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US 5,855,318 AGranted
Interlocking arrangement for panels
AssigneeThe Mead Corporation
InventorRonald A. Baxter
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Abstract
An interlocking arrangement (10) for panels has a locking tab (20) having a nose (22) and a base of a first width W.sub.T including at least one transverse segmented base edge (24) having have an outermost vane (26) and at least one inner vane (28). The locking tab is received by a locking slit (30) of a second width W.sub.S less than the first width of the locking tab.
Claims10
An interlocking arrangement for panels comprising:
- a locking tab extending from an outer edge of a first panel, said locking tab having a nose and a base, said base having a first width and including at least one transverse edge segmented into an outermost vane and at least one inner vane by at least one segmenting line intersecting said transverse edge and whose imaginary extension thereof intersecting said outer edge;
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- a locking slit disposed within a second panel for receiving said locking tab having a second width less than said first width such that as said locking tab is urged through said locking slit at least one of said outermost vane and said inner vane is urged into non-coplanar alignment with respect to one another thereby decreasing said first width and after said base passes through said locking slit said base reverts to a third width greater than said second width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.