US 12,331,515 B2
Panel support and installation system
Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Madrid (ES); David Ramos, Madrid (ES); and Florin Patrunjel, Brasov (RO)
Assigned to Hoffman Enclosures Inc., Anoka, MN (US)
Filed by Hoffman Enclosures Inc., Anoka, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/296,076.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,909, filed on Apr. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0323661 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 2/74 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 2/7448 (2013.01) [E04B 2002/7483 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A panel support system for mounting a panel to an enclosure, the panel support system comprising:
an enclosure frame comprising a top frame member and a bottom frame member; and
a support profile mounted to the bottom frame member to receive a panel in an insertion direction, the support profile including:
a base wall that includes apertures along the insertion direction;
cylinders secured to a channel structure in alignment with the apertures, with the cylinders movable relative to the base wall between an installation configuration and an installed configuration;
in the installation configuration, the cylinders extending through the apertures to protrude a first height above the base wall, to rollingly support the panel for installation along the support profile; and
in the installed configuration, the cylinders protruding above the base wall by less than the first height, to align the panel for support on the base wall.