Insulating apparatus DGK for panel assemblies

An insulating apparatus for a panel assembly including a plurality of side by side panels, adjacent panels having adjacent edge portions joined at seams, the combination comprising:

• rows of spaced anchor clips secured in selected of said seams, each anchor clip extending inwardly from said seams and having a snap fastening flexible hook at the free end with a bend at the lower end and having an inclined return portion which extends back and away from a shank portion at an angle, said return portion having a transverse edge, each anchor clip being made of a relatively short strip of sheet metal;
• an intermediate connecting member in the form of an extruded plastic block having a top retaining groove for slidably receiving and retaining said flexible hook, said retaining groove having a neck that is narrower than the width of said hook through which said hook passes and is contracted upon insertion into said retaining groove and a lateral shoulder inwardly of said neck, said hook expanding after said transverse edge is inserted past said lateral shoulder to lock said hook against being pulled from said retaining groove, whereby each connecting member is readily hand-fastened to the associated anchor clip after said anchor clip is secured in the associated seam, said block further having a bottom retaining groove portion;
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• retaining means including laterally inwardly extending sheet metal flexible support portions on which a body of insulation is supported along the inside of the panel assembly between said rows of anchor members, said retaining means having a flexible hook slidably received by and retained in said bottom retaining groove whereby said retaining means is readily hand-fastened to said connecting member after said connecting member in in place on an associated anchor clip, said retaining means extending along rows of said intermediate connecting members, said connecting members forming a thermal barrier between said anchor clips and said retaining means.

In insulating apparatus for a panel assembly including a plurality of side by side panels, adjacent panels having adjacent edge portions joined at seams, the combination comprising:

• rows of spaced anchor clips secured in selected of said seams, each anchor clip extending inwardly from said seams and having a first resilient male snap fastening member,
• each said anchor clip being made of a strip of sheet metal bent at each end to form a transverse hook portion at the upper end and a flexible hook portion at the lower end;
• an intermediate connecting member having a first female retaining groove for slidably receiving a first male snap fastening member on an associated anchor clip, whereby each connecting member is readily hand-fastened to the associated anchor clip after said anchor clip is secured in the associated seam, said intermeidate connecting member having a second female retaining groove;
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• retaining means including laterally inwardly extending support portions on which a body of insulation is supported along the inside of the panel assembly between said rows of anchor members, said retaining means having a second resilient male snap fastening member slidably received by an associated second female retaining groove of an intermediate connecting member and extending along a row of said intermediate connecting members, whereby said retaining member is readily hand-fastened to said connecting member after said connecting member is in place on an associated anchor clip.