公开(公告)号：US4449346A

公开(公告)日：1984-05-22

申请号：US206150

申请日：1980-11-12

申请人： J. Gerard Tremblay

发明人： J. Gerard Tremblay

IPC分类号： E04B1/61 ,  E04B1/38 ,  E04C1/40

CPC分类号： E04B1/617

摘要： The invention is concerned with a panel assembly including at least two panels and a connector member for mounting the panels to a support surface, the panels being positioned edge-to-edge in coplanar relationship with the respective confronting edges thereof spaced apart, and the connector member between the confronting panel edges and interlocking the panels together by being fixedly secured to the support surface. Each panel has first and second surfaces lying respectively in first and second parallel planes and has on its respective confronting edge a tongue and a groove, the tongue and groove extending along the panel edge and between the first and second planes, and respectively projecting and opening outwardly angularly towards the first plane. The connector member comprises an elongated body filling the space between the confronting panel edges and having on each side thereof a tongue and a groove respectively projecting and opening outwardly angularly towards the second plane; the tongue and groove on either side are complementary to and lockingly engage with the respective groove and tongue on the adjacent respective confronting edges of the panels. The connector member cooperates with the panels to urge the panels towards one another in tight locking engagement as a result of a compressive force being exerted on the member in a direction towards the support surface when the member is secured to the support surface. The provision of such connector member does away with the hitherto practice of driving nails or screws in the panel edges to fix the panels to the support surface, while still providing a tight locking engagement between the panels.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种面板组件，其包括至少两个面板和用于将面板安装到支撑表面的连接器构件，所述面板与其间隔开的各个相对边缘的共面关系边缘到边缘定位，并且连接器 构件在相对的面板边缘之间并且通过固定地固定到支撑表面将面板互锁在一起。 每个面板具有分别位于第一和第二平行平面中的第一和第二表面，并且在其相应的相对边缘上具有舌部和凹槽，所述舌部和凹槽沿着面板边缘并且在第一和第二平面之间延伸，并且分别突出和打开 朝向第一平面向外成角度地。 连接器构件包括细长体，其填充相对的面板边缘之间的空间，并且在其每个侧面上分别突出并朝着第二平面成角度地向外敞开的凹槽和凹槽; 任一侧上的舌部和凹槽与相应的面板相对的相对边缘上的相应凹槽和舌片互补并且锁定地接合。 当构件被固定到支撑表面上时，连接器构件与面板协作以将面板彼此朝向彼此紧紧地锁定接合，这是因为在朝向支撑表面的方向上施加在构件上的压缩力。 这种连接器构件的设置使得迄今为止在面板边缘中驱动钉子或螺钉的实践是将面板固定到支撑表面上，同时仍然在面板之间提供紧密的锁定接合。