| US 10,975,898 B2 | ||
| Method and system for interconnecting structural panels | ||
| Joseph C. Fleming, III, Pomona, CA (US) | ||
| Filed by Joseph C. Fleming, III, Pomona, CA (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 9, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/807,675. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 62/421,767, filed on Nov. 14, 2016. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2018/0135670 A1, May 17, 2018 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16B 5/00 (2006.01); E04B 1/61 (2006.01); E04B 2/00 (2006.01); E04B 2/72 (2006.01); B27F 5/02 (2006.01); B23B 35/00 (2006.01) | ||
| CPC F16B 5/0036 (2013.01) [E04B 1/6162 (2013.01); F16B 5/0084 (2013.01); B23B 35/00 (2013.01); B27F 5/02 (2013.01); E04B 2/721 (2013.01); E04C 2/46 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A method of connecting a first generally planar panel having a side edge and a second generally planar panel having a side edge, comprising the steps of: forming at least one slot in said side edge of said first generally planar panel, said at least one slot connecting to a channel located a first depth in said panel from said side edge of said first generally planar panel, at least a portion of said channel having a first width greater than a second width of said slot, and said slot having a top and a bottom;
forming a bore into said side edge of said first generally planar panel at a location of said at least one slot, said bore having a diameter which is greater than a width of said slot and said bore connecting to said channel;
positioning a mounting bracket in said channel in said side edge of said first generally planar panel by extending said bracket through said slot and bore and into said channel;
affixing said mounting bracket to said panel within said channel in a position where the mounting bracket is suspended in said channel in a position where a top of said mounting bracket is positioned below a top of said slot;
forming at least one slot in said side edge of said second generally planar panel, said at least one slot connecting to a channel located a first depth in said panel from said side edge of said second generally planar panel, at least a portion of said channel having a first width greater than a second width of said slot, and said slot having a top and a bottom;
forming a bore into said side edge of said second generally planar panel at said location of said at least one slot, said bore having a diameter which is greater than a width of said slot and said bore connecting to said channel;
positioning a mounting bracket in said channel in said side edge of said second generally planar panel by extending said bracket through said slot and bore and into said channel;
affixing said mounting bracket to said panel within said channel in a position where the mounting bracket is suspended in said channel in a position where a top of said mounting bracket is positioned below a top of said slot;
extending a first projection extending from a first edge of a panel connector into said slot in said side edge of said first generally planar panel;
positioning at least a portion of said first projection behind said mounting bracket in said channel in said first generally planar panel;
extending a second projection extending from a second edge of said panel connector into said slot in said side edge of said second generally planar panel; and
positioning at least a portion of said second projection behind said mounting bracket in said channel slot in said second generally planar panel.
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