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US 10,651,786 B2Granted
Panel with magnetically-controlled connectors for attachment to a support member
OwnerDavid Lynninventor
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Abstract
Panels equipped with magnetically-controlled connectors that are movable between an open position and a closed position. When the connectors are in the open position, the panels can be moved relative to the support frame. In the closed position, the connectors engage with the support frame to secure the panel to the frame.
Claims14
A panel comprising:
- a sheet comprising a planar first side, an opposing planar second side, and perimeter edges that extend between the first side and the second side;
- connectors positioned on the sheet and extending along at least two of the perimeter edges, each of the connectors comprising:
- a ferromagnetic member that is movable between a first position away from the second side of the sheet and a second position in closer proximity to the second side of the sheet;
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- an actuator with ramped surfaces that contact against the ferromagnetic member and extensions that extend away from the second side of the sheet, the actuator being movable relative to the sheet between an engaged position when the ferromagnetic member is in one of the first and second positions, and a disengaged position when the ferromagnetic member is the other of the first and second positions;
- wherein the actuator comprises a body and the ramped surfaces extend outward on a first side of the body and the extensions extend outward from an opposing second side of the body.
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A panel comprising:
- a sheet with a first side and an opposing second side;
- one or more connectors positioned on the sheet, each of the connectors comprising:
- a sliding actuator comprising:
- a body with a first side and a second side;
- a first set of tabs that extend outward beyond the first side of the body, each of the first set of tabs comprising a side aligned in one of an obtuse and an acute angle;
- a second set of tabs that extend outward beyond the first side of the body, each of the second set of tabs comprising a side aligned in the other of an obtuse and an acute angle;
- extensions that extend outward beyond the second side of the body;
- a first ferromagnetic member positioned on the first side of the body and comprising first projections that are positioned in proximity to the first set of tabs;
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- a second ferromagnetic member positioned on the first side of the body and comprising second projections that are positioned in proximity to the second set of tabs;
- the first ferromagnetic member movable in a first direction with the first projections contacting against the first set of tabs and moving the sliding actuator towards an engaged position;
- the second ferromagnetic member movable in a second direction with the second projections contacting against the second set of tabs and moving the sliding actuator along the second side of the sheet towards a disengaged position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.