Component exhibit system
OwnerBruce E. Backerinventor
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Abstract
A portable modular wall assembly system with interchangeable interconnecting elements for creating display booths and room dividers. The system comprises a series of modular panels of different shape, construction and function, together with a series of connector elements adapted to interconnect with each of said panels to form a variety of structures.
Claims16
A modular full bleed panel and connective hardware system from which a variety of structures with shapes characteristic of wall segments, booths and the like may be rapidly assembled, said system comprising:
- a. a plurality of full bleed panels of modular dimensions which may be connected vertically and horizontally, each panel comprising:
- i. a substantially rigid internal frame fully covered on its visible surfaces, said frame having two opposite vertical edges extending from top to bottom of the panel;
- ii. channel means fully recessed in each of said two opposite vertical edges of said frame for use in interconnecting the panels, said channel means in each vertical edge being formed with openings at either end thereof, said openings being at the top and bottom of said panel respectively, and positioned to enable longitudinal alignment of corresponding channel means of two panels aligned vertically, and substantially parallel alignment of two panels aligned horizontally;
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- b. a plurality of modular connector means each of which is adapted for insertion into adjacent ends of said channel means of at least two adjacent panels aligned vertically or horizontally, each connector means comprising at least two elongated, substantially rigid vertical post members and a horizontal plate member cooperating therewith, each said post member having an end adapted to extend into an open end of one of said adjacent channel means, the other end of each said post member cooperating with said plate member, said post members extending respectively into said adjacent channels of said two adjacent panels, interconnected by said plate member to provide positive, substantially rigid or hinged horizontal alignment of said two adjacent panels by connection through and at the ends of the channels;
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- c. stop means for defining the distance that each of said first and said second elongated post members may extend into said open end of one of said channel means.
A modular full bleed panel and connective hardware system from which a variety of structures with shapes characteristic of wall segments, booths and the like may be rapidly assembled, said system comprising:
- a. a plurality of full bleed panels of modular dimensions which may be interconnected vertically and horizontally to form vertical and horizontal pairs, respectively, each panel comprising:
- i. a substantially rigid internal frame fully covered on its visible surfaces, said frame having two opposite vertical edges extending from top to bottom of the panel;
- ii. channel means fully recessed in each of said two opposite vertical edges of said frame for use in interconnecting the panels, said channel means in each vertical edge being formed with openings at either end thereof, said openings being at the top and bottom of said panel respectively, and positioned to enable longitudinal alignment of corresponding channel means of two panels aligned vertically, and substantially parallel alignment of two panels aligned horizontally;
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- b. a plurality of modular connector means each of which is adapted for insertion into adjacent ends of said channel means of at least three adjacent panels, two of the panels being aligned as a vertical pair and two of the panels being aligned as a horizontal pair;
- each connector means comprising:
- i. at least one first elongated, substantially rigid vertical post member having two ends, each post member end extending into an open end of one of said adjacent channel means of said vertical pair of panels, for providing positive fixed vertical alignment of said vertical pair of panels;
- ii. at least one second elongated post member having at least one end extending from an exterior position into an open end of the channel of one panel of said horizontal pair of panels;
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- iii. a hinged plate member having a first part connecting to said first post member at a position between said vertical pair of panels and a second part connecting to said second post member at the exterior position to the channel into which it extends, the first and second part being pivotally interconnected for providing hinged horizontal alignment of said horizontal pair of panels by connection through and at the ends of the channels of said horizontal pair of panels;
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- c. stop means for defining the distance that each of said first and said second elongated post members may extend into said open end of one of said channel means.
A system for connecting substantially planar panels so that two panels may be rigidly connected along one edge of each panel in order to align the two panels in a coplanar vertical or horizontal position whereby either or both panels may each be hinged along another panel edge to at least one additional panel to permit a pivoting of the additional panel relative to the two coplanar panels, said system comprising:
- a. a plurality of panels each with a channel means, said channel means being fully recessed in and aligned along at least one edge of the panel, presenting an opening at a first end of the panel's edge;
- b. a first post member, removably insertable into the openings of two oppositely juxtaposed channel means of two panels positioned in coplanar edge-to-edge vertical or horizontal alignment, whereby the two panels may be rigidly connected in coplanar alignment;
- c. a second post member removably insertable into the opening of a channel means of at least one additional panel;
- d. a hinged plate member having a least a first and a second part pivotally interconnected, the first part connecting to the first post member and the second part connecting to the second post member, whereby when the first and the second post members are inserted into the respective openings of the channel means of the panels, the additional panel is connected pivotally to two rigidly connected panels at the hinged plate member.
A modular panel and connective hardware system wherein panels may be selectively affixed, said system comprising:
- a. a plurality of panels each comprising:
- i. a frame;
- ii. a cover for covering the frame;
- iii. at least one open-ended channel fully recessed in and along at least one edge of the covered frame;
- b. a plurality of modular connector means each comprising:
- i. two elongated post members, each post member extending into two oppositely disposed open ends of the respective channels of two panels, for connecting the two panels edge-to-edge in horizontal or vertical coplanar alignment;
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- ii. a hinged plate member, interconnecting the two post members, the hinged plate member having at least a first part and a second part pivotally interconnected, the first part connecting to one of the post members and the second part connecting to the other post member, whereby the two post members, each with connected panels, pivot relative to one another.
In a modular construction system having panels provided with open-ended channels in at least an opposite pair of edges,
- posts which insert axially into the open ends of oppositely juxtaposed channels upon each of two panels in order to hold the panels in coplanar alignment, and
- connection plates which affix the posts of adjacent pairs of panels in order that the panel pairs may be held in angular alignment relative to each other, the improvement comprising:
- the connection plates being provided with slots of a predetermined configuration for receiving the posts and the posts being removably insertable into the slots of the connection plates and being axially nonrotatable within their inserted position within either the channels or the connection plates whereby the adjacent pairs of panels are held in angular alignment.
In a modular construction system having panels having channels at their vertical peripheral edges, and connectors fitting within the channels in order to assemble the panels into structures, the improvement comprising:
- a recess provided in each vertical peripheral edge for receiving the channel in a fully recessed position;
- a covering extending completely over a flat surface of the panels, making the panels full bleed, the covering extending over a corner of each panel's vertical peripheral edge and being held to the panel'edge by the channel that is recessed within the edge, whereby the recessed channels and the connectors are substantially invisible when the structures are assembled.
In a modular construction system having panels having channels at their vertical peripheral edges, and connectors fitting within the channels in order to assemble the panels into structures, the improvement comprising:
- the channels are recessed within the vertical peripheral edges sufficiently so that the channels and the connectors fitting within the channels are substantially invisible from at least one flat surface of the panel;
- the channels are disposed parallel to the vertical peripheral edges;
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- the connectors comprise vertical and horizontal members, the vertical members being axially insertable into the channels, and the horizontal members having at least two pivotally interconnected parts, each part being connected to a vertical member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.