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US 11,585,090 B2Granted
Method and system for interconnecting structural panels
OwnerJoseph C. Fleming, IIIinventor
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Abstract
Building or structural panels may be joined, such as to form walls or floors. The panels may be connected in various orientations via one or more connectors. The connectors may mount to anchors associated with the panels. The panels may have outer skins located over an expanded core comprising a matrix of supporting elongate members and voids or openings, with the anchors located at edges of the panels.
Claims10
A method of connecting first and second structural panels comprising the steps of:
- providing a first structural panel having a first anchor located in a slot formed in an edge thereof;
- providing a second structural panel having a second anchor located in a slot formed in an edge thereof;
- providing a first elongate connector, said first elongate connector comprising a body having a first side and a second side and at least a first edge and a second edge, a first projection extending outwardly and downwardly from said first edge of said body and having an adjacent first slot, and having a second projection extending outwardly and upwardly from said second edge of said body and having an adjacent second slot;
- inserting said first projection of said first elongate connector into said slot in said first structural panel and moving said first elongate connector and/or first structural panel so that said first projection moves downwardly relative to said first anchor to a position where said first anchor is located in said first slot adjacent to the first projection;
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- inserting said second projection of said first elongate connector into said slot in said second structural panel and moving said first elongate connector and/or second structural panel so that said second anchor moves downwardly relative to said second projection into said second slot adjacent to the second projection;
- whereby lateral movement of said first and second anchors relative to said first elongate connector is prevented and whereby said first and second structure panels are connected and lateral movement of said first and second structural panels is prevented.
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