Snap-on paneling
AssigneeEthyl Corporation
InventorJoseph N. La Borde
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Abstract
Snap-together paneling for use in making walls and corners in the building industry. The paneling includes two inverted wall panels which when snapped together form an inverted wall assembly, and two everted wall panels which when snapped together form an everted wall assembly. The everted wall assembly and inverted wall assembly slidably and lockedly connect together to form a wall. Corner covers are used for forming a corner from the wall assemblies and end covers are used for covering the end of an exposed wall assembly.
Claims9
A wall means comprising an inverted snap-together panel assembly and an everted snap-together panel assembly slidably connected to each other in an end to end relationship, said inverted panel assembly comprising a pair of substantially identical inverted panel means positioned 180.degree. relative to each other and paralleledly connected together, and said everted panel assembly comprising a pair of substantially identical everted panel means positioned 180.degree. relative to each other and paralleledly connected together;
- said inverted panel assembly having an opening formed in each end thereof for slidably and lockedly receiving a projecting means on said everted panel assembly;
- said everted panel assembly having a projection means on each end thereof for slidably and lockedly mating with said openings in the end of said inverted panel assembly;
- said inverted panel means comprising a member having a generally flat exterior surface and an inverted opening forming means on each end thereof, one of said inverted opening forming means having a male connector thereon and the other of said inverted opening forming means having a female connector thereon, said male connector on said inverted opening means adapted to receive a female connector on an inverted opening forming means of another inverted panel means and said female connector on said inverted opening means adapted to be received by a male connector on an inverted opening means of said another panel means, said inverted panel means member having an even number of intermediate support members extending perpendicularly therefrom opposite the flat exterior surface thereof, and said inverted panel means member intermediate support members having alternately thereon, male and female connectors snapped-to and lockedly mated with female and male connectors, respectively, on support members on another inverted panel means member;
- and, said everted panel means comprising a member having a generally flat exterior surface and an everted projection forming means on each end thereof, one of said everted projection forming means having a male connector thereon and the other of said everted projection forming means having a female connector thereon, said male connector on said everted projection forming means adapted to receive a female connector on an everted projection forming means of another everted panel means and said female connector on said everted projection forming means adapted to receive a male connector on an everted projection forming means of said another everted panel means, said everted panel means member having an even number of intermediate support members extending perpendicularly therefrom opposite the flat exterior surface thereof, and said everted panel means member intermediate support members having alternately thereon, male and female connectors snapped-to and lockedly mated with female and male connectors, respectively, on support members on another everted panel means member.
An inverted snap-together panel assembly comprising a pair of substantially identical inverted panel means positioned 180.degree. relative to each other and paralleledly connected together, said inverted panel assembly having an opening formed in each end thereof for slidably and lockedly receiving a projecting means on an end of an everted snap-together panel assembly;
- said inverted panel means comprising a member having a generally flat exterior surface and an inverted opening forming means on each end thereof, one of said inverted opening forming means having a male connector thereon and the other of said inverted opening forming means having a female connector thereon;
- said male connector on said opening forming means being mated with the female connector on the opening forming means on the member of the other of said inverted panel means, and said female connector on said opening forming means being mated with the male connector on the opening forming means on the member of said other inverted panel means, and said flat exterior surface member having an even number of intermediate support members extending perpendicularly therefrom opposite the flat exterior surface thereof, and said support members having alternately thereon, male and female connectors snapped-to and lockedly mated with female and male connectors, respectively, on support members on the flat exterior surface member of the other of said inverted panel means.
An everted snap-together panel assembly comprising a pair of substantially identical everted panel means positioned 180.degree. relative to each other and paralleledly connected together, said everted panel assembly having a projection means formed in each end thereof for slidably and lockedly mating with an opening on an end of an inverted snap-together panel assembly;
- said everted panel means comprising a member having a generally flat exterior surface and an everted projection forming means on each end thereof, one of said everted projection forming means having a male connector thereon and the other of said everted projection forming means having a female connector thereon;
- said male connector on said projection forming means being mated with the female connector on the projection forming means on the member of the other of said everted panel means;
- and said female connector on said projection forming means being mated with the male connector on the projection forming means on the member of said other everted panel means, and said flat exterior surface member having an even number of intermediate support members extending perpendicularly therefrom opposite the flat exterior surface thereof, and said support members having alternately thereon, male and female connectors snapped-to and lockedly mated with female and male connectors, respectively, on support members on the flat exterior surface member of the other of said everted panel means.
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