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US 5,203,639 AGranted
Sinuose dado joint
OwnerLoren G. Femriteinventor
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A dado joint is provided between first and second members and includes at least one elongated groove formed in the first member of a constant width and constantly varying depth in the likeness of a shallow, smoothly curving sine wave. The second member includes a marginal edge tongue of constant thickness for mating with and snug reception within the groove, the tongue including a sine wave likeness longitudinal contour corresponding to the aforementioned sine wave and being seated and secured in the groove. A first form of the invention includes a single groove and mating tongue portion while a second form of the invention includes double adjoining grooves in the first member with the shallower and deeper groove portions of one groove being laterally registered with the deeper and shallower portions of the other groove, respectively, and a tongue equipped second member including a pair of mating tongue portions also being longitudinally offset relative to each other whereby the projections and recesses defined by one tongue portion are laterally registered with the recesses and projections, respectively, of the other tongue portion.
A sinuose tongue and groove dado joint between first and second members to be joined together by said joint, said first member having a side face provided with at least one elongated groove therein of a constant width and constantly varying depth and with portions of said side face disposed on opposite sides of said groove, said groove including a bottom surface in the form of a shallow, smoothly curving sine wave defining alternating deeper and shallower portions of said groove, the second member including a marginal edge tongue of constant thickness for mating with and snug reception within said groove between the opposite sides thereof, said tongue including a sine wave edge opposing and conforming to said shallow sine wave bottom surface and being seated and secured in said groove.
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