US 7,520,031 B2Granted

Connector for detachably interconnecting a number of strips

OwnerThomas Dahlinventor

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Abstract

A connector for detachably interconnecting a number of strips (3), each of which has at least one perforation (4) and which in at least one mutual connection position is flush with the perforations (4) in the other strips (3). The connector (1,10,16,21,26,31,36) comprises at least one pin (6,20,25,30,37) and at least one hook (5,8,9;11,14,15;17,18,19;22,23,24;27,28,29) attached to the at least one pin, the at least one pin is engaging the flush perforations in the strips in the connected state of these at the same time as the at least one hook is encompassing the strips, and the strips are detachably interconnected only by means of said at least one pin and said at least one hook. The connector has a simple construction and is able to easily and quickly connect two or more strips immediately in positions where co-operating perforations are flush with each other without the need to first pass the strips through the connector.

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Dependent claims

A connector system for detachably interconnecting a number of strips each having at least one perforation which in at least one mutual connection position is flushed with at least one perforation in the other strips, said connector system comprising:

at least one pin having a stem and a head, said head positionable at the end of said stem;
at least one hook attached to said stem of said pin, said hook having at least one first hook part which is attached to said pin, a second hook part extending substantially crosswise to said first hook part, and a third hook part extending in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of said first hook part;
wherein said head of said pin having a diameter which is larger than the diameter of the perforations of the strips;
wherein said stem of said pin further comprising at least one circular extension, said extension is larger than the diameter of the perforations of the strips, said extension being centrally positioned between said head and said first hook part;
and
wherein said pin being engagable with the flushed perforations in the strips in the connected state of these at the same time as said hook removably encompassing the strips.

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