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US 4,493,172 AGranted
Connector system
OwnerBrian D. Jonesinventor
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Abstract
Office partition panels are mounted on cylindrical connector posts. The posts have tongues or grooves running along parts or all of their length which match with corresponding grooves or tongues or locking pieces readily affixed to or integral with the edges of the panels to hold the panels securely in place.
Claims8
A combination of inter-connecting extruded members comprising:
- short lengths of connecting members each having a hollow interior, a periphery which is substantially circular in cross-section and a plurality of integral connecting means formed on said periphery;
- an engaging member having engaging means;
- each connecting means comprising a locking groove running lengthwise along said connecting member, and each engaging means comprising a locking tongue running lengthwise along said engaging member, said groove and tongue inter-locking to prevent withdrawal except by sliding said members relative to each other in a direction parallel to their lengths;
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- an extruded elongate intermediate member passing through the hollows of each of the lengths of connecting member and on which said lengths of connecting member are mounted, said engaging member inter-connecting with each of the lengths of connecting member, said intermediate member having a hollow interior provided with at least one securing portion, each securing portion comprising two projecting lips extending from the interior of the hollow of the intermediate member along the length of the intermediate member and which is circular in cross section over at least a major part of its circumference.
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A combination of inter-connecting extruded members comprising:
- a connecting member having a periphery which is substantially circular in cross section and a plurality of integral locking grooves about and formed on said periphery, grooves running lengthwise along said connecting member;
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- an engaging member having two locking tongues running lengthwise along the engaging member and interlocking with two of said locking grooves to prevent withdrawal except by sliding said members relative to each other in a direction parallel to their lengths, said engaging member being substantially channel shaped having a base and two projecting and inwardly converging walls which do not touch, the walls having the locking tongues at their free ends, and
- a pair of projecting lips on the interior of said base defining a captive groove receiving an electrical cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.