Panel and connector assembly
OwnerArvid L. Ericksoninventor
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Abstract
A fixture having a plurality of upright panels and a top joined together with vertical connectors and horizontal inserts. Adjacent edges of the panels have complimentary beveled faces and aligned grooves extended normal to the beveled faces. The connectors have flat webs and ribs located in surface engagement with the beveled faces of adjacent panels. Flanges joined to the outer end of the webs engage the panels and cooperate with the ribs and lips joined to the inner end of the web to hold the panels in a structurally stable and tight sealed engagement at either a 45 degree relationship or a 90 degree relationship relative to each other.
Claims31
A panel assembly comprising:
- a first panel having an outer surface, an inner surface, an end with a first beveled face extended from the inner surface toward the outer surface thereof, and a slot extended normal to said first beveled face adjacent the inner surface, a second panel having an outer surface, an inner surface, an end with a second beveled face extended from the inner surface toward the outer surface thereof, and a slot extended normal to said second beveled face adjacent the inner surface thereof, connector means joining said first panel to said second panel together in a fixed relationship relative to each other, said connector means having a flat web located between said first and second beveled faces, lip means joined to said web extended into said slots, rib means joined to said web, said rib means located in surface engagement with the first and second beveled faces, and flange means joined to said web, said flange means located in surface engagement with said first and second panels whereby said lip means and flange means hold the faces in surface engagement with said rib means and fix the angular relationship between said first and second panels.
A panel assembly comprising:
- a first panel having an outer surface, and inner surface, and an end with a first beveled face extended from the inner surface toward the outer surface thereof, a first slot extended into the first panel normal to said first beveled face adjacent the inner surface of the first panel, and a second slot extended normal to said first beveled face adjacent the outer surface of the first panel, a second panel having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an end with a second beveled face extended from the inner surface toward the outer surface thereof, a first slot extended normal to said second beveled face adjacent the inner surface thereof, and a second slot extended normal to said second beveled face adjacent the outer surface of the second panel, connector means joining said first and second panels together in a fixed relationship relative to each other, said connector means having a generally flat web located between and in surface engagement with the first and second beveled faces, lip means joined to an inner edge of the web and extended into said first slots, rib means joined to said web and extended into said second slots, and flange means joined to an outer edge of the web, said flange means located in surface engagement with the outer surfaces of the first and second panels whereby the lip means, rib means and flange means hold the faces of the panels in fight surface engagement with said web and fix the angular relationship between the first and second panels.
A panel assembly comprising:
- a first panel having an outer surface, an inner surface, a first end with a first beveled face extended from the inner surface toward the outer surface thereof, and a second end with a second beveled face extended from the inner surface toward the outer surface thereof, first slot means extended into the first panel normal to said first beveled face, second slot means extended into the first panel normal to said second beveled face, third slot means extended normal to the second beveled face adjacent the outer surface of the first panel, a second panel having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an end with a third beveled face extended from the inner surface toward the outer surface thereof, fourth slot means extended into the second panel normal to said thirst beveled face, a third panel having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an end with a fourth beveled face extended from the inner surface toward the outer surface thereof, fifth slot means extended into the third panel normal to said fourth beveled face, sixth slot means extended normal to the fourth beveled face adjacent the outer surface of the third panel, first connector means joining the first and second panels together in a fixed first angular relation relative to each other, said first connector means having a web located between the first and third beveled faces, lip means joined to said web and extended into said first and fourth slot means, and rib means joined to said web, said rib means being spaced from the lip means and located in surface engagement with said first and third beveled faces to retain the first and second panels in the first angular relation relative to each other, and second connector means substantially the same as the first connector means joining the first and third panels together in a fixed second angular relation relative to each other, and second connector means having a web located between the second and fourth beveled faces, lip means joined to said web and extended into said second and fifth slot means, and rib means joined to said web, said rib means being spaced from the lip means and extended into said third and sixth slot means to retain the first and third panels in the second angular relation relative to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.