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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:
Nov. 21, 1989
Filed:
May. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mortimer Brown, Oakville, CA;
John Hellwig, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Teknion Furniture Systems Inc., Downview, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5212711 ; 5212712 ; 52584 ;
Abstract
Securement and cooperation between panels of an office panelling system is improved by mechanically connecting panels in a manner to maintain a particular orientation and to allow transfer of loads therebetween. The mechanical fasteners are advantageously combined with compressible strips between panels which not only deform during fastening of the fasteners, but engage the panel and distribute the clamping force to a larger area thereby adding structural rigidity.