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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
May. 20, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Beam, Princeton, MA (US);
Edmund T Paquette, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Wright Line, Incorporated, Worcester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403298 ; 52586 ;
Abstract
Decorative sound absorbing panels 10 and 12 are assembled around furniture. The panels 10 and 12 are secured together at a miter joint 15 by a concealed snap fastener. The snap fastener comprises a male spline 14 having two arms 32 formed at a right angle. Female splines 34 located in adjacent beveled surfaces 16 of the miter, each receiving one arm of the male spline 14.