US 12,442,184 B2
Assembly and method for attaching extruded members
Leslie James Thomas, Crows Nest (AU)
Assigned to SAS Sysytems Australia PTY LTD, Maroochydore (AU)
Appl. No. 15/734,089
Filed by SAS SYSTEMS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, Maroochydore (AU)
PCT Filed May 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050564
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 1, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/227175, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018901978 (AU), filed on Jun. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0214936 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. E04B 2/74 (2006.01); E04B 2/78 (2006.01); E04F 11/18 (2006.01); E04H 17/14 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 2/7437 (2013.01) [E04B 2/7827 (2013.01); E04B 2/7836 (2013.01); E04F 11/1808 (2013.01); E04F 11/1817 (2013.01); E04H 17/1439 (2013.01); E04H 17/1447 (2021.01); E04H 17/1456 (2021.01); E04H 17/1469 (2021.01); E04B 2002/7446 (2013.01); E04B 2002/7464 (2013.01); E04F 2011/1821 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. An assembly of extruded members, including:
a first elongate extruded member or housing having one or more side walls wherein at least one of said side walls includes an opening defined by opposing portions of said side wall or said side walls, said opening extending the entire length of said first elongate extruded member;
one or more clamping members maintained in an operative attitude by their engagement with one or more side walls of said first extruded member, said one or more clamping members defining a mouth that is aligned with said opening and two opposing, spaced apart, clamping portions that are each connected to said mouth by a respective inclined guide face and wherein said guide faces diverge inwardly towards one another in the direction of said clamping portions, and
a second elongate extruded member having an end portion, and whereby when assembling the extruded members, said end portion shall be extended through said opening and said mouth, and wherein engagement of said end portion with said guide faces shall urge said clamping portions further apart until at least said clamping portions engage said end portion.