Rig and surface mat locking mechanism
AssigneeRhinokore Composites Manufacturing Partnership
InventorLawrence Alexander Hruschak
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Abstract
A locking mechanism to secure together a pair of adjacent panels in a side by side, generally co-planar, relationship. The locking mechanism comprises a receiver securable to one of the panels and a rotor securable to the other of the panels. The rotor is rotatably engageable with the receiver to draw together and to lock the panels together so as to limit separation therebetween. The receiver permits vertical deflection of the rotor when the rotor is engaged with the receiver thereby permitting one of the panels to be inclined relative to the other without separation of the panels.
Claims17
A locking mechanism to secure together a pair of adjacent panels in a side by side, generally co-planar, relationship, the locking mechanism comprising a receiver securable to one of the panels and a rotor securable to the other of the panels, said rotor rotatably engageable with said receiver to draw together and to lock the panels together so as to limit separation therebetween, said receiver permitting vertical deflection of said rotor when said rotor engaged with said receiver thereby permitting one of the panels to be inclined relative to the other without separation of the panels.
A pair of generally planar panels, said panels including a locking mechanism to secure said panels together in an adjacent generally co-planar relationship, the locking mechanism comprising a receiver securable to one of the panels and a rotor securable to the other of the panels, said rotor rotatable about an axis that is generally perpendicular to the plane of the panel to which it is secured, said rotator rotatably engageable with said receiver such that the engagement of said rotor with said receiver draws together and locks together the panels limiting separation therebetween while permitting a deflection of said rotor within said receiver and allowing one of said panels to be inclined relative to the other without separation of the panels.
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