Cabana panels having snap locking means

A modular panel of the type having a core formed of a preselected material and a first and second thin metal skin bonded to the top and bottom surfaces of said core, respectively, comprising:

• a first panel edge that is flat;
• a second panel edge that is sculpted;
• said sculpted panel edge having a pair of parallel grooves formed therein;
• each of said first and second skins having a first end with a ninety degree bend formed therein at said first panel edge, said respective bent skins overlying at least in part said first panel edge;
• each of said first and second metal skins having a "J"-shaped connecting means formed in the respective first ends thereof, integral with said respective ninety degree bends, that projects outwardly at a first predetermined angle with respect to said flat panel edge and away from a center of said panel;
• each of said "J"-shaped connecting means having a straight part that is bent at said first predetermined angle relative to said flat panel edge and further having a curved end integral with said straight part;
• each of said "J"-shaped connecting means having a preselected position of repose to which it returns when displaced therefrom by an externally-imparted force;
• said "J"-shaped connecting means being disposed in diverging relation relative to one another;
• each of said first and second metal skins having a second end and each of said skins at said second end having a ninety degree bend formed therein to at least in part overlie said second panel edge;
• each second end of said first and second metal skins having a ladle-shaped inwardly extending connecting means that extends into and which is accommodated by an associated groove formed in said second panel edge;
• each of said ladle-shaped connecting means having a straight beveled part that is disposed at a second predetermined angle relative to said second panel edge and a cup-shaped part integrally formed therewith;
• each of said ladle-shaped connecting means having a preselected position of repose to which it returns when displaced therefrom by an externally imparted force;
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• each of said ladle-shaped connecting means being disposed in converging relation relative to one another;
• whereby a pair of contiguous panel edges are interlocked to one another by positioning the curved end of each "J"-shaped connecting means into the cup-shaped part of each ladle-shaped connecting means, said positioning displacing said "J"-shaped and said ladle-shaped connecting means from their respective positions of repose so that a bias inherent in each of said connecting means holds them in their interlocked relation.