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US 2009/0151289 A1Published application
Joint
AssigneeLNL Building Products, Inc.
InventorGeorge S. Liu
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Abstract
A joint for connecting at least two members; wherein the joint includes a first scalloped face having peaks and troughs located at an end of a first member and a second scalloped face having peaks and troughs located at the end of the second member. The resulting seam designed to minimize the visual impact of the joint.
Claims26
An apparatus comprising:
- a first member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, an end surface and a scalloped surface, said scalloped surface comprising at least one peak and at least one trough;
- a second member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, an end surface and a scalloped surface, said scalloped surface of said second member comprising a number of troughs corresponding to the number of peaks of said scalloped surface of said first member and a number of peaks corresponding to the number of troughs of said first member, wherein said scalloped surface of said second member and said scalloped surface of said first member provide a complimentary engagement with one another thereby defining a curvilinear seam across at least one surface selected from the group consisting of:
- top surface and bottom surface between said first member and said second member, said scalloped surface of said first member and said scalloped surface of said second member secured to one another.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first member having a scalloped surface, said scalloped surface comprising at least one peak and at least one trough;
- a second member having a scalloped surface, said scalloped surface of said second member comprising a number of troughs corresponding to the number of peaks of said scalloped surface of said first member and a number of peaks corresponding to the number of troughs of said first member, wherein said scalloped surface of said second member and said scalloped surface of said first member provide a complimentary engagement with one another thereby defining a curvilinear seam between said first member and said second member, said scalloped surface of said first member and said scalloped surface of said second member secured to one another.
A method of joining two members, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a first member, said first member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, an end surface and a scalloped surface, said scalloped surface comprising at least one peak and at least one trough;
- providing a second member, said second member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, an end surface and a scalloped surface, said scalloped surface of said second member comprising a number of troughs corresponding to the number of peaks of said scalloped surface of said first member and a number of peaks corresponding to the number of troughs of said first member, wherein said scalloped surface of said second member and said scalloped surface of said first member provide a complimentary engagement with one another thereby defining a curvilinear seam across at least one surface selected from the group consisting of:
- top surface and bottom surface between said first member and said second member;
- placing said scalloped surface of said first member in complimentary engagement with said scalloped surface of said second member;
- and
- securing said scalloped surface of said first member to said scalloped surface of said second member.
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A method of joining two members, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a first member having a scalloped surface comprising at least one peak and at least one trough;
- providing a second member having a scalloped surface, said scalloped surface of said second member comprising a number of troughs corresponding to the number of peaks of said scalloped surface of said first member and a number of peaks corresponding to the number of troughs of said first member, wherein said scalloped surface of said second member and said scalloped surface of said first member provide a complimentary engagement with one another thereby defining a curvilinear seam between said first member and said second member;
- placing said scalloped surface of said first member in complimentary engagement with said scalloped surface of said second member;
- and
- securing said scalloped surface of said first member to said scalloped surface of said second member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.