Body assembly
OwnerRudolf Schaeferinventor
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Abstract
A body formed of a plurality of individual elements is connected together via tongue and groove connections. The tongues have flanks which are inclined with respect to the base of the tongue and converge with increasing distance from the base, while the associated grooves have a corresponding shape. The flank or flanks of the tongue is provided with projections or recesses which engage recesses or projections respectively on the abutting flanks of the associated grooves.
Claims23
In a body formed of at least first and second connected individual elements which are connected together at abutting respective connecting surfaces by means of tongue and groove connections with one of said elements having at least one tongue on its said connecting surface and the other of said elements having at least one groove on its said connecting surface for receiving said at least one tongue, each said tongue having flanks which are inclined with respect to the base of the tongue and converge with increasing distance from said base, and each said groove having a shape such that the flanks of the groove will abut the adjacent flanks of the associated tongue;
- the improvement wherein for each associated said tongue and said groove, at least one flank of one of said associated tongue and groove is provided with a projection and the associated said flank of the other of said associated tongue and groove is provided with a recess which engages said projection when said tongue is inserted into the associated said groove;
- and wherein said projection and the associated said recess have shapes such that said projection is releasably engaged in said recess by a snapping action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.