Panel mounting system
AssigneeProtean Design Ltd
InventorColin Hibbs
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Abstract
A panel mounting system includes a support frame having at least one longitudinal frame member with a recess and a catch. A panel has a gripping member extending along a substantial length of the panel, the gripping member having a resiliently deflectable cross-section for engaging the longitudinal frame member. In a first position the gripping member engages the recess so as to hold the panel to the frame. In a second position the gripping member engages the catch, the catch holding the gripping member in the second position, so as to free the panel from the frame.
Claims22
A panel mounting system comprising:
- a support frame having at least one longitudinal frame member, said longitudinal frame member having a cross-section that comprises a recess and a catch, wherein the catch is adjacent to the recess;
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- (ii) a panel having a gripping member extending along a substantial length of the panel, the gripping member having a resiliently deflectable cross-section for engaging the longitudinal frame member;
- wherein the cross-section of the gripping member is deflectable between a first position where a portion of the gripping member cross-section engages the recess so as to hold the gripping member to the support frame, and a second position where said portion of the gripping member cross-section engages the catch, the catch holding the gripping member in the second position away from the recess, so as to allow the gripping member to be released from the support frame.
A panel mounting system comprising:
- a support frame;
- a plurality of panels mountable to the support frame off rear faces of the panels;
- at least one blocking strip;
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- an adhesive-backed tape;
- wherein at least two of said panels when mounted to said support frame have a gap between adjacent panel edges, the adjacent panel edges having a form that includes a recess for receiving said blocking strip so as to obscure said gap, and wherein each adjacent panel edge has a rebate that extends to a distance beyond said blocking strip and to a depth from a front face of the panel by an amount that is greater than a thickness of said adhesive-backed tape.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of panels,
- a frame comprising a frame section having a generally c-shaped cross-section that includes a recess in an interior of the cross-section, said panel releasably mountable to said frame,
- each panel having a longitudinal gripping member attached attachable to a rear face of the panel, the gripping member having a resiliently-deflectable cross-section comprising a hook portion,
- said recess in said frame section receiving the hook portion of the gripping member to engage the gripping member in the frame section,
- wherein said gripping member is insertable into the frame section to engage the hook portion in the recess,
- wherein at least two of said panels when mounted adjacent one another to said support frame have a gap between adjacent panel edges,
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- wherein the gripping member is releasable from the frame section by insertion of a tool from a front side of the panels through said gap between the panels to deflect the hook portion away from the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.