Snap-fit panel connection apparatus
AssigneeArrow Group Industries, Inc.
InventorsJohn Wetzel, III, Curtis B. Hemann, Jeffrey L. Hall, Frank J. DeBoer, Michael A. Spicer, Steven D. Huegen, Timothy J. Brennan
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Abstract
A wall panel for a storage building is provided. The wall panel includes a first arcuate ridged region bounded by a first inner clamping surface, and a second inner clamping surface. The wall panel also includes a second arcuate ridged region bounded by a first outer clamping surface and a second outer clamping surface. The second arcuate ridged region of a first wall panel is adapted to securely overlap and snap-fit interconnect with said first arcuate ridged region of a second adjacent wall panel.
Claims25
A wall panel apparatus for a storage building, comprising in combination:
- a first arcuate ridged region bounded by a first inner clamping surface, and a second inner clamping surface;
- and
- a second arcuate ridged region bounded by a first outer clamping surface and a second outer clamping surface;
- whereby said second arcuate ridged region of a first wall panel is adapted to securely overlap and snap-fit interconnect with said first arcuate ridged region of a second adjacent wall panel.
A wall panel assembly for a storage building, comprising in combination:
- a plurality of wall panels;
- each said wall panel including a first arcuate ridged region bounded by a first clamping surface and a second inner clamping surface;
- and
- each said wall panel further including a second arcuate ridged region bounded by a first outer clamping surface and a second outer clamping surface;
- whereby said second arcuate ridged region on one said wall panel is adapted to securely overlap and snap-fit to said first arcuate ridged region of an adjacent said wall panel.
A storage building, comprising:
- a plurality of wall panels;
- a plurality of channel-shaped horizontal elongate structural members;
- each said wall panel including a first arcuate ridged region bounded by a first inner clamping surface and a second inner clamping surface;
- and
- each said wall panel further including a second arcuate ridged region bounded by a first outer clamping surface and a second outer clamping surface;
- whereby said second arcuate ridged region of a first said wall panel is adapted to securely overlap with said first arcuate ridged region of an adjacent said wall panel to form a pair of overlapped wall panels, and further, said overlapped wall panels are adapted to be received by at least one of said channel-shaped horizontal elongate structural members.
A wall panel apparatus for a storage building, comprising in combination:
- a first arcuate ridged region bounded by a first clamping portion, and a second clamping portion;
- and
- a second arcuate ridged region bounded by a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion terminating in a U-shaped end portion which in turn terminates in a free terminal edge configured and adapted to be in point contact with an outer surface of said second clamping portion of said first arcuate ridged region;
- whereby said second arcuate ridged region of a first wall panel is adapted to securely overlap and snap-fit interconnect with the first arcuate ridged region of a second adjacent wall panel.
A wall panel assembly for a storage building, comprising in combination:
- a plurality of wall panels;
- each said wall panel including a first arcuate ridged region bounded by a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion;
- and
- each said wall panel further including a second arcuate ridged region bounded by a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion terminating in a U-shaped end portion which in turn terminates in a free terminal edge configured and adapted to be in point contact with an outer surface of said second clamping portion of said first arcuate ridged region;
- whereby said second arcuate ridged region on one said wall panel is adapted to securely overlap and snap-fit to the first arcuate ridged region of an adjacent said wall panel via said free terminal edge of said second clamping portion being in point contact with said outer surface of said second clamping portion of said first arcuate ridged region.
A storage building, comprising:
- a plurality of wall panels;
- a plurality of channel-shaped horizontal elongate structural members;
- each said wall panel including a first arcuate ridged region bounded by a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion;
- and
- each said wall panel further including a second arcuate ridged region bounded by a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion terminating in a U-shaped end portion which in turn terminates in a free terminal edge configured and adapted to be in point contact with an outer surface of said second clamping portion of said first arcuate ridged region;
- whereby said second arcuate ridged region of a first said wall panel is adapted to securely overlap with said first arcuate ridged region of an adjacent said wall panel to form a pair of overlapped wall panels, and further, the overlapped wall panels are adapted to be received by at least one of said channel-shaped horizontal elongate structural members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.