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US 12,584,355 B2Granted
Track assembly system
OwnerCharles J. MacKarvichinventor
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Abstract
A splice plate assembly for a track assembly system can include a female housing component, the female housing component configured to be coupled to a first track of the system; and a male extrusion unit, the male extrusion unit configured to be coupled to a second track of the system and configured to be slideably coupled to the female housing component.
Claims18
A splice plate assembly for a track assembly system, the splice plate assembly comprising:
- a female housing component defining a first grooved section and a second grooved section, the female housing component configured to be coupled to a first track of the system, wherein the first grooved section is configured to nest against a first flange of the first track and the second grooved section is configured to nest against a second flange of the first track;
- and
- a male extrusion unit, the male extrusion unit configured to be coupled to a second track of the system and configured to be slideably coupled to the female housing component;
- wherein:
- the male extrusion unit comprises a body extending from a first unit end of the male extrusion unit to a second unit end of the male extrusion unit;
- the body defines a length, a height, and a depth;
- the length of the body extends from the first unit end to the second unit end;
- the height of the body extends from a top unit end of the male extrusion unit to a bottom unit end of the male extrusion unit;
- the height of the body tapers inward from each of the top unit end and the bottom unit end at the second unit end to define a tapered end section configured to facilitate guiding the second unit end into the female housing component;
- the female housing component is a first female housing component, and wherein the splice plate assembly comprises a second female housing component;
- each of the first and second female housing components contain of plurality of fastener openings;
- and
- the body of the male extrusion unit contains a plurality of fastener openings configured to align with the fastener openings located on the first female housing component.
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A method of using a track assembly system, the method comprising:
- coupling a first female housing component to an end of a first track, wherein:
- the first track defines a first flange and a second flange opposite the first flange;
- the first female housing component defines a first grooved section and a second grooved section;
- and
- coupling the first female housing component to the end of the first track comprises nesting the first grooved section against the first flange and nesting the second grooved section against the second flange;
- coupling a first end portion of a male extrusion unit to an end of a second track;
- and
- inserting an opposite second end portion of the male extrusion unit into the first female housing component;
- wherein:
- the male extrusion unit comprises a body extending from a first unit end of the male extrusion unit to a second unit end of the male extrusion unit;
- the first end portion is arranged proximate the first unit end and the second end portion is arranged proximate the second unit end;
- the body defines a length, a height, and a depth;
- the length of the body extends from the first unit end to the second unit end;
- the height of the body extends from a top unit end of the male extrusion unit to a bottom unit end of the male extrusion unit;
- the height of the body tapers inward from each of the top unit end and the bottom unit end at the second unit end to define a tapered end section configured to facilitate guiding the second unit end into the first female housing component;
- and
- coupling the first end portion of the male extrusion unit to the end of the second track comprises inserting fasteners through a second female housing component and the male extrusion unit into the end of the second track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.