# US 2013/0152501 A1 · Panel Capture Frame > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0152501 A1 - Document ID: US20130152501A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/768,667 - Filed: 2013-02-15 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2010-06-16 - Inventors: Steve V. McNamee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130152501A1 ## CPC - E04C 2/38: with attached ribs, flanges, or the like, e.g. framed panels (concerned with attaching to other panels or elements to form a structure, see the places for the relevant structure, e.g. E04B2/00) - E04F 11/1851: {Filling panels, e.g. concrete, sheet metal panels} - E04F 11/1855: {Wire mesh panels} - Y10T 29/49629: Panel - Y10T 403/606: Leaf spring - Y10T 403/7176: Resilient clip - E04C: STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S) - E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A frame for a panel is constructed from two frame components. One of the frame components has a first wall and a first channel and the second frame component has a second wall and a second channel. The first frame component is mated to the second frame component with the first wall of the first frame component inserted in and making frictional contact with the second channel of the second frame component and the second wall of the second frame component inserted in and making frictional contact with the first channel of the first frame component. Portions of the panel are held between and make contact with the first frame component and the second frame component such that an end of the panel is located within a chamber defined between the first frame component and the second frame component. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A frame comprising: a first frame component comprising: a first exterior surface; a first lip extending in a direction opposite the first exterior surface; a first strut having a first channel defined therein, the first strut extending in a direction opposite the first exterior surface; and a first shaped wall positioned between the first lip and the first strut and extending in a direction opposite the first exterior surface; and a second frame component comprising: a second exterior surface; a second lip extending in a direction opposite the second exterior surface; a second shaped wall extending in a direction opposite the second exterior surface; and a second strut positioned between the second shaped wall and the second lip, the second strut having a second channel; wherein the first shaped wall is positioned within the second channel and the second shaped wall is positioned within the first channel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The frame of claim 1 wherein the first lip is aligned with the second lip. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The frame of claim 1 wherein the first lip comprises a first nub and the second lip comprises a second nub. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The frame of claim 3 wherein the first nub and the second nub are crushable. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The frame of claim 3 wherein the first nub and the second nub are capable of piercing a panel placed between the first lip and the second lip. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The frame of claim 1 wherein the first shaped wall and the second shaped wall have a cross-sectional shape with flared portions on both sides of the cross-sectional shape. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The frame of claim 6 wherein the first channel and the second channel have a cut-out shape with ribbed portions on both sides of the cut-out shape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The frame of claim 7 wherein the ribbed portions of the first channel interact with the flared portions of the second shaped wall to lock the first frame component to the second frame component. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The frame of claim 1 wherein the first frame component further comprises a third lip extending in a direction opposite the first exterior surface wherein the first strut is positioned between the third lip and the first shaped wall. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The frame of claim 9 wherein the second frame component further comprises a fourth lip extending in a direction opposite the second exterior surface wherein the second shaped wall is positioned between the fourth lip and the second strut. ### Claim 11 A method comprising: placing an end of a panel between a lip of a first frame component and a shaped wall of the first frame component; aligning a channel in a strut of a second frame component with the shaped wall of the first frame component and aligning a shaped wall of the second frame component with a channel in a strut of the first frame component such that a lip of the second frame component is aligned with the lip of the first frame component; pressing the first frame component toward the second frame component such that the shaped wall of the first frame component is locked into the channel of the second frame component and the shaped wall of the second frame component is locked into the channel of the first frame component and such that the lip of the first frame component and the lip of the second frame component contact the panel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein pressing the first frame component toward the second frame component causes a portion of the lip of the first frame component to be crushed by the panel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein pressing the first frame component toward the second frame component causes a portion of the lip of the first frame component to pierce the panel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 further comprising before aligning or pressing, placing an end of second panel between a second lip of the first frame component and a strut containing the channel of the first frame component. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 further comprising before aligning or pressing, placing an end of a bolt between a second lip of the first frame component and a strut containing the channel of the first frame component. ### Claim 16 An apparatus comprising: a first frame component comprising a first lip, a first shaped wall, and a first strut having defined therein a first channel; a second frame component comprising a second lip, a second shaped wall, and a second strut having defined therein a second channel, wherein the first frame component is mated to the second frame component with the first shaped wall of the first frame component inserted in the second channel of the second frame component and the second shaped wall of the second frame component inserted in the first channel of the first frame component, the first frame component and the second frame component forming a chamber between the second strut and the first lip and the second lip; and a panel wherein a portion of the panel extends between and is in contact with the first lip and the second lip such that an end of the panel is positioned in the chamber. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16 wherein: the first frame component further comprises a third lip; the second frame component further comprises a fourth lip; the first and second frame component further forming a second chamber between the first strut and the third lip and the fourth lip. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17 further comprising a second panel having a portion that extends between and is in contact with the third lip and the fourth lip such than an end of the second panel is positioned in the second chamber. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17 further comprising a bolt having a head positioned in the second chamber and a post extending between and in contact with the third lip and the fourth lip. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the first channel and the second channel each comprise two opposing ribbed walls.