protruding from the first face of said sheet;
- a second anchoring cleat defined between two parallel through slits disposed in the second portion of said sheet, said second anchoring cleat forming a second point protruding from the first face of said sheet formed by punching second anchoring cleat material intermediate between the two parallel slits out of the basal plane defined by said sheet;
- a spacer guide defined between two parallel through slits protruding from the first face of said sheet formed by punching space guide material intermediate between the two parallel slits out of the basal plane defined by said sheet, said spacer guide positioned between the first portion and the second portion of said sheet;
- and a mounting hole formed through said sheet, said mounting hole positioned colinear with said spacer guide;
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- a first panel and a second panel, said first panel pierced by the first point of the first anchoring cleat, said second panel pierced by the second point of the second anchoring cleat, and the spacer guide positioned between the first panel and the second panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.