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US 3,950,915 AGranted
Attaching means for members at an angle to one another
AssigneeEmpire Sheet Metal Mfg. Co. Ltd.
InventorWayne C. T. Cole
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AssigneeEmpire Sheet Metal Mfg. Co. Ltd.
InventorWayne C. T. Cole
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When attaching cabinet parts together such as the sides of the cabinet to the top or bottom panels or partitions between top and bottom panels or between side panels, it is difficult to produce a firm joint particularly if particle board or plywood is used in the construction, without the use of screws, nails, glue and the like. This prevents easy assembly or disassembly and makes shipping and storage space consuming and expensive. By providing an undercut slot or recess in one part and a substantially parallel sided groove in the edge of the other part, a plastic extrusion can be used to secure the two panels together substantially at right angles to one another. The extrusion is provided with an anchoring key portion which is hammered or forced into frictional engagement within the parallel sided groove. An outwardly flanging attaching portion is formed on the underside of the anchoring portion which slidably engages axially within the undercut slot of the other panel so that lateral movement of the two panels is prevented in either direction and these two panels are held firmly together.
In a construction which includes a first planar panel part and a second planar part detachably secured to one side of said first panel part by one edge thereof and held at an angle thereto, said first panel part having an elongated undercut slot formed in said one side thereof, said second panel part having a substantially parallel sided, elongated groove formed in said one edge thereof;
Securing means for detachably securing one panel substantially at right angles to one surface of another panel, said securing means comprising an integral substantially Y-shaped one piece resilient member having an elongated anchor portion with an upper longitudinally extending edge and an elongated attaching portion extending longitudinally from and integrally connected to said upper edge and including a base portion extending substantially perpendicular to and beyond each side of said anchor portion, said attaching portion further including side portions and an upper portion, the width of said base portion being less than the width of said upper portion, the side portions extending upwardly and outwardly from the base portion edges.
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